VX in FE & HE

VX in Further & Higher Education

Great new innovative sport with many transferable skills which can be related to many sports.  Looking forward to hopefully seeing it flourish in the future
Jamie Turner, Student PE Teacher, University of Birmingham

Really enjoyed today's session & learnt a lot about VX.  Considering I had never heard of it before today I feel like I could play & ref/umpire effectively related to the rules of the game, which I wouldn't have been able to before
Hollie Cowell. Student PE Teacher, University of Birmingham,



When we were in the classroom, the cohort were split into groups for some theory work. I got them to come up with some comments to sum up the course and what they got from it. So please see below our groups’ verdicts on VX:

    VX- Very Xciting

    A thrilling and unique experience. Fantastic to learn a vibrant, fast pace sport like VX

    Found it a really innovative sport that focuses greatly on honesty, integrity and respect whilst remaining highly competitive

    A very exciting new learning experience. VX is a great inclusive sport for everyone!

    The PGDipEd Physical Education cohort would like thank Paul and Tom for a fantastic day introducing us to VX. We now feel confident to competently teach and play VX. The day was enjoyable, it enabled us to open our minds to transferable skills. We look forward to distributing the skills we have learnt in this session within our future Physical Education lessons
Joanne Cliffe, Programme Leader PGDiPED Physical Education University of Birmingham


‘The VX coaching badge was a great opportunity for the FdA Sports Coaching Students to gain knowledge on a different sport; develop links with external coaches/teachers also on the course; achieve another coaching qualification.  I would like to thank Paul and his team for providing this great opportunity and choosing Myerscough College as the venue’
Joanne Chadwick, Advanced Teaching Practitioner: Sport


‘I found the session fun and enjoyable, whilst learning a lot about VX.  I discovered that VX enables all levels of participants to take part and adaptations can be made to keep it an inclusive sport.  VX also helps to develop players’ fundamental skills for other sports’
Tom Derbyshire, FdA Sports Coaching Student
Universities appear to be using VX in three main ways:

By the students for the students
As VX players leave school and go to university we find they are keen to continue playing VX. Some of
them (especially those who are on the National Programme) show enough initiative to establish their own
clubs at university.  It is important to note that these tend to start informally and need support and nurturing.

A more recent development has been the establishment of an inter-university tournament.

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By the university for the students
VX is being used in various ways by universities as provision for the students outside of academic study, for example  Team-Building or as part of intra-mural competition
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Part of a the academic provision
Examples we have seen of this are
  •     to include VX as part of the PGCE or DipEd curriculum
  •     as part of a constructivist approach
  •     to give the students a coach qualification
  •     for student projects, for example
(a) to set up, market and run an event, ranging from a small local tournament to a large national tournament
(b) to set up and run a regional association
(c) to get involved in the Collegiate VX Association
(d) to set up and run a university VX club
(e) to become the National Centre of Excellence for a Country and use students to run the NGB

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