Sports games in theory and practice

The publication is intended for students of bachelor and master study programmes in physical education, physical education teachers and, in a broader context, coaches of sports games, especially for pupils and youth categories. The target group also includes parents and professionals, including organizers of training for coaches of various sports games.

The content focuses on the teaching and training of sports games with examples of the application of the knowledge in practice. Sports games are introduced as a socio-cultural phenomenon and the importance of pedagogical, psychosocial and physiological aspects in teaching and training is specified.

A systematic overview of six traditional sports games is complemented by diagrams of methodological and organizational forms and examples of training units. The chapters devoted to motor-functional preparation and didactic styles in sports games have a significant overlap into practice. In the final chapter, the issue of sports games in applied physical and ʱsport activities of people with physical and mental disabilities is presented.