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Coaching using Play with Purpose

Learning Through Sport

Some of the elements which contribute to play with purpose are: Practice is game-centred, but not game only : Play is the core element of training/lessons, but directive teaching is not excluded. The sport club PT's or 'fitness coaches', which might now be the role of an S&C coach, were often a 'phys-edder'.

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So what now in Physical Education (PE)? A personal reflection.

Reinventing the Game

Being a philosophically guided teacher is not a popular choice in a busy school environment. Many of us are driven by the explicit love of selected sports with an unclear jump to needing to teach movement as a broad life skill, resulting in PE teachers finding joy in teaching only certain games.