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Publication Date: 2017
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Tennis Coaching: Applying the Game Sense Approach
Pill, Shane; Hewitt, Mitchell
Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, v30 n2 p10-16 2017
This article demonstrates the game sense approach for teaching tennis to novice players. In a game sense approach, learning is positioned within modified games to emphasize the way rules shape game behavior, tactical awareness, decision-making and the development of contextualized stroke mechanics.
Descriptors: Racquet Sports, Teaching Methods, Games, Novices, Skill Development, Decision Making Skills, Psychomotor Skills, Athletics, Coaching (Performance), Athletes, Student Centered Learning
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