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Direct linkHopper, Timothy; Rhoades, Jesse Lee – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2022
In this series of two articles, we connect complexity theoretical frameworks of ecological dynamics and enactivism to initiatives for learning to play tennis advocated by USTA and Tennis Canada. These initiatives were inspired by the International Tennis Federation commitment to reduce the complexity of learning tennis by rescaling the game for…
Descriptors: Racquet Sports, Foreign Countries, Motor Development, Psychomotor Skills
De Meester, An; Van Duyse, Femke; Aelterman, Nathalie; De Muynck, Gert-Jan; Haerens, Leen – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2020
Background: Research stemming from Self-Determination Theory (SDT) shows that physical education (PE) teachers who endorse an autonomy-supportive and structuring motivating style positively affect students' motivation, engagement and learning. Choice provision and positive feedback are two concrete strategies that are part of an…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Tests, Motor Development, Self Determination
Bott, Timothy S.; Mitchell, Murray – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2015
Sedentary behaviors contribute to the obesity epidemic in this country and physical educators can play an important role in the battle to improve the quality of life of our citizens. Motor skill competency is a substantive factor in a person's decision to be active or not, and a quality physical education program can tip the balance in favor of…
Descriptors: Obesity, Physical Education, Elementary School Students, Psychomotor Skills
Chow, Jia Yi; Davids, Keith; Button, Chris; Shuttleworth, Rick; Renshaw, Ian; Araujo, Duarte – Review of Educational Research, 2007
In physical education, the Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) pedagogical strategy has attracted significant attention from theoreticians and educators for allowing the development of game education through a tactic-to-skill approach involving the use of modified games. However, some have proposed that as an educational framework, it lacks…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Educational Principles, Systems Approach, Learning Processes
Download full textAnshel, Mark H. – 1985
Although there are marked individual differences in the effect of aging on learning and performing motor skills, there is agreement that humans process information less efficiently with advanced age. Significant decrements have been found specifically with motor tasks that are characterized as externally-paced, rapid, complex, and requiring rapid…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Decision Making
Peer reviewedThomas, Katherine Thomas – Quest, 1994
Contributions of motor skill and cognition to sport performance change across age, expertise, and sports. Knowledge and decision making should not limit the development of expertise. Specific strategies for teachers may help students develop expertise. The paper discusses the contribution of knowledge and skill to expertise and its development.…
Descriptors: Athletics, Cognitive Ability, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education
