Physical Education Observation - Coursework Example

Physical Education Observation Evident from my observation in the middle school, the physical education teacher was a female head coach with the basketball team. This was a good example of gender equality because in most schools the position of a head coach is only preserve for males because they feel that they perform better in sports. This is wrong because from what I observed in the middle school, the female coach was doing exemplary good job, hence the team had great potential to perform better.

I noticed some biasness from the coach towards the team, for instance, she would make boys’ team go through heavy basketball drills than girls would. Girls would just do the best they could without much pressure. This sounds more like gender biasness but in her defense, she thought that boys’ games were more physical than that of girls. Therefore, boys would need more energy as well as tactics to improve their game. The coach had excellent instructional cues, for instance, when she wanted to remind a certain player to focus on the ball, see where it is moving towards, and when to intercept and catch it.

She would tell them to focus on the game. Another observation on instructional cue was reminding the players to absorb the force of a thrown ball and catching without dropping it. Here she would tell them to create a soft home. The coach also had many positive feedbacks to both teams. This worked so positively to the kids as they felt motivated and excited for more exercises as well as competitive games. Through such feedbacks, the coach brought the team together and it looked united despite the diversity among every student.

Due to these impacts, the coach did not receive any criticism from the players or other coaching staff because the team was developing so well.