Perspectives on Game-Based Coaching

This book offers new perspectives on game-based coaching (GBC), one of the most important practices for session design and instructional delivery in sport coaching.

Autorentext

Shane Pill is an Associate Professor in Physical Education and Sport, at Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia and a Life Member and Fellow of the Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation.

Inhalt

Introduction: Game-based coaching. 1. The Game Sense approach as play with purpose. 2. Digital video games as a game-based coaching tool. 3. Developing thinking players (DTP™). 4. "Because we're here lad, and nobody else. Just us": An existential-phenomenological perspective on game-based approaches. 5. The practical application of immersive game-based narratives. 6. Skillfulness on country: Informal games and sports exposure. 7. Sport in physical education: Evidencing learning from employing a game-based approach in badminton. 8. Learning to be a game-changer. 9. Teaching players to think the game: Beyond decision making. 10. Exploring pedagogical tensions: Providing practical examples for tennis coaches to navigate a shift to game-based coaching. 11.Exploring coach educators' experiences with developing game- based coaching. 12. Coaches' use of game-based approaches (GBAs) in team sports