Editing Game classification (section)

== Physical education ==
There are four basic approaches to classifying the games used in [[physical education]]:<ref>{{Cite book |last=Swain |first=David P. |title=Developmental Physical Education for Today's Children |last2=David L. Gallahue |last3=Frances Cleland Donnelly |publisher=Human Kinetics |year=2003 |isbn=0-7360-3388-2 |pages=571–573}}</ref>
;Game categories: This is a classification scheme proposed by Nicols, who classifies games according to three major categories: the game's physical requirements (i.e. what the game requires in addition to the players — equipment, size and nature of playing field, and so forth), the structure of the game (i.e. number of players, groupings of players, strategies, and so forth), and the game's personal requirements (i.e. what the game requires of the player — motor skills, fitness levels, numeracy, social skills, and so forth).
;Games for understanding: This is a classification scheme proposed by Werner and Alomond that classifies games according to their strategies. It divides games into target games (e.g. [[archery]]); net or wall games (e.g. [[tennis]]); striking and field games (e.g. [[cricket]]); and invasion games (e.g. [[association football|football]]).
;Core content: This is a classification scheme proposed by Allison and Barrett<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rink |first=J. |title=Investigating the Assumptions of Pedagogy in Journal of Teaching in Physical Education |publisher=Human Kinetics Publishers Inc. |year=2001 |volume=20 |pages=112–128 |issue=2}}</ref> that categorizes games by their form (i.e. whether they are novel games proposed by the teacher or children, or whether they are existing games already widely played), by the movement skills that they require, by the "movement concepts" and game tactics that they require, and by the educational results of the game.
;Developmental games: This is a classification scheme proposed by Gallahue and Celand that classifies games into four developmental levels, as part of an overall educational strategy of applying, reinforcing, and implementing movement and sports skills. The levels, in ascending order, are "low-level", "complex", "lead-up", and "official sports".
Games further divided as per the physical activity are mainly divided into three categories: soft active sports, medium active sports, and highly active sports.