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Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance

 Issue: September 2008

Fitness in Disguise
Neil F. Williams & Jenna Germain

Abstract:
 Physical fitness activities are often viewed as monotonous and tedious, so they fail to motivate students to become more physically active. This tedium could be relieved by using a “learning as play” strategy, widely used in other academic disciplines. This article describes how to incorporate fitness into a variety of games so that students do not even realize that they are participating in a fitness activity.

Article category: Teaching