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DVD also discusses how various routes packages can be employed as adjustments to different defensive coverages. Among the topics covered: protection rules, quarterback read vs. different coverages, route-running rules, route packages from various formations, and game film cut-ups.  (less)

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for younger special teams players. Among the topics covered: punt coverNreleasing from the LOS, closing on the returner, making the tackle, and downing the ball, kickoff coverNcontact zone and maintaining leverage, punt block/returnNstance and get-off and block, scoop, and score, and kickoff returnNfront 5 and wedge unit.  (less)

students skills and enhances their tactical understanding. This book focuses on teaching game play first instead of technique and skillan approach that sets it apart from other games-approach texts. It provides answers to many of the problems that sports educators face, such as motivating reluctant or resistant students. Developed by an internationally known authority on the subject, Play Practice: The Games Approach to Teaching and Coaching Sports provides both the theoretical basis and the practical plans for changing practice from drudgery to an educational experience young people look forward to. Part I introduces the innovative Play Practice approach and explains how it can lead to more effective...  (less)

in the model, learning from worldwide experts in each of the topics covered; consider how students learn best, what should be taught, and why it should be taught using the TGfU model; and learn how to apply the TGfU approach at all educational levels. Teaching games for understanding (TGfU) is a dynamic approach to sport education that has gained worldwide popularity over the past 25 years. Now, through Teaching Games for Understanding: Theory, Research, and Practice , readers can discover the latest refinements and up-to-date research from the world's highest-regarded experts on the topic. This book presents a comprehensive look at the TGfU model and provides multiple perspectives from 17 contributors in 6 countries. As such, it is a valuable resource for pre service and in-service teachers, teacher educators, and coaches around the world. It details the history, theory, research, and practice of the approach (also known as the tactical games model and the games sense model) and enables readers to better understand and apply TGfU. Teaching Games for Understanding includes the following features: Opening scenarios or quotes to make the material relevant and draw the reader in Discussion questions for each chapter to facilitate understanding and provide teachers with a ready-made starting point for review of the material Chapter-ending summaries that present an overview of the material to help students test their understanding and recall the contents Never before has a book presented such an all-encompassing analysis of the TGfU model. Every angle is covered. The book explores why and how to involve students in the construction of games, how to use the model in curriculums at the elementary and secondary levels and in teacher education programs, and how assessment factors in. It examines how to integrate the model with sport education, covers the social interactions and decision-making processes involved in the model, and details the implications of model-based instruction for research on teaching. It also presents real-life stories of teachers successfully implementing this approach. Finally, it takes a look at the future direction for TGfU, considering its continuing evolution. Highly  (less)

findings in the model, learning from worldwide experts in each of the topics covered; - consider how students learn best, what should be taught, and why it should be taught using the TGfU model; and - learn how to apply the TGfU approach at all educational levels. Teaching games for understanding (TGfU) is a dynamic approach to sport education that has gained worldwide popularity over the past 25 years. Now, through Teaching Games for Understanding: Theory, Research, and Practice, readers can discover the latest refinements and up-to-date research from the worlds highest-regarded experts on the topic. This book presents a comprehensive look at the TGfU model and provides multiple perspectives from 17 contributors in 6 countries...  (less)