Instructional Strategies for Sport and Games

About This Course

This module introduces the various types of principles and methods used for instruction in the teaching of sport and games, such as the Teaching Games for Understanding approach, Play Practice and Mosston and Ashworth’s Teaching Styles. It seeks to address issues pertaining to when coaches/teachers need to be flexible and willing to adjust their style according to the needs of the learners, with the aim of increasing physical activity as well as raising understanding of all aspects in games and sport. By engaging different techniques to cater to the different learning styles, students will learn how to find ways to continually engage and sustain motivation in learners to immerse in a sporting environment.