ABSTRACT
Light and Harvey explained how positive pedagogy enhances the inherently positive experience of learning that game-based approaches promote and that the notion of positive pedagogy for sport coaching draws on the Game Sense framework. This chapter reflects a session occurred during a semi-professional State League season. The purpose of the session was to develop players’ understanding of the midfield-forward connection and was part of a training block focused on the midfield-forward connection. Pre-season had begun with players initially training to develop understanding of strategies for defending opposition forward entries, and then progressed to developing strategies associated with the defense-midfield connection. Game Sense coaching as a positive pedagogy places a greater emphasis on players responsibility for thinking and understanding. When using a Game Sense coaching approach, the game or a game form becomes the focus of training following the warm-up. In the session in focus, the game-centred practice is an example of phase practice.
