Tatical Games Approach

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Last week Coach Haley came to our class to give a presentation on tactical games. I really enjoyed his presentation and really believe that I would use this type of teaching model to my physical education class. I thought it was great how the students actually play the game first, and then they themselves come up with ways to modify the game using the teachers assistance. Instead of students just learning one skill at a time, they are learning a wide range of skills while also developing a sense of how these skills are helpful in game like situations. One thing that I really believe that this type of model does is that it decreases general instruction time for the PE teacher. As shown in many studies, PE teachers have a tendency to spend to much time on giving general instructions. Spending an increase time on giving general instructions leads to a decrease of class time being spent on physical activity. The tactical game approach not only helps to decrease general instruction time but it increases physical activity time and student enjoyment. All students in physical education love playing the actual games, and this model helps to do just that. I just wanted to thank Coach Haley for taking the time to present this model to our class.