The Exuberant Animal Play Book: Secret Moves and Games of the Play Masters
This is the most comprehensive collection of functional fitness games you'll find anywhere. Ideal for personal trainers, PE teachers, physical therapists, dance teachers and martial artists. Easy-to-follow prompts make teaching easy and fun.
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Excerpt from the introduction
"And so it came to pass, as the 21st century dawned upon the land, a small but determined band of physical enthusiasts gathered in the Pacific Northwest and resolved to play as if their lives depended on it. A rag-tag group of physical trainers, martial artists, physical therapists and would-be dancers, this group was determined to throw off the tyranny of conventional training practices and bring a sense of exuberance back to human movement. Disillusioned with laborious workouts, exercise machines and a grinding work ethic, these iconoclasts set out to rediscover a joyous physical training experience.
Their philosophy was grounded in the belief that human movement is fundamentally enjoyable. If only people could remember how to fall in love with movement, they would create a practice that is sustainable. They would integrate movement into their lives and transcend the sedentary predicament of the modern world. If movement was truly enjoyable, people would actually do it.
They called themselves “The Play Masters” and their game was serious fun. They played hard and laughed uproariously in almost every session, but their efforts were neither frivolous nor silly. They understood the gravity of their task. After all, the modern human body is in a grievous state of degeneration; something has to be done..."
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