PEDU-6221     Practical Minor Area Games                                                             2 (0+2)

Our main objective of this program seeks to emphasize the enhancement of professional abilities and skills of the students with overall leadership qualities. Through these type of practical activities and minor area games to enhance fundamental Motor Skills and their effective application in a game, basic offensive and defensive games strategies, as well as learning the importance of fair play, safe practises and cooperative involvement .We develop students' physical competence and knowledge of movement and safety, and their ability to use these to perform in a wide range of activities associated with the development of an active and healthy lifestyle. Participation in non-traditional games and activities promotes lifelong leisure, decision making, problem solving, and communication skills. We want our students will become professional in many different forms like, teachers, coaches, officials and even trainers for a gym.

Contents

1. Introduction/History of minor area games
2. Proper physical and mental activeness
3. Creative skills
4. Designing of minor area games
5. Games as medium: “Magic circle”, game rules, role of choice and challenge
6. Demonstration and presentation
7. Designed games as play: varieties of games experience (easy to difficult)
8. Games such as circle ball chase, dogging, plucking the tails, leg cricket, 2-ball soccer, backboard ball and poison tag etc
9. Combat sports and tug of war
10. Coaching skills

Recommended Texts

1. Jeffreys, I., & Moody, J. (2016). Strength and conditioning for sports performance. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.
2. Kaufman, K. A., Glass, C. R., &Pineau, T. R. (2018). Mindful sport performance enhancement: Mental training for athletes and coaches. American Psychological Association.

Suggested Readings

1. Pirlo, A. (2014). Andrea Pirlo: I think therefore I play. London: BackPage Press.
2. Zeri, F., Pitzalis, S., Di Vizio, A., Ruffinatto, T., Egizi, F., Di Russo, F., &Naroo, S. A. (2018). Refractive error and vision correction in a general sports‐playing population. Clinical and Experimental Optometry, 101(2), 225-236.
3. Clark, N. (2019). Nancy Clark's sports nutrition guidebook. (5th ed.) Champaign,IL; Human Kinetics.

COURSE OUTLINE                                                

Course Title:    Practical Minor Area Games

Course Code: PEDU -6221

Credit Hours:  02

DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES

Our main objective of this program seeks to emphasize the enhancement of professional abilities and skills of the students with overall leadership qualities. We

INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES

1. Upon completion of course students will be able to:
   
   Write and think critically about the history and evolution of games, including the situation of specific games within recognized game genres.
2. Analyze the design of traditional and digital games, identifying the role of critical design variables such as challenge, choice, asset allocation, role of narrative, etc.
3. Analyze and critique game experience, relating it to the fundamentals of game design.

COURSE CONTENTS

1. Introduction/History of minor area games.
2. Proper physical and mental activeness.  
3. Creative skills.
4. Designing of minor area games.
5. Games as medium: “Magic circle”, game rules, role of choice and challenge.
6. Demonstration and presentation. 
7. Designed games as play: varieties of games experience ( easy to difficult).
8. Games such as circle ball chase, dogging, plucking the tails, leg cricket,2-ball soccer, backboard ball and poison tag etc.
9. Combat sports and tug of war.
10. Coaching skills.

READINGS

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