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dc.contributor.authorHall, James
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-08T10:50:28Z
dc.date.available2022-08-08T10:50:28Z
dc.date.issued2022-03
dc.identifier.citationHall, J. (2022) 'Game Sense, a Theoretical Model for a Practical Reality, a Discussion with Performance and Community Rugby Union Coaches'. MA by Research thesis. University of Bedfordshire.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10547/625488
dc.descriptionA thesis submitted to the University of Bedfordshire, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of MA by Research.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe study seeks to discover the extent of understanding, opinions, and the utilisation of Game Sense by current senior rugby union coaches’. GS was developed in the mid-1990’s by Thorpe and the Australian Sports Commission (Light, 2013). The Game Sense coaching model places an emphasis on players developing knowledge and skills through the playing of conditioned games (Light, 2006), and incorporates questioning and discussion between players and coaches’ as a key learning tool (Light and Evans, 2013). Six coaches were interviewed for the study. The interviews involved discussions on their backgrounds in coaching, their coaching philosophies, their current practice, their learnings as a coach and their opinions, understanding and utilisation of GS. The Coaches agree that Game Sense is a vital coaching model, but it must be balanced out with other forms of practice, The coaches highlight that both players and coaches may not have the knowledge and ability to perform in a GS session, further, that environment does not enable them to utilise Game Sense. Coaches suggest that coaching does not work with using one model or another and that instead, practice must suit the environment they are in, this results in the coaches adopting the Cafeteria Coaching approach.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Bedfordshireen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectgame senseen_US
dc.subjectcoaching behavioren_US
dc.subjectplayer cantered approachen_US
dc.subjectcoaching influencesen_US
dc.subjectteaching games for understandingen_US
dc.subjectgrounded theoryen_US
dc.subjectSubject Categories::C600 Sports Scienceen_US
dc.titleGame sense, a theoretical model for a practical reality, a discussion with performance and community rugby union coachesen_US
dc.typeThesis or dissertationen_US
refterms.dateFOA2022-08-08T10:50:29Z


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