Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences of effective teaching performances between participating in the teaching discussion group or not among preschool physical education teachers. Firstly, 13 experienced preschool physical education teachers were interviewed in order to understand the concepts of effective teaching performances. Based on the qualitative data, a questionnaire was developed and was sent by mail to preschool physical education teachers in Taiwan. Stratified random sampling was used for the targeted sample population. 440 completed surveys were received and analyzed. The results were as follows: Forty-three percent teachers participated in the teaching discussion group and they were significant better in ‘plan and preparation’, ‘teaching interaction’, and ‘teaching atmosphere’ of effective teaching performances than that of teachers who had not. The teaching skills and experience of teachers who once participated in the teaching discussion group could get progression contiguously, learn to innovative other equipment and games activities, and promote professional teaching ability by way of teaching reflection. In the future, we hope to explore how to discuss of the teaching discussion group to promote teachers professional growth.