1. An Introduction to Games
GAA Coach Education Foundation Award

2. An Introduction to Games - Outcomes
By the end of the session participants will be able to:
Identify the 3 different types of games – Fun Games, Modified Games and Full Games
Identify key factors which can be altered to modify a game
Organise a game appropriate to Children, Youths or Adults
An Introduction to Games

3. What do you think of when we talk about games?
Youths
Adults
Children
Tutor Led discussion or use of the Task Cards to prioritise different factors in games for Children, Youths and Adults. Order from least important to the most important.
An Introduction to Games

4. How can Games be used in Coaching?
Warm Ups
Skill Development
Developing playing positional skills
Practicing puck outs, free pucks, 65’s
Other reasons?
Introduce the concept that a Game need not involve 15 Vs 15, with winning as the outcome. Identify that certain types of games can be very useful for warm ups, or skill development
An Introduction to Games

5. Different types of Games?
Fun Games
Target, Court, Field - Non-Invasive
Ideal for Warm Up or practicing skill development
Modified Games
Modified Playing Rules, Playing Numbers, Playing Area, Equipment
Full Games
15 a side, Normal Rules
Differentiate between types of Games:
Fun Games (Target, Court, Field - Non-Invasive) – ideal for Warm Up or practicing skill development
Modified (modified playing rules, playing area, equipment) – ideal for practicing different styles of play, working on specific objectives, ideal as main vehicle for games for children
Full Games (15 a side, normal rules)
Use Skill Development Model document to assist and for more information
An Introduction to Games

6. Different types of Games?
Fun Games
Ideal for Warm Up or practicing skill development
Differentiate between types of Games:
Fun Games (Target, Court, Field - Non-Invasive) – ideal for Warm Up or practicing skill development
Modified (modified playing rules, playing area, equipment) – ideal for practicing different styles of play, working on specific objectives, ideal as main vehicle for games for children
Full Games (15 a side, normal rules)
Use Skill Development Model document to assist and for more information
An Introduction to Games

7. Different types of Games?
Modified Games
Modified Playing Rules, Playing Numbers, Playing Area, Equipment
Differentiate between types of Games:
Modified (modified playing rules, playing area, equipment) – ideal for practicing different styles of play, working on specific objectives, ideal as main vehicle for games for children
Use Skill Development Model document to assist and for more information
An Introduction to Games

8. Different types of Games?
Full Games
15 a side, Normal Rules
Differentiate between types of Games:
Full Games (15 a side, normal rules)
Use Skill Development Model document to assist and for more information
An Introduction to Games

9. Games for Players Youths Children Adults Full Games Full Games
Modified Games
Modified Games
Modified Games
Fun Games
What games are most relevant to Children, Youths or Adults
Tutor to tease out relevance of fun games, modified games, 15-a-side to each group of players
Fun Games
Fun Games
Youths
Children
Adults
An Introduction to Games

10. What are these players thinking?
‘I wonder will the ball ever come up again’?
‘I don’t think so’
‘What a lovely day mister’
What are these players thinking? Can be used as a task, or simply to generate discussion.
Tutor to tease out relevance of 15-a-side to young players as per previous slide.
Should games up to u.12 be small sided and skill development focussed rather than result orientated? Can use Go Games research in later slides as evidence.
An Underage
15 Aside Game
An Introduction to Games

11. How can we Modify Games? S - Space T – Time/Task E – Equipment
P – Personnel
Discuss How do we modify a Game?
Know the PURPOSE of the Modification first:
Conditions on the Game can be used to emphasise:
Use of space – creating space
Support on ball
Execution of skills under pressure
Team Play
Discipline
Movement
Manipulate the following to help condition the games
S – space
Use the full pitch or limit playing area
Do you use zones to limit movement, offset ‘bee hive play’?
T – time
Playing Time allowed to complete the task
Children need more rest time – they run out of energy quickly
Time can be used to increase intensity/work on physical fitness
T – task
Introduce rules to focus on specific skills or
Introduce rules to focus on the job of specific players
E – equipment
Modified playing equipment? Go Games footballs?
Size of goal?
Additional ‘wide’ posts as in Australian Rules?
P -personnel
Playing numbers 15/13/11/9/7 a side
Equal playing numbers or overload one team? 15 V 15, or 11 V 9 etc
An Introduction to Games

12. Organising Games
In Groups take the Games Cards. Task is to set up, demonstrate and organise activities from the Games Card for one of the following type of Games:
Fun Games
Modified Games
Full Games
An Introduction to Games

13. An Introduction to Games – Outcomes Review
By the end of the session participants will be able to:
Identify the different types of games – Fun Games, Modified Games and Full Games
Identify key factors which can be altered to modify a game
Organise a game appropriate to Children, Youths or Adults
An Introduction to Games

14. Thank you