It’s common knowledge in modern coaching that decision-making is a key attribute for an athlete to have in their locker; and if anyone reading has read my previous blogs, you will know the significance and importance of cognitive skills, such as decision-making.
Tag: TGfU
Strategising Effective Questioning within the TGfU model
Whilst there are many strategies to enable its effectiveness in a teaching environment, one that I have been reflecting upon during these difficult times is effective questioning; and how I can improve my questions toward players and the rationale behind them
Evaluating the Teaching Games for Understanding Model (TGfU) and its impact on tactical development
Having touched upon it very briefly in my previous article, the Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) model is very much the opposite of a contemporary phenomenon within theoretical framework; it’s foundations were laid in the work of Bunker and Thorpe (1982) when they studied the skill set of school leavers. You may be sitting there…
Adapting to an evolution: How has sports coaching changed?
It is fair to say since ‘coaching’ became a phenomenon of what we refer to in the modern day, the stance on its position has evolved to relate with contemporary attitudes towards welfare and development. Nevertheless, there has been a number of questions or discussions that exist which we will never have a universal agreement…