Making the “Possible Game”: Reflections on Sport Pedagogy, Fundamentals of Team Sports and Sport Learning

Abstract

This research work derives from the need to discuss the educational role of the physical education professional in sport learning and sport pedagogy. We have related sport pedagogy theories with the teaching of team sports. We have used the game as an instrument which is a fundamental teaching tool as well as a social opportunity, through its playful characteristics. Games can contribute to the development of ethical, social, and moral values, and to the building of metaphors that can establish relations between sport and life, making use of playfulness and reflexive teaching. Both concepts are fundamental to our theoretical foundation and bring more opportunities, choice, and reflections to our professional work.
Keywords: sport pedagogy – sport initiation – game – reflexive teaching