Transcript A Tactical Games Approach to Teaching Sport Skills Why use a tactical approach? Critics of traditional teaching of sports & games in physical.

A Tactical Games Approach to
Teaching Sport Skills
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 - active
participation is low for most participants
In Traditional Teaching Approaches
Skill development is not apparent during game
play because skills have been taught in isolation
outside of their tactical context.
In Tactical Teaching Approaches
Skills and tactics are linked by emphasizing the
proper timing of skill practice and skill application
within the tactical context of the game.
“Tactical awareness, critical to
game performance, is the ability
to identify tactical problems
that arise during a game and to
select the appropriate responses
to solve them.”
Rationale for a Tactical
Approach
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Greater interest and excitement
 Better understanding of game
play
 Improved ability to play games
Interest & Excitement
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Traditional approach is
technical and focuses on
answering the question,
“How is this skill
performed?”
Skills are taught before
students understand their
significance in a game.
Drills lead students to ask,
“Why are we doing this?”
and “When can we play
the game?”
Skilled students perceive
isolated drills to be
irrelevant.
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Research has shown
that tudents find the
tactical approach
motivational and
teachers prefer to use
it as a way to teach
games.
Better Understanding of Game
Play
If your students do not understand the
game, their ability to identify the correct
technique for a situation is impaired…
…An increased understanding of games
achieved through teaching for tactical
awareness, will empower students to solve
the problems that game situations pose
more easily and skillfully.
Improved Ability to Play
Games
A tactical approach may provide your
students with carryover for
understanding from one game to
another…
For example, tactical problems in
soccer, hockey, and basketball are
similar.
Classification System for Games
Invasion
Net/Wall
Basketball
Badminton Baseball
Golf
Netball
Tennis
Softball
Bowling
Team
Table
Rounders
Croquet
tennis
Pickleball
Volleyball
Squash
Cricket
Lawns
handball
Water polo
Soccer
Hockey
Lacrosse
Rugby
Football
Ultimate frisbee
Fielding/Run Target
Scoring
bowls
Pool
Billiards
Snooker
Rationale for Tactical Games
Approach Summarized
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Greater interest and excitement for all
students especially those of lower abilities
Improvements 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
Tactical Games Teaching
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Allows for individualization if students are
presented with more complex tactical
solutions
Uses small-sided games to expose students
to specific tactical problems
Requires careful posing of questions from
teachers to stimulate critical thinking and
problem solving
Tactical Games Teaching cont.
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Should start from a game form modified to
represent the advanced form that poses a
tactical problem and stimulates students to
think tactically
Students must be challenged to think:
• What do I need to do to succeed in this
situation?
• How will I perform the necessary skills?
Tactical Teaching Approach
Summary
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Consider the tactical problems to address
during your unit and decide on the
complexity of solutions to these problems
Within each lesson students practice skill
development after they have experienced a
game form that presents a tactical problem
requiring use of that skill
Tactical Teaching Approach
Summary cont.
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Make the link between the initial modified
game and skill practice through your
questions - the quality of these questions is
critical
After practicing the skills give your students
the opportunity to apply their improved
skills and tactical understanding in a game
Questions?
For more information read:
Griffin, L.L., Mitchell, S. A., & Oslin,
J.L. (1997). Teaching sport concepts
and skills: A tactical games approach.
Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics