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Definition : "ability to choose and perform the right techniques at the right time, successfully, regularly and with a minimum of effort"

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learning stages can help categorize where an athlete is in regard of their skill levels

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skill is largely automatic. The performer is no longer consciously thinking about the skill, so their focus can be directed elsewhere

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athlete is beginning to refine their movement. They are more consistent and make fewer errors

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a person is new to the skill and is trying to understand what needs to be done; will ask lots of questions and make multiple errors

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Q: What are some limitations to skill classification?

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Q: What are some limitations to skill classification?

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Difficulty in placing skill in one category

Do not show the demands of each skill

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Smaller muscle groups

Requires precision & accuracy

eg. Typing

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Large muscle groups

Require force & power

eg. Powerlifitng

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Target accuracy determines scoring & success
eg. Darts

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Bat the ball away from opposing team to increase time to score
eg. Softball

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Place ball away from opposition
eg. Tennis

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Maintaining possession of the ball
Attack/Offensive sides
eg. Rugby

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Tie-break in tennis

Size of rugby ball

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Rugby passes are mad backwards

No running with ball in hand in Netball

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How the game is played & won

What sets it apart from other games or sport

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Modified rules used without changing nature of game

Open to interpretation

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games that require the execution of physical skills, have a wide following & institutional stability

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a goal directed activity with rules (limitation to goal achievement)

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an activity that id done voluntarily for intrinsic rewards (conscious satisfaction)

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Tacklling in AFL, Batting in Softball, Netball Pass

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Dart throwing, Drawing, Golf putting

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Q: Why do skills need to be classified ?

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Q: Why do skills need to be classified ?

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Can be grouped together based on characteristics

Similar grouped are put together

Accurate recommendations can be made to improve the specified skill

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no definite start and end point
e.g. running (sometimes there is a start and end point, such as a race, however the motor skill is continuous in nature)

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several discrete skills performed in sequence
e.g. gymnastics routine

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an obvious beginning and end
e.g. throwing a ball in netball

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athlete has the greatest control over the movement performed; external factors are all controlled

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athlete has little to no control over the environment; constantly changing

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involving control of an object

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involving balance & control of the body

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enable us to walk through a space

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refined versions of fundamental motor skill that can be applied to specific sports or activities

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skills learned in adolescence that create foundation for specialized skills to develop

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- flexibility
- hand-eye coordination
- reaction time

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Influence performance of skills

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Stable & Enduring

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Inherited traits

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- kicking
- catching
- throwing

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Depend on abilities

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Modified with practice

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Developed with practice

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catching a ball or running

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an elite level AFL player is more skilled than amateur player

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Min. Energy Expenditure

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Min. Time Spent

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Max. Certainty of Goal Achievement

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Learnt

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Voluntary

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Goal directed

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the study of how we learn (or acquire) movement skills