Games For Understanding

I agree with the social learning theory as it helps young athletes to learn important traits from older athletes such as their professionalism and sportsmanship both on and off the field. This could be in football when an injury has occurred but play is continuing so the opposing team kick the ball out of play for the injured player to receive treatment. On the other hand it can also cause young athletes to pick up bad habits from others. This could be a lack of sportsmanship such as fights in a game of football or swearing at the opposing team. This could cause young athletes to feel this is acceptable behaviour for an athlete.

According to the Australian Curriculum (2016) Health and Physical Education teaches a wide variety of sports with a particular emphasis on how students can enhance their own and others’ health, safety, wellbeing and physical participation.

The Sport Education model does not have a lot of disadvantages, especially when implemented with second year University students. When applied to Year 9 or 10 students, there are a few

There are a lot of aspects that should be taken into account when determining what makes an athlete successful. One could argue that natural ability is one of the determining factors which leads to success. For example, if an athlete has dreams of playing in the NBA then height makes a difference. There aren’t many successful players in the league under six feet tall. One could argue that level of competition plays a role in the development of an athlete. This could include the skill level of the opponent or outside factors such as playing conditions or game circumstances. These types of arguments play a role in athlete success, but will not be used in this paper because they are factors that are out of the athlete’s control. This paper

Summary Jessica stasky shared her thoughts and views about children playing adult competitive games in “Children Need to Play, Not Compete.”. According to her it’s a new trend of parents involving their children in games which are not meant for them and which only cause harm to their physical and mental development. She said that such games have only one aim and that is victory other things like sportsmanship, discipline and teamwork is nothing. As a result of this aim, children only get stress and more stress whereas in the process of gaining this aim they often get injured which make the disheartened towards sports. Statsky criticize the process of selection and the trainers who are responsible for making games more like a competition for children which they have to win and this winning pressure make them to choose the one who have some skills and talent whereas the one who have potential of taking a

It is evident after high school and post secondary education, a graduate will seek specialized employment, focusing on his or her educated skills. Furthermore, this sought after job will require an interview that, an athlete will be prepared for. Athletes will be an automatic higher qualified candidate than those who have not participated in sports, as they have prior experience in team atmospheres and constructive work. A study conducted by the University of Stirling showed that student athletes who can demonstrate, apply and maintain the skills he or she learned while playing sports are over twenty-one percent more employable compared to the non-participating individual. This study proves winning isn’t everything while playing a

As a professional football coach and been working with children for the past thirty years, the motivation I have to study this module is I believe the children are our future and to help children to develop their potential by believing in them as capable individuals. While it can be amazing for the children when we get involved in their activities, they aren’t the only ones that benefit and with my experience as a coach and also speaking to their parents I can say that as a coach I have gained a great deal from their experience and I feel It’s an important thing to never stop learning, I also believe it’s this what keeps us young and helps us to relate to the children as they develop new skills and it shows the children that you’re willing to get out of your comfort zone, this I feel is a really good thing for me as a coach to role model and to know the importance of installing positive values in the children, so they themselves can learn a lot of life lessons along the way, I feel the number one reason kids play a sport, in my opinion, is that its fun and honestly, so is coaching by getting to know the kids, helping them learn, seeing them gain confidence, and taking risks is part of what makes it so great, for me as a coach you get to run around and play with the kids and that is fun at any age.

Therefore in addition to the social sciences and pedagogic literature I have tried to review its application within sports coaching.

