It’s that time of year again. The tiresome annual battle between summer term sports and public exams. The clash of priorities between a multi team, multi sport fixture list and a population of teachers parents and pupils terrified of exam under-performance.

There is no science which directly correlates additional time spent in classrooms with academic performance. All studies which took time away from books and replaced it with exercise consistently found that improvement in tests resulted.

Equally robust are the experiments on the impact of physical activity on learning, concentration and the performance of the brain. It is...

PE teachers have a lot in common. They were the sensational sporting heroes of their own school careers. In every team. Leading goalscorer. Able to run 100m in a time that is good for 100m, or bowl a leg break, or drag flick. Parading round school in the trophy kit of all the important teams they played in. And their friends were the PE teachers. Many iconic performers credit the influence of their teachers in inspiring and supporting them. PE teachers do an amazing job in stimulating pupils and opening their eyes to the lifelong possibilities of sport. Especially...

This film is the true story of the work of a Nigerian pathologist in America, Benet Omalu, who becomes aware of the impact of repeated head blows on (American) Football players in causing Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. As a condition that doesn't show up on a CT scan, his evidence is collected from autopsies on the brains of players who have died prematurely, many from suicides. The first case that alerts his attention to the situation, is that of "Iron" Mike Webster, Hall of Fame hero of the Pittsburgh Steelers. The deterioration in the physical and mental health of prominent...