Randy Spring

Christian / Husband / Father / Educator / 2023 @SHAPEAmerica National Elementary #PhysEd Teacher of the Year / 2023 @SHAPEAmerica CD TOY / 2020 @MNSHAPE TOY

[Randy Spring @MrSpringPE]

A little 1st grade #physed experiment today 😜 Coned up a ball to build into an underhand strike 💪 They loved it & had no idea how many steps in opposition, strikes, & catches they were training their bodies & brains to do. Oh yeah, they were working cooperatively, too!

[Randy Spring @MrSpringPE]

@Merrlll_PE Appreciate the share Jake!

[Randy Spring @MrSpringPE]

@BigTennPhysEd Love it Dan! Thanks for sharing man!

[Daniel Tennessen @BigTennPhysEd]

"Surf & swing"
A simple cue that I got from @MrSpringPE that works great for hand striking.
(And yes, I did go help the other students next to her. 😉)
#physed

[Jake Merrill @Merrlll_PE]

“Break the Chain ⛓️‍💥” to work on throwing and catching skills in addition to teamwork and sportsmanship! 2nd/3rd S’s rocked this! If I remember correctly this is the foundation of what led to @MrSpringPE epic “Skill Building Battles”! #physed

[Randy Spring @MrSpringPE]

@Merrlll_PE @BigTennPhysEd @PhysedGames @superdanpe @MrWillPE @CoachGore_PE @CoachSladecekPE @CoachStrakerPE @BoPhillips10 @CLESPhysEd @ckmulloy @lporterPE @clepdx Appreciate it Jake.

[Glen Grove PE @Glen_Grove_PE]

4th warmup w/ 65+ called Line Your Manners! Fabulous SEL activity and post discussion about allowing others to go first. Directions in video. Thank you ⁦@MrSpringPE⁩ for the idea!

[Randy Spring @MrSpringPE]

@mchamberlainPE @ISD196schools @DiamondPath196 @BarbaraBorden9 @BoPhillips10 @WillWestphal @CoachGore_PE @CoachStrakerPE @CindieLou70 @EducationMN @thepespecialist @GopherSport Love it Mike! You’re the man!

[Randy Spring @MrSpringPE]

@djhberg @NYSAHPERD @SHAPEAmerica Can’t begin to imagine how many young lives you changed for the better, Doug. Tipping my cap to you my friend.

[Randy Spring @MrSpringPE]

@CoachAlanMay @SHSCoachMueller @CoachFortney @Stewie_Track So psyched to get our camp going this Summer coach!

[Randy Spring @MrSpringPE]

@WillWestphal @WHPEOffice So, soooooooo deserving! Congrats brother!

[PoliticsGirl @IAmPoliticsGirl]

Emergency Announcement

[Randy Spring @MrSpringPE]

@BoPhillips10 @PEnotGYM @HouselPhysEd @ckmulloy @WilsonWolvesPE @HoulihanMeaghan @WillWestphal @PhysEdApps This makes me crazy happy ❤️ Hope you amazing humans had an absolute blast this week!

[Jordan Manley (he/him) @STEAMWellness]

Kung Fu Fighting at Ninja Noodles with @katiekramer1433 and @gracebobby15

Young teachers explicitly connecting their activities to TDfU and @meaningfulPE. I’m amazed at how confident they are. One of the best sessions I’ve seen in years. Well done!

@SHAPEAmerica

[Randy Spring @MrSpringPE]

@HoulihanMeaghan Love this!!

[Will Westphal @WillWestphal]

#SHAPEbaltimore Don’t ✈️ away too soon. Saturday Morning is loaded!
Bring your 🏃, bring your 🧠
📅: 4/5/25
⏰: 10:30
📍: 307-308
#physed #meaningfulPE

[Randy Spring @MrSpringPE]

If you’re headed to #SHAPEBaltimore, make it a priority to take in BOTH of these sessions. No doubt this group is going to pour their passions for P.E. out to the #physed world!

