By John Kruse
Its not unusual for the conversation to turn to the topic of push-ups when a group of physical educators get together. This is probably because teaching students to do correct push-ups seems to be a really difficult task. I know that in middle school, I see some very interesting takes on what my students think a push-up is. Many of them seem to lack the kinesthetic awareness needed or core strength. Consequently, its difficult to make them understand what a good push-up feels like.
Matthew Bassett, a contributor here at FitMet, stumbled upon this push-up variation video on TeacherTube. It left me wondering if I might have more success teaching middle school students correct push-up form if more students were exposed to this teacher’s approach in elementary school.