Introduction

This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book provides truly international perspective with contributions from authors living in Japan, Australia, New Zealand, the United States of America (USA), the United Kingdom (UK), Germany and Singapore. It also provides an understanding of how an Australian approach to coaching has grown and developed as it is taken up across the globe. The book focuses on Game Sense, it also offers insights into how other coaching or physical education teaching approaches change as they are adapted to different contexts across the world, and how adaptable it is. It describes multiple perspectives on Game Sense with nine drawing on empirical research findings. The book provides a good balance of leaders in their field, those who are already well established and a number who are emerging or early career researchers in the area of sport and physical education pedagogy.