[Cindie Lou @CindieLou70]

Almost GO Time! STRIKE while the iron’s hot! 🔥
The 2024 Elementary TOYs are bringing the power of progression to your striking units! Don’t miss it!
Join us at #SHAPEBaltimore for BaltiMORE Than Meets the Eye: A Striking Approach to Purposeful Instruction! 🏓⛳️🏒

[Barb Borden @BarbaraBorden9]

🎲It’s no Joke! Tuesday April 1st… #SHAPEBaltimore
Don’t miss this fast paced FUN session with some of my favorite Illinois crew @BoPhillips10 & @tall_kelly @SHAPEAmerica 🎲

[John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz]

To President Zelenskyy, From an Embarrassed American,

Dear President Zelenskyy,

As it is likely that our paths will never cross in person, I could not let this day go by without trying to reach you here.

I come to you humbly as an American citizen who is thoroughly and completely embarrassed of our leaders.

For the past decade I, like many of those who call this place home, have marveled at your courage, your resilience, and your dignity in the face of the unthinkable atrocities committed against you and your people by Vladimir Putin and his accomplices.

With every passing day, my respect for you has grown as I have witnessed you lead with a humanity that has steadfastly defied the inhumanity of those assailing you.

In the face of a sustained, violent, raw-throated hatred you’ve never responded in kind. Throughout the vicious and incessant attacks on both your nation and your character, you have never compromised yourself, never allowed yourself to be defined by the bigotry of your assailants, and you never disrespected them or let them win by becoming as monstrous as them.

I hope you realize that I and tens of millions of Americans stand with you and the Ukrainian people—and firmly against Donald Trump, JD Vance, and the Republican Party.

We are ashamed of their disrespect, their lack of empathy, and their partnership with your oppressors. We are mortified at their endorsement of and collaboration with this attempted genocide.

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Though our voices will never be as loud or impactful as theirs are, we needed you to know how much we abhor that you are having to endure this terrible ugliness in the name of our nation—and that their voices do not represent us.

President Zelenskyy, the vast majority of this Americans are fully sickened to our core by the violence visited upon you every day. In the small spaces of our lives we are moving in solidarity with you: displaying your flag, publicly advocating for you and your people, and pushing back against the hatred here that you are on the receiving end of.

These words likely bring very little solace in the face of all that is upon your shoulders, the immeasurable suffering your people have already endured, and the unfathomable fears you all carry—but they are nonetheless, words I needed to say to you.

I am but one human being, just a single American; and yet I know that I represent tens of millions of similarly outraged, similarly broken-hearted, similarly grieving people here who will continue to support you with our finances, our prayers, and our voices.

We know that you are a man of peace and that you are not the aggressor here. We see through the propaganda of our clearly-compromised President. We condemn his cowardice, his ignorance, and repugnant disregard for you as a human being and for your great nation.

We believe that the people of Ukraine deserve sovereignty, safety, and to live freely, and we are so very sorry that our own leadership is making this all less possible for you, that America has become an adversary instead of an ally.

May you be protected, may your nation endure, may our nation transcend our leaders, and may we all arrive on the other side of these incredibly dark days in the dawn of a world that will be more compassionate and beautiful than this one.

With regret and grief over our leaders, and in gratitude for you,

An Embarrassed American

Please share this in solidarity and co-sign in the comments.

[Randy Spring @MrSpringPE]

@McKinneyPhysEd Absolutely awesome! Congrats coach/dad!

[Kevin McGrath @AdoptAGymKM]

AAG is sending $15,000+ in PE equipment to schools in need in NC hit by Helene:
Mitchell Elem (Mitchell County)
Burnsville Elem (Yancey County)
Riverside & Freedom Trail Elem (Avery County)
WD Williams Elem (Buncombe Cty.)

Every little bit lessens the burden! Be The Difference!