FITNESS, WELLNESS AND HEALTH CULT

  An Open Letter to my Physical Education Colleagues This article is in the continuation of the previous article An open letter to my Physical Education Colleagues. In the previous article, I discussed the problems within the physical education community. I put out some points were as follows:   No one is willing to be more educated, to be more knowledgeable,   to be more productive,   to be more athletic,   to lead from the front. In this article, I will try to give practical advice and activities that one can easily follow. To be more educated : Bring out those books from your beds and rooms. Clean the dust and revise that material. Today we are living in the era of technology where on just one google search you can get 1lakh+ search results. Be fluent and strong in your subjects first, i.e, Exercise Physiology, nutrition, anatomy, and biomechanics. To be more Knowledgeable : Be attentive to any of the upcoming webinars or latest articles or research in your spor

  An Open letter to my dear Physical education colleagues. This article will be a bit off from my regular articles. But, it was important for me to cover as physical education and sports science student. Previous year the movie chhalaang was released and was a massive hit. Many of you must have enjoyed it, I did too but, so many things were also disturbing for me. We can argue, if those were right or wrong that’s a different thing. But, still, the question arises Why our profession has such a bad name? The bitter answer is a lack of work ethics in physical education teachers. Yes, No matter How much you blame your school administration, syllabus pressure, parents limitations on students. But the truth is that you are the first problem. Most of the P.E teachers are not aware of their importance in schools or if they know then it is only limited to themselves. No one is willing to be more educated, to be more knowledgeable, to be more productive, to be more athletic, to lead fr