Perspectives on Game-Based Coaching

This book offers new perspectives on game-based coaching (GBC), one of the most important practices for session design and instructional delivery in sport coaching. GBC emphasises the sport coach as educator and the development of 'thinking players', and this book demonstrates what that means in practice. It brings together leading and innovative thinkers and practitioners in coaching pedagogy, and aims to stimulate reflection by the reader on their own coaching practice. Reviewing recent theoretical developments and current research in GBC, the book provides in-depth examples on how research can be applied in practice, including the use of digital video games, immersive scenario-based coaching narratives, and the Game Sense approach as 'play with purpose'. Representing the most up-to-date and engaging introduction to the theory and practice of GBC, this book is invaluable reading for all students of physical education and sport coaching, as well as practising coaches and coach educators.

Shane Pill is an Associate Professor in Physical Education and Sport, at Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia and a Life Member and Fellow of the Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation.

Introduction: Game-based coaching. 1. The Game Sense approach as play with purpose. 2. Digital video games as a game-based coaching tool. 3. Developing thinking players (DTP(TM)). 4. "Because we're here lad, and nobody else. Just us": An existential-phenomenological perspective on game-based approaches. 5. The practical application of immersive game-based narratives. 6. Skillfulness on country: Informal games and sports exposure. 7. Sport in physical education: Evidencing learning from employing a game-based approach in badminton. 8. Learning to be a game-changer. 9. Teaching players to think the game: Beyond decision making. 10. Exploring pedagogical tensions: Providing practical examples for tennis coaches to navigate a shift to game-based coaching. 11.Exploring coach educators' experiences with developing game- based coaching. 12. Coaches' use of game-based approaches (GBAs) in team sports