Daniel Matos

NYC #PhysEd Teacher. Writer. Creator. Fitness Coach. Adjunct at CUNY Brooklyn College. 2023 Big Apple Award Winner and Fellow

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Why #PhysEd is so important

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@Vibrantsoul_NG @PaulForbesNYC Happy Birthday!

[NYCPS Office of School Wellness Programs @nycpswellness]

@csd9bronx Superintendent said it all! "Sports ARE academics. We engage the mind, we engage the body, we engage teamwork, we engage social-emotional learning."

See the full story: https://t.co/pdZmGr4WgF

[NYCPS Office of School Wellness Programs @nycpswellness]

Mark your calendars! May 1-7 is National PE & Sports Week 🏀💪🧠🏃‍♂️

Plan ahead: Use the resources below to celebrate the power of Physical Education and sports with your students!

@SHAPE_America: https://t.co/lClaPPGRv2
@HealthGov: https://t.co/vvctBEGnc8

#MoveInMay

[Manlet King ☩ @TheManlet_King]

I was an opener at a gym and the only employee in the building from 5:30am-9am 5 days a week.

The manager position directly above me opened up. I applied, and got it.

After 2 weeks of working this position I was introduced to the manager they hired for this role. Then they said I was too valuable as the opener and it's easier to fill the manager role than the former.

The 80 hours I worked as manager were paid at $8.75 per hour instead of the $12 I was promised and the next Monday I was scheduled back for opening and only 27.5 hours.

So needless to say I quit. I never missed a day. Did my job so well I was invaluable and they STILL rugpulled me.

Hard work is punished in the US.

[Daniel Matos @HiCoachD]

@MrBiehlsPE This is such an important concept to grasp. Even within so many team oriented environments, the “individual” is still emphasized, highlighted, and celebrated. There is so much merit in truly embracing what a team is absent of contributions isolated to individuals.

[Paul Gorski | Equity Literacy Institute @EquityLiteracy]

Problems that don't exist:
(1) children who don't want to learn
(2) a culture or mindset of poverty
(3) communities that don't value education
(4) educational disparities caused by an entire group's shortage of "grit."
Let's not use energy fixing problems that don't exist.

[Daniel Matos @HiCoachD]

@Fightful Great that this teacher has created an inclusive space for kids who love pro wrestling! This would have been my dream come true. Cudos to the administrators in the building who also allow this to happen! Amazing!

[Fightful Wrestling @Fightful]

Cody Rhodes Is Sending The Wrestling Club To WrestleMania 40 https://t.co/FYcNm1oSbg

[Daniel Matos @HiCoachD]

@wallflowerperry Just heard of the amazing news about @CodyRhodes getting your kids to Wrestlemania. I also just heard about your wrestling club at school. What an amazing thing. I’d love to send you a PDF version of a pro wrestling themed poetry novel written in poetry verse.

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@BoPhillips10 @D59SaltCreek @CoachNowlan Way to add a constraint and manipulate the environment so students are forced to use correct cues! 🤙🏼

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Finished with my first semester in an educational leadership program. Definitely opening up my eyes to ideal school efficiency, especially through the lens and perspectives of a #physed teacher who sees the entire school. It’s been an interesting experience thus far!

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@RoyalOaksPE 🤙🏼

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@CoachGelardi Line ‘‘em up on time and when they ask what’s taking so long, tell them their teacher just be running late. Then the kids will say something when they get there! 😜

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IMO, there’s a big misconception regarding “behavior management” in school. What is thought to be “behavior management” is often equated with “behavior control.” Behavior management is about building relationships. Behavior control is about projecting an often unrealistic ideal.

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@JamesPeterPE @teacher2teacher 🤙🏼🙌🏼

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@Learn2PlayNews Not sure if I can get approved to go because of being out for Big Apple Fellowship dates 👎🏼

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@PaulForbesNYC @cforbes228 @8262amr @davidjnewman7 @NYIslanders Wow! Good to know! Lifelong ranger fan for me! Unless you’re talking about Coach Bombaye and the ducks 😜

[Jeremy Frisch @JeremyFrisch]

Parents of young athletes:
You're being sold a bill of goods…

Early specialization…

It's a fear campaign…

Its a billion dollar dumpster fire saying:
To become a great athlete you must:
Specialize early…
Train year-round…
Compete often…

If you don’t your child is going to miss out and fall behind

And for the most part:
 It’s complete bullshit…
What it really is:

Early Development of sport-specific skills

Early success in sport

Little to no development of fundamental movement skills

Poor performances later in the sport

Higher chance of injury

Higher Chance of Burnout from Sport

Early start…Early finish!

It's a complete lack of understanding of how humans develop…

During the first 14 years of Life:
Be a human first: 
Do plenty of activities that involve:
Rolling
Crawling
Climbing
Reaching
Bending
Rotating
Standing (1 foot)
Changing levels:

Be an athlete second:
Sprint
Jump
Hop
Climb
Wrestle
swim/bike/ski
catch/kick/throw/trap Etc

Sprinkle in lots of activities and multiple sports! 

I can't guarantee a Div 1 scholarship but I can say that kids will be more Coordinated, stronger, more flexible, cardiovascularly fit, more resistant to fatigue and injury, and also be calmer, less stressed, leaner, and able to learn new skills. Skills like complex sports specific skills.
#LTAD
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