1. Skilful Performance

2. What is skill?

3. Skill
“Skill is the learned ability to bring about predetermined results with maximum certainty, often with the minimum outlay of time or energy or both.”
(Knapp)

4. What does skilful performance look like?
Watch the following video clip and write down a list of words that you think would best describe this performance.

5. Characteristics of skilful performance
Efficient
Well co-ordinated, effortless
Fluent
Well timed, precise, performer is in control
Aesthetic
Pleasing to the eye, performer looks competent
Learned
Practised over a period of time, consistent
Goal directed
End result clearly identified and understood by the performer.
Follows a technical model

6. Skill There are 3 main categories of skill: Cognitive Skills
The ability to solve problems by thinking
Perceptual Skills
Perception is the process by which you sense things and interpret them.
Motor Skills
Controlled muscular movement with a set goal

7. Skill
Give an example of each type of skill from your E & A sport.

8. Skill Perceptual Motor / Psychomotor skills
The skills we employ in PE/Sport usually incorporate elements of all three types and certainly include perception and movement.
They involve thinking, detecting and interpreting information as well as performing muscular movement.

9. Classification of skills
How else can we classify skills?
Why might this be useful for a teacher/coach or performer?

10. Classification of skill
Seven elements taken into consideration:
Muscular involvement
Environmental requirements
Continuity
Pacing
Difficulty
Organisation
Interaction
Each of these elements can be thought
of as a continuum. Each end of the
continuum are opposites
and there is a gradual change
characteristics
from one end to the other.

11. Activity Analytical Phases
Athletics
Track Events:
posture, leg action, arm action, head carriage, overall efficiency.
Jumping Events:
approach, take-off, flight, landing, overall efficiency
Throwing events:
initial stance, grip and preparation, travel and trunk position, throwing action, release, overall efficiency
Games
Preparation, Execution, Recovery, Result, Overall efficiency
Gymnastics
Vaults: shape and aesthetic quality, flight on the box, flight off the box, repulsion and landing, overall efficiency
Competitive swimming
Arm Action, leg action, body position, breathing, overall efficiency

12. Task
Select a clip from your chosen sport (if possible) and perform a complete analysis of the skill.
You can use the sheet to help you.
Your analysis should include:
Classification of the skill
Key coaching points for each analytical phase.
Common faults or errors
Practices used to improve the skill

13. Homework
Prepare a short oral presentation (5 mins max) about an essential skill in your sport.
You need to demonstrate knowledge of:
Analytical phases
Key coaching points
Anatomy & Physiology
Types of movement, Bones, joints, muscles, types of contraction.
Classification of the skill
Characteristics of skilful performance.