The Best Practices of Physical Education Game Teaching

Abstract

Physical Education Game [PEG] is defined as any body movement activity having competition goals and rules that can be adjusted to appropriate to each situation. Types of PEG can be classified by using principles of physical environment, used muscle group, and fundamental movement skill.  A good process for PEG teaching can be divided into five steps including1)player preparation step 2)game presentation step 3 playtest step 4) competition step and 5) game conclusion step. For PEG players’ safety, both game teachers and players should collaborate on building up safety condition. Eight ways to make the players enjoy playing PEGs are 1)using games that are appropriate to the players’ skills 2) using movement skills that players used to be trained 3) setting challenge levels from easy to difficult levels 4) switching several games in each teaching hour 5) switching to another game while players are enjoying the game 6) avoiding interrupting while players are enjoying the game 7 delivering presentations or instructions quickly and 8) setting an appropriate number of players in each group or team. Three ways to teach players becoming more physical self – esteem include 1) praising when players show desired behaviors 2)setting game goals by examining previous results and players’ achieved probability 3) concluding competition results by comparing previous results with current results. Three steps to teach sportsmanship to players are 1)writing down behavioral messages showing sportsmanship 2) teaching players following the messages identified in the first step and 3) providing opportunities for players to practice sportsmanship.