Teaching Strategies and Methods in Physical Education

Teaching Techniques or methods are ways and manners in which a teacher makes his teaching clearer to his pupils. Some principles of organization in physical education lesson are:
- all students should be positioned to see the teacher.
- teacher should face the class, away from any distraction, when teaching.
- All should hear the teacher when teaching.
- Encourage all pupils to participate in skill drills.
Teacher should always stand in front of the class when teaching.
- Repeat explanation and demonstration of a skill when majority are doing it wrongly.
The ways of giving instructions and physical education commands in activity classes
- instruction should be simple and clear.
- command is a way of giving definite instruction.

Techniques of teaching skills in physical education

- learning involves the teacher's approach, students' understanding and the level of students' motivation
- some essential techniques of teaching skills are: explanation, demonstration, mass practice, correction, competition and evaluation.
Class formations for teaching physical education activity class are:
- Line formation
- Column formation
- Roll-call formation
- Arc formation (single)
- Double Arc formation
Class formation ensures orderliness during activity class in physical education.

Teaching aids in physical education

- Teaching aids assist the teacher in teaching.
- Teaching aids are grouped into;
i. Printed materials e.g textbook
ii. Display devices e.g chalkboard, magnetic boards, bulletin board
iii. Audio-visual devices e.g instructional film, television, sound film, CD plates.
iv. Field trips and mini teaching stations.