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A Tactical Games Approach toA Tactical Games Approach to

Teaching Sport SkillsTeaching Sport Skills

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Why use a tactical approach?Why use a tactical approach?

Critics of traditional teaching of sports &games in physical education argue that

sports are: Elitist - focus is on the higher skilled

Overly competitive - winning and losing is

emphasis excessively Do not promote health and fitness - activeparticipation is low for most participants

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InIn TraditionalTraditionalTeaching ApproachesTeaching Approaches

kill development is not apparent during gameplay !ecause skills have !een taught in isolationoutside of their tactical context"

InInTacticalTacticalTeaching ApproachesTeaching Approaches

kills and tactics are linked !y emphasi#ing theproper timing of skill practice and skill applicationwithin the tactical context of the game"

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$%actical awareness critical togame performance is the a!ilityto identify tactical pro!lems

that arise during a game and toselect the appropriate responses

to solve them"'

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Rationale for aRationale for a TacticalTactical

ApproachApproach (reater interest and excitement

)etter understanding of gameplay

*mproved a!ility to play games

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Interest & ExcitementInterest & Excitement %raditional approach is

technical and focuses onanswering the +uestion$,ow is this skill

performed'

kills are taught !eforestudents understand theirsignificance in a game"

Drills lead students to ask$.hy are we doing this'

and $.hen can we playthe game'

killed students perceiveisolated drills to !eirrelevant"

/esearch has shown

that tudents find thetacticalapproach

motivational and

teachers prefer to use

it as a way to teach

games"

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Better n!erstan!ing of GameBetter n!erstan!ing of Game

"lay"lay*f your students do not understand the game

their a!ility to identify the correct techni+ue

for a situation is impaired0

01n increased understanding of games

achieved through teaching for tactical

awareness will empower students to solve

the pro!lems that game situations pose moreeasily and skillfully"

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Impro#e! A$ility to "layImpro#e! A$ility to "lay

GamesGames1 tactical approach may provide yourstudents with carryover for

understanding from one game toanother0

2or example tactical pro!lems in

soccer hockey and !asket!all aresimilar"

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%lassification System for Games%lassification System for Games

Invasion Net/Wall Fielding/RunScoring Target

)asket!all

3et!all

%eam hand!all.ater polo

occer

,ockey

4acrosse/ug!y

2oot!all

5ltimate fris!ee

)adminton

%ennis%a!letennis

6ickle!all

7olley!all+uash

)ase!all

oft!all

/oundersCricket

(olf

)owling

Cro+uet4awns

!owls

6ool

)illiardsnooker

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Rationale for Tactical GamesRationale for Tactical Games

Approach Summarie!Approach Summarie! (reater interest and excitement for all

students especially those of lower a!ilities

*mprovements in tactical knowledge help to

improve game performance of skills

Deeper understanding of game play helps

students to transfer skills to new situations

and other games

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Tactical Games TeachingTactical Games Teaching

1llows for individuali#ation if students arepresented with more complex tacticalsolutions

5ses small-sided games to expose studentsto specific tactical pro!lems

/e+uires careful posing of +uestions from

teachers to stimulate critical thinking andpro!lem solving

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Tactical Games Teaching cont'Tactical Games Teaching cont'

hould start from a game form modified torepresent the advanced form that poses atactical pro!lem and stimulates students tothink tactically

tudents must !e challenged to think: .hat do * need to do to succeed in this

situation ,ow will * perform the necessary skills

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Tactical Teaching ApproachTactical Teaching Approach

SummarySummary

Consider the tactical pro!lems to address

during your unit and decide on the

complexity of solutions to these pro!lems .ithin each lesson students practice skill

development afterthey have experienced a

game form that presents a tactical pro!lemre+uiring use of that skill

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Tactical Teaching ApproachTactical Teaching Approach

Summary cont'Summary cont'

8ake the link !etween the initial modified

game and skill practice through your

+uestions - the qualityof these +uestions iscritical

1fter practicing the skills give your students

the opportunity to apply their improvedskills and tactical understanding in a game

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(uestions?(uestions?

For more information read:

(riffin 4"4" 8itchell " 1" & Oslin9"4" ;