An informative presentation for parents of PDHPE students, about the importance of the Game Sense Approach.

1. Sabrin Baydoun 17198963
GAME SENSE
APPOACH
PDHPE STAGE 2

2. What is Game Sense?
 As explained in Richard Light’s Book
‘Game Sense’ (2013), this approach
is necessary for coaching and
teaching physical education.
 Focuses on the game as the centre
of the lesson.
 Encourages skills found across
different sports and physical
activities, develops tactical
performance.
 “Teaching games for Understanding”

3. What does Game Sense
involve?
• Simply put, Game sense involves “designing a game or a
sequence of games to achieve particular outcomes, asking
questions to stimulate thinking and reflection, and ensuring that
there are opportunities for group discussion, collaboration and the
formulation of ideas/solutions that are tested and evaluated.”
(Light 2013 p.48)
• Game sense encourages teachers to view the lesson as a
constructive approach, where teachers focus on learning rather
than teaching to enhance the learning experience.

4. “Play with Purpose”
 According to Pill (2012) Game sense develops
tactical and strategic planning skills, which are
necessary when playing sports.
 Challenges traditional ideas where chiefly teaching
the skill is important, to encouraging player
participation, collaboration and decision making ,
which will result in teaching direct instructional
strategies for the particular game being played. (Pill,
2012)

5. Types of Games
 Game Sense categorizes games into four categories. Each
category has common principles within the games. The four
categories are:
1. Invasion Games e.g. Soccer, Netball, Oztag
2. Target Games e.g. Golf, Archery, Bowls
3. Court and Net Games e.g. Volleyball, Tennis, Badminton
4. Striking and Fielding Games e.g. Cricket, Softball, Baseball

6. Game Sense Objectives
 This approach is highly effective as it links significantly to the PDHPE
Syllabus, which teachers use for the education of your children.
 The skills featured in the syllabus are:
 Communicating,
 Decision Making,
 Interacting,
 Moving, and
 Problem Solving
• Game Sense will help develop each of these skills by encouraging all
factors during a game.

7. Why Game Sense?
 The Game Sense approach is a great approach for
teaching PDHPE, as it enhances learning and thinking
through fun and games.
 The approach motivates children to participate in both
physical and educational learning experiences.
 Game sense allows teachers to coach the children using
a variety of strategies to develop particular skills and
create collaboration between the class.
 Game sense allows learners to engage in decision
making skills, which are necessary for future educational
and physical experiences .

8. PDHPE RESOURCES
 For further information on the PDHPE syllabus
outcomes, and to access the syllabus itself, visit the
NSW Board of Studies Website.
 The link below will direct you to the K-6 PDHPE
Syllabus:
 http://k6.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/wps/portal/go/p
ersonal-development-health-and-physical-education-
pdhpe