Author(s)

Weiyun Chen, Kristin Hendricks

University of Michigan School of Kinesiology, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.

This study aimed to design and validate the Soccer Offensive Game Performance Instrument (SOGPI) that assessed pre-service teachers’ offensive game abilities in soccer. One investigator videotaped two 10-minute 3 vs. 3 soccer games played by twelve pre-service teachers at the end of a soccer unit. Two investigators independently coded 480 offensive game behaviors with the SOGPI. The results of t-tests indicated that the SOGPI was a valid instrument to differentiate the players’ overall game performance and individual game components between the novice and the experience groups. The results of the inter-rater reliability indicated that the SOGPI was a reliable instrument to assess pre-service teachers’ offensive game abilities in soccer.

Game Performance; Game Behaviors; Game Assessment

Chen, W. and Hendricks, K. (2012) Assessing Pre-Service Teachers’ Soccer Offensive Game Performance Ability. Advances in Physical Education, 2, 119-125. doi: 10.4236/ape.2012.23021.