Abstract
The Game Sense coaching approach is founded on expectations of game-based practice as the game (or game form) becomes the focus and starting point of practice. The theory of affordances, a conceptual pillar of ecological modelling of perception and action in sport leading to a constraints-led game design perspective, provides a basis for understanding the modifying and adapting games as a pedagogical emphasis of the Game Sense approach. We review affordance theory leading to a demonstrated application of constraints-led learning in Touch Football. We conclude with the proposition of constraints-led game design as a logical semantics for the game-based practice assumptions of the Game Sense approach. This paper demonstrates the potential of affordance theory as a means of analysis of the task dynamics of Touch Football to inform a Game Sense coaching perspective for the sport.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 68-89 |
Number of pages | 22 |
Journal | Agora Para La Educacion Fisica y el Deporte |
Volume | 20 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 25 May 2018 |
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Keywords
- coaching
- game sense approach
- affordances
- constraint-led
- Touch Football