What Is the Game Approach

Through shaping, focusing, and enhancing play, the games approach is “a more holistic approach to learning a sport, focusing first on helping athletes understand what the game is all about, and then helping them learn how to play the game,” concludes Martens.

What are the three steps in order of the tactical games approach?

A three-step model is proposed: selection and modification of games; teaching games with an understanding approach; and student invention of games.

What is a tactical awareness strategy?

Tactical awareness, critical to game performance, is the ability to identify tactical problems that arise during a game and to respond appropriately. Responses might involve on-the-ball skills, such as passing and shooting, and off-the-ball movements, such as supporting and covering.