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Game Sense is a constructivist approach to teaching games that focuses on the game aspect rather than skills and techniques. It uses modified games to help students develop strategies, collaboration skills, and participation in a variety of contexts. The benefits include a more holistic understanding of games, transferable cognitive skills, inclusion, and focusing on student strengths and weaknesses. Game Sense breaks down sports into key concepts and allows independent strategic thinking through activities and reflection to improve physical, social, and intellectual skills in an inclusive environment.

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Game Sense

Game Sense is a constructivist approach to teaching games that focuses on the game aspect rather than skills and techniques. It uses modified games to help students develop strategies, collaboration skills, and participation in a variety of contexts. The benefits include a more holistic understanding of games, transferable cognitive skills, inclusion, and focusing on student strengths and weaknesses. Game Sense breaks down sports into key concepts and allows independent strategic thinking through activities and reflection to improve physical, social, and intellectual skills in an inclusive environment.

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Game Sense

Teaching Games to Understand


What is Game Sense?
• Is a form of Constructivist Approach to learning or Teaching Games for
Understanding (TGfU).
• A more holistic way of learning compared to direct instruction coaching.
• It focuses on the game aspect of sport rather than techniques and skills.
• Games are designed for students to refine working collaboratively, strategies
in a range of contexts and aims to improve student participation.

References: (Light, Curry & Mooney, 2014; Pill, 2012)


Benefits of Game Sense Approach
and TGfU
• Game sense achieves a more holistic understanding of a game through
understanding and making students reflect through clear questions and
communication.
• Cognitive skills such as identifying, analysing and justifying are transferable
skills into other subjects like Maths, English and Science.
• Is more inclusive than ‘traditional’ sports as they spend more of the activity
moving around, rather than standing around.
• Allows teachers to isolate and focus on specific skills.
• Can focus on students strengths and improve on their weaknesses.
References: (Reid & Harvey, 2014)
Theoretical Breakdown of Game
Sense
Game Sense is broken down into a 6 linear steps:
1. Small-sided and designer games;
2. Modification of games for representation of ‘full rules’ game form;
3. Modification of games, play practices and designer games to emphasis particular tactical or
motor skill learning;
4. Guided discovery and inquiry learning focused through convergent and divergent questioning
initiated by the teacher;
5. ‘Game first’ rather than ‘practice first’ lesson planning; and
6. Invasion, Striking/Fielding, Net/Court and Target game categories grouping games with similar
principles of play and tactical problems, enabling teaching for transfer of game concepts
between games within a game category or the sampling of games within the game categories.
Practical Applications
• Break down the sport/game into key concepts (Basketball – Invasion Game).
• Teacher provides clear communication of the game but allows for
student/teams independent thinking in the form of strategies (What is the
best way to get from one side of the court to the next – Passing, Positioning
and Communication).
• Players play activities and learn by modelling peers, or improving on their
strategies (Long Passes, Looking for Open Space and Calling for Attention)
• Students reflect on activity and implement them into the sport (Why certain
passes were effective, when were they effective, etc).
Rationale of Game Sense
• Game Sense approach is centred around playing games followed by
reflection on physical, social and intellectual skills.
• Games or activities are stopped at intervals to allow for individual reflection.
• Provides an inclusive environment where students with different abilities
can participate and develop an appreciation for healthy and active lifestyles.
• Game Sense develops collaborative and cooperative learning through
interactive play, and provides different roles such as leadership and
planning skills.
What you can do?
• As parents understand the benefits of living a healthy and
safe lifestyle.
• Motivate your children to pursue these ideals.
• Discuss and work with your teacher on how to promote
and safeguard your child’s wellbeing.

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