As everyone knows, children love to play games and participate in sports. A lot of them, mainly when they are very young, only play for fun or as a way to pass time. However, there are some kids who began training in a particular sport very early to eventually become a world champion, like in the documentary we’ve seen in class, “The Short Game”, featuring young golf champions, all aged below 10. Those are practicing early specialization, unlike the others who only play for fun, also known as deliberate players. There are also players who don’t want to be world champions, but would like to be better than casual players, performing deliberate practice. These two last concepts will be discussed in the following paragraphs.

proposed have been used frequently to explain how athletes slowly grow and develop their competitive skills (Bush, Salmela, 2001). However, these models rely on a few assumptions. The first is that all individuals are able to reach the final stage of perfection. Secondly, it is assumed that parents are able to provide support and that quality coaching is available to all individuals. Physiological factors, personality traits, injuries, and lack of interest regardless of high ability can all prevent an individual from reaching an expert level. Additionally, some children are not able to devote the time required to develop their skills because of socio-economic reasons and the lack of coaching and opportunities available to

Despite detailed practice plans, learning will not happen unless coaches use effective teaching methods and techniques. The traditional method of repetitive drills may not work for young athletes because they will lose interest doing the same movement repeatedly. On the other hand, a games approach method uses modified games that are more fun for the young athletes while they learn new skills. As a result, Martens (2012) has claimed the traditional drill method is coach-centered while a games approach method is athlete centered. In a games approach method, the coach uses small side games with different rules that put emphasis on certain skills. For example, a games approach method for teaching passing would be to play 3-on-3 that does not allow dribbling. By using modified games, the athletes learn tactical skills because there is more emphasis on decision-making (Martens, 2012). Furthermore, small side games permit more repetitions for each player in a short period.

In the Foundation of P.E. segment, Dr. Steve Estes, Prof. of Exercise & Sports Science, discusses about Puritan and Protest ideas and perspectives on physical education. Plato, during the antiquity, published The Republic, a book about his views and ideas on P.E. Plato was an Athenian but was very influenced by Sparta. He believed that a person with good behaviors and habits would fit in the position of a soldier. This expresses that people’s character can grow. The Athenians and the Romans appreciated the human body and its aesthetics. Competition during the Middle Ages arose, which resulted implemented that ideas of ethical sport behavior, such as integrity and fairness. The Romans, Greeks, and Plato believed that games and activities needed

The DMSP model purpose is to identify a pathway for junior sports participants to follow. Therefore, its relevance and importance to sport coaches who wish to be successful is substantial. This model allows coaches to identify what category their participaints are in, which enables coaches to cater for individual’s specific training needs. The model identifies that there are three possible pathways that can be followed, each of which has varying characterisitics. The pathways are recreational participation through sampling, elite performance through sampling, and elite performance through early specialisation (Cote & Fraser-Thomas, 2007). Each of these pathways needs to be understood by sport coaches. As the ideology upon which the DMSP was constructed dictates coaches must be able to adapt their methods and philosophy to cater for varying stages of development. A representation of the different requirements for each pathway is exhibited by the varying amount of deliberate play and deliberate pratice implemented throughout each stage. O’Connor, (2009) states that through the sampling years coaches should be employing a higher level of deliberate play. Baker, Cote, and Abernethy, (2003) state that deliberate play is vaulble in this context as it develops player perceptions of competence, which Kirk, (2005) links to continued participation. O’Connor further expands on this notion by identifying that deliberate play aims to maximise enjoyment and creativity, which is

The work of Dyson, Griffin and Hastie (2004) entitled "Sport Education, Tactical Games and Cooperative Learning: Theoretical and Pedagogical Considerations" states that many educators hold the belief that "students rather than the teacher should be at the center of the teaching and learning process." (p.226) However, it is reported as well by Dyson, Griffin and Hastie that Sport Education (SE), Tactical Games (TG), and Cooperative Learning (CL) have pedagogical implications in learning for physical education which specifically "call for the teacher to serve as a facilitator of the learning within a student-centered environment. The teacher purposefully shifts responsibility to the student engaged in authentic, meaningful and learning tasks." (p.226)

The perspective of this paper is to develop a philosophy on physical education and then explain what kind of job we plan on having later on in life and relate physical education to that. The purpose for developing this philosophy is to try and get the most out of the people I’m working with on physical education, whether it is an adult or adolescent.