Educational games for understanding (TGfU) are present throughout physical education programs and help students understand the rules and concepts of certain activities. The aim of TGfU is to help students understand what they do and why they do it. Additionally, students can learn using a modified form of the activity that the teacher wants them to do. TGfU is not judged on how well or poorly a student performs. Although the model is primarily used in physical education, we are seeing it now being used by coaches. The idea for the Games for Understanding model originated at Loughborough University, located in the United Kingdom. Two men, Rod Thorpe and David Bunker, created the model in 1982. They wanted to take an alternative approach to the traditional style of learning and teaching. Thorpe and Bunker noticed that learning about sports in physical education classes would take up most of the time, leaving students with little time to practice the actual activity. With this in mind, the two created a six-step model that identifies the main objectives of the TGfU. The first step is Game Form. Here we teach students different varieties or styles of doing the activity in question. For example, an elementary school in Ontario, Canada used a rubber chicken to teach the concepts of basketball, hockey, football, and lacrosse. This is smart because no student will become a star by using an item that is not normally used to play this game, creating a tie between all students. Pupils at the school have enjoyed learning in this way, and ensuring a child is interested and intrigued by the learning style is key to participation. By changing the shape of the game, students will learn middle of paper......whether or not they followed the rules, and whether they performed correctly what you taught them. In conclusion, TGfU should be added to elementary school curricula nationwide as it helps promote a healthy lifestyle and understand the activities that can lead to it.Bibliography “WHAT IS TGFU?” - Teaching games to understand. » Educational games to understand. Np, and Web. November 05, 2013. "Helping Ontario's Kids Get into Play – How 'Teaching Games for Understanding' is Revamping the Rules in Physical Education and Health Classes." » Opheus. Np, March 30, 2011. Web. September 16, 2013. Wild, Kiersten, Chris Smith and Nic Skrabek. “The model”. (nd): n. page. The model. APA Guide, January 14, 2009. Web. November 5. 2013. .