This book offers new perspectives on game-based coaching (GBC), one of the most important practices for session design and instructional delivery in sport coaching.

Introduction: Game-based coaching. 1. The Game Sense approach as play with purpose. 2. Digital video games as a game-based coaching tool. 3. Developing thinking players (DTP(TM)). 4. "Because we're here lad, and nobody else. Just us": An existential-phenomenological perspective on game-based approaches. 5. The practical application of immersive game-based narratives. 6. Skillfulness on country: Informal games and sports exposure. 7. Sport in physical education: Evidencing learning from employing a game-based approach in badminton. 8. Learning to be a game-changer. 9. Teaching players to think the game: Beyond decision making. 10. Exploring pedagogical tensions: Providing practical examples for tennis coaches to navigate a shift to game-based coaching. 11.Exploring coach educators' experiences with developing game- based coaching. 12. Coaches' use of game-based approaches (GBAs) in team sports