{"id":981,"date":"2014-10-15T21:43:04","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T21:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nickhillcoaching.com\/?page_id=981"},"modified":"2015-02-23T16:22:56","modified_gmt":"2015-02-23T16:22:56","slug":"games-for-understanding","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nickhillcoaching.com\/?page_id=981","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Teaching Games for Understanding&#8217; (&#8216;TGfU&#8217;)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you ever wonder why you should use &#8216;Teaching Games for Understanding&#8217; (&#8216;TGfU&#8217;) in your coaching, have a look at the following 2 videos&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>1st 5 minute &#8216;game&#8217;:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eEviZ7lgR6M\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eEviZ7lgR6M<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>5th (Last) 5 minute &#8216;game&#8217;:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2AmFui0D6zM\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2AmFui0D6zM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2026and compare the differences between the 2 videos.<\/p>\n<p>The players are playing the same &#8216;game&#8217; with the same &#8220;rules&#8221;\u2026of which the only &#8220;rule&#8221; is\u2026&#8221;you must have 2 hands on the ball in attack&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The key reasons for this difference are:-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What has gone on in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th 5 minute &#8216;games&#8217;\u2026;<\/li>\n<li>The communication approach with the players\u2026;<\/li>\n<li>The style of coaching\u2026and teaching\u2026;<\/li>\n<li>The &#8216;Practice Design&#8217;\u2026;<\/li>\n<li>The time allowed for the players to just &#8220;play&#8221;&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you ever wonder why you should use &#8216;Teaching Games for Understanding&#8217; (&#8216;TGfU&#8217;) in your coaching, have a look at the following 2 videos&#8230; 1st 5 minute &#8216;game&#8217;:\u00a0https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eEviZ7lgR6M 5th (Last) 5 minute &#8216;game&#8217;:\u00a0https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2AmFui0D6zM \u2026and compare the differences between the 2 videos. The players are playing the same &#8216;game&#8217; with the same &#8220;rules&#8221;\u2026of which the only [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":29,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-981","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nickhillcoaching.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nickhillcoaching.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nickhillcoaching.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nickhillcoaching.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nickhillcoaching.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=981"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/nickhillcoaching.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1139,"href":"https:\/\/nickhillcoaching.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/981\/revisions\/1139"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nickhillcoaching.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nickhillcoaching.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}