ReviewFrontiers in psychology2021
The Role of Nonlinear Pedagogy in Supporting the Design of Modified Games in Junior Sports.
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- The teaching swimming for understanding framework: an integrated approach to aquatic education for children and instructors.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- A retrospective, school-based, within-class quasi-experimental evaluation of a rhythm-coordination rope-skipping programme and 1-min rope-skipping performance in primary school children.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Scaling success: parental perceptions of the benefits of a 20-week football living-lab approach for children living with cerebral palsy.BMJ paediatrics open · 2025Article
- The influence of linear and nonlinear pedagogy on motor skill performance: the moderating role of adaptability.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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- Effect of Rule Modifications on Kinematic Parameters Using Maturity Stage as a Moderating Variable in U-10 Football Players.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Beyond Belief: Exploring the Alignment of Self-Efficacy, Self-Prediction, Self-Perception, and Actual Performance Measurement in a Squat Jump Performance-A Pilot Study.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2024Article
- Effectiveness of Teaching Mini Handball through Non-Linear Pedagogy in Different Socioeconomic Contexts: A Pilot Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Observational
- The Relationship between Different Large-Sided Games and Official Matches on Professional Football Players' Locomotor Intensity.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Observational
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Abstract
Nonlinear Pedagogy has been advocated as an approach that views acquisition of movement skills with a strong emphasis on exploratory behaviors and the development of individualized movement skills. Underpinned by Ecological Dynamics, Nonlinear Pedagogy provides key ideas on design principles to support a teaching and learning approach that accounts for dynamic interactions among constraints in the evolution of movement behaviors. In the context of junior sports, the manipulation of task constraints is central to how games can be re-designed for children to play that are age and body appropriate so that the games can still capture the key elements of representativeness as compared to the adult form of the game. Importantly, these games offer suitable affordances that promote sensible play that could be transferable to other contexts. In this paper, we provide an in-depth discussion on how Nonlinear Pedagogy is relevant in supporting the design and development of modified games in the context of junior sports. Practical implications are also provided to share how games can be modified for meaningful play to emerge.
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