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 My philosophy for teaching games, is best explained by the title of my latest publication, Transforming play: Teaching tactics and game sense and the content of my other publications e.g., Stick2hockey. It is based on a perception that play, as expressed by children and games and sports as enjoyed by adolescents and adults, appears to be an almost innate human quality.
Given the competence and opportunity we will play! I believe that games and sports enjoyed by adolescents and adults have their beginning in the play of children. Play is therefore an extremely important building block of the pathway to formal games and sports.
Consequently in teaching games we must start with the concept of play, preserving at all times the notion of fun; gradually introduce tactics and game sense or game understanding, and so transform play to more formal games and sports. This transformation is achieved by manipulating the context and content of game structure and is attained when the learner demonstrates, at some level, a change in their game sense or understanding of the game. |
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If you have coached sport or taught physical education you will most probably be familiar with the question, "when can we have a game?" Reflecting on my most enjoyable sport practice sessions and some of the best lessons I have taught or coached in team sports, inevitably, they were where we had a game and those who were playing, were able to participate at a level which was skilful.
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Kids love to play games. But learning the tactics and skills so that they can more fully enjoy them and do well at them is not easy. And the traditional highly structured approach of teaching the tactics and skills separate from the games makes the process quite boring for the kids who, after all, just want to play the game.
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Two people are observing a swimming lesson. The instructor is standing on the side of the pool and demonstrating the arm action of the front crawl /freestyle stroke.
Observer One: The coach looks like a really good swimmer.
Observer Two: How do you know?
Observer One: Well look what she's doing; she's swimming!
Observer Two: No she's not; she's just demonstrating the stroke. We won't know if she can swim unless we add water.
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