Co-Curricular and Camps
JPSSA sport Coaching philosophy Sport Website
Students in Year 5 and 6 select a summer and winter sport in
which to participate. Teams train on a Monday after school and
play matches on Thursday’s after lunch. Some 1st teams also opt
to have an extra training session per week. We endorse a Whole Preparatory School approach, revolving
around a Game Sense/Playing for Life Philosophy, as opposed to
a traditional skill and drill or progressive part method. The Guildford Grammar School Sports website is where parents
can find details such as:
Pill, 2013 states that • Fixture information and team selections (password required)
Summer Sports • Carnival and sporting event information including programs
for Swimming and Athletics Carnivals.
• Basketball
• Cricket
• Physical Recreation
• Tennis
• Volleyball
• Water Polo
Winter Sports
• Football
• Hockey
• Netball
• Rugby
• Soccer
Students will also get the opportunity to perform and compete
on an individual level during targeted swimming, athletics and
cross country running carnivals.
“this method assumes that there is only one right way to
perform a skill, but we know from elite sportspeople that
frequently they do not kick the ball or swing the racquet
like the ideal ‘textbook’ model. The other problem with this
approach is that the thinking and problem-solving aspects of
successful performance are not central to the initial learning.”
Game sense coaching on the other hand embeds the skill
learning into the activities whilst involving many students at the
same time through the use of small sided games. By embedding
the skill, “A Game Sense approach to skill learning emphasises
tactical learning and movement skill learning in context (play)
and therefore, game intelligence (Pill, 2013).” This produces a
combination of decision making ability, movement knowledge
and movement capability which will help our students improve
their Physical Literacy.
Game Sense is the method now employed in resources supplied
by many sporting governing bodies and is currently recognised as
best practise with in the industry.
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• Training times and venues
The website can be accessed through the school website,
app or at www.ggs-sport.com.
Sport Uniform Requirements
Sport uniform variations are listed on page 22.