This book is designed to help teachers and specialists in movement education and gymnastics recognize and develop the natural interest and aptitude of children in activities such as swinging, leaping, jumping, climbing, sliding, and balancing, Part 1 identifies the core content of the body movement activity, enabling teachers to plan successful…

Over-the-Line is a striking/fielding game designed from the perspective of the Games for Understanding tactical model to serve as an alternative to traditional kickball, softball, and baseball. Over-the-Line can be modified for developmental appropriateness and tasks can increase in complexity as tactical awareness is attained. This article shares…

This article describes a hybrid Sport Education-Games for Understanding unit through which upper elementary pupils can learn to play basic striking/fielding games. The unit is written for a class of 30 pupils. The twenty-five lesson unit is described in detail within 10 stages: (1) Getting started and early skill, strategy, rule, and role work…