About the Journal
The USFD Journal of Physical Education Pedagogy and Sports Performance constitutes a peer-reviewed, open-access academic journal committed to the progressive enhancement of research, theory, and practice within the realms of physical education, pedagogy, inclusive movement, and sports performance. Anchored in the Unified System Fitness Design (USFD) framework, this journal offers an interdisciplinary platform for educators, scholars, practitioners, and policymakers who are dedicated to advancing equitable, evidence-based, and learner-centered methodologies in physical activity, fitness, sports, and education.
Publisher: LAMPOS PUBLISHING OPC (NBDB Registration No. 8207)
Frequency: Twice a Year (June and December)
Address: Lessandra Subdivision, Gran Europa, Lumbia, Cagayan de Oro City 9000
Current Issue
Vol. 2 No. 2 (2026)
Volume 2, Issue 2 (June 2026) of the USFD Journal of Physical Education Pedagogy and Sports Performance brings together twenty research articles, drawn almost entirely from Philippine school and college settings, that share a single practical concern: how to help learners move, perform, and stay active more effectively. The issue's largest thread is a set of quasi-experimental intervention studies that pit two training approaches against each other for a specific motor skill — sprint speed, vertical jump, and across the court and field in badminton, volleyball, basketball, baseball, and softball. A recurring and useful pattern across these studies is that both compared methods tend to yield significant gains with no decisive advantage between them, giving teachers and coaches evidence-based, low-equipment options rather than a single prescribed drill.
Complementing this core are correlational studies linking skill and fitness to psychosocial and lifestyle factors (peer support, exercise volition, self-efficacy, screen time, and diet), development and design-based work that produces ready-to-use resources and instruments (instructional video sets, activity manuals, and a content-validated aerobic-control assessment tool), and a qualitative case study of coordination difficulties in a hinterland school. What unifies the issue is context and audience: nearly every contribution is situated in Philippine MAPEH classes, college PATHFIT courses, or rural and island schools, spans learners from Grade 7 through college, and is written to be acted on in real classrooms. Methodologically it offers a broad cross-section as well — ANCOVA, correlation and canonical correlation, content-validity and inter-rater reliability analysis, design-based R&D, and qualitative inquiry.
Published:
2026-06-15
