Netball Workshop with Tracey and Alice

 



Somehow the staff room survived without any major damage!! 

The wether was very stormy - so we couldn't get outside. Not to worry, we improvised and used the staffroom as our netball court! Hilarious.  


Where am I at?

I don't know much about netball. I would put myself at 3 out of 10 before we started. Only because I like sport and know some ball skills. 

What did I learn?  

- coaching by questioning (making the students do the thinking rather than the coach 'telling')... hmmm sounds a lot like dialectic teaching! 

- the different adaptations of netball for different ages

- kids play sport for fun, teamwork, fair play, learning new skills, (winning is 81 on the list when kids were surveyed) 

Reflection 

- When I watch kids play games, they often don't keep score. but they will spit fire if someone doesn't 'play fair' according their view of fair. Perhaps fair play really is more important than winning for lots of kids. 

Action Steps 

- take the time to ask questions when coaching sport, get the kids reflecting and thinking 

- focus on fair play and enjoying the game, because that's often what kids want most 

 

Comments

  1. Alida27 August 2020 at 16:17

    What a lovely reflection on the netball workshop. It ended up being a lot of fun for us as adults, I can just imagine how much kids will enjoy it. I agree, I think fairness is such an important part of their life, maybe because they are often confronted with unfairness. Let me know if you would like to get involved in the netball, there is a tournament coming up in September, can always use an extra pair of hands.

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  2. Simon28 August 2020 at 15:30

    Thanks Alida, so great that you can organise these things because the kids really benefit from being part of things like netball and tournaments.

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