1. HIGHER
BADMINTON

2. SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES A SKILL Is an action that we use in an activity
Service, Clear shot are all examples of skills
TECHNIQUE
Is the way in which a skill is performed
Examples of different techniques in badminton;
High / Low service
Overhead clear or net clear
Smash or jump smash

3. EASY AND COMPLEX SKILLS
Easy Skills have;
Few subroutines
Physically undemanding
Little co-ordination
Simple order of movements
One movement at a time
Easy environment

4. EASY AND COMPLEX SKILLS
Complex Skills have;
Many subroutines
Physically demanding
Good co-ordination
Complicated order of movements
Many movements at the same time
Difficult environment

5. DESCRIBING A SKILL
Trying to describe a skill is often easier when you look at it in 3 parts
These 3 parts are;
Preparation
Action
Recovery

6. DESCRIBING A SKILL PREPARATION PHASE ACTION PHASE RECOVERY PHASE
What happens in order to allow the action to take place
ACTION PHASE
Describes the actual action
RECOVERY PHASE
What happens after the action is complete

7. DESCRIBING OVERHEAD CLEAR
PREPERATION
START FREOM BASE
TRACK SHUTTLE AND MOVE TOWARDS IT
TURN BODY SIDE ON
RACKET UP AND BEHIND HEAD
WEIGHT ONTO BACK FOOT
FRONT ARM OUT FOR BALANCE/TRACK SHUTTLE
ACTION
SHOULDER/ARM BROUGHT FORWARD AT SPEED
ACTION RESEMBLES THROWING ACTION
WEIGHT TRANSFERS ONTO FRONT FOOT AT SHUTTLE IMPACT
CONTACT SHUTTLE ABOVE HEAD
STRIKE THROUGH SHUTTLE
RECOVERY
RACKET COMES DOWN AND ACROSS BODY
RETURN TO MIDDLE OF COURT INTO ‘READY’ POSITION WAITING TO RECEIVE NEXT SHOT

8. STAGES OF LEARNING
There are 3 important stages in learning and developing skills;
Planning stage (Cognitive)
Practice stage
Automatic stage
REMEMBER When DESCRIBING a skill we use PAR (preparation, action, recovery)

9. PLANNING STAGE Find out what the skill involves
Establish all the parts of the skill
First attempts at skill
Many errors
Cognitive process

10. PRACTICE STAGE Linking all the parts together of the skill
Simple skill require less practice than complex skills
Less errors during performance at this stage

11. AUTOMATIC STAGE No errors
Key parts automatic therefore able to link various other skills together
Basketball lay up requires speed, power to jump whilst dribbling, jumping, holding the ball and hitting a target.

12. METHODS OF LEARNING WHOLE-PART-WHOLE
Used by performers who already have experience of that activity/skill
Used with simple skills
Perform skill, identify weakness, practice that weakness then perform whole skill again
Badminton example; Whole – Overhead clear, Part- Develop footwork and leading leg, Whole- practice full overhead clear shot

13. METHODS OF LEARNING GRADUAL BUILD-UP
Used to learn complex(difficult) skills
Learnt in stages, with each stage more demanding and required to be mastered before moving onto the next
Learner can therefore concentrate on one part of the skill at a time before moving on
An example from basketball lay up; 1) shot from 1 step and jump shoot, 2) shot with 2 steps and jump shoot, 3) 1 bounce, 2 steps and jump shoot 4) dribble, 2 steps and jump shoot

14. SKILLS PRACTICE
A player will use a series of drills to concentrate on the skill
These drills will become harder so that the skill becomes more ‘game-like’
If practice sessions are too long problems occur;
Tiredness drop in performance levels. Make sure sessions are not to long and are broken into short sections with rest periods.
Boredom loss of concentration and performance drops. Vary practices and don’t make then too long
Progression practices must become progressively
Harder/more variety helping the performer improve

15. FEEDBACK
When learning or practicing skills, the performer is helped by receiving feedback about their performance.
FEEDBACK is ‘information received about a performance’.
There are 3 different types of feedback that help us understand our performance:
EXTERNAL (visual, written, video)
INTERNAL (how it feels to you ‘Kinaesthetic’
KNOWLEDGE OF RESULTS (scores, times, distances)

16. ANALYSING A PERFORMANCE
Observe your partners performance
Compare performance against model performer
Give ‘positive feedback on performance
Tell partner what they are doing wrong
Suggest improvements they could make
Watch partners performance again checking for improvements

17. TRANSFER OF WEIGHT
Some skills and techniques require our Centre of Gravity moving outside our base of support
When this happens we must transfer our weight to stay balanced and upright
Sometimes weight transfer is for single action like throwing or repeated actions like running

18. EXAMPLES OF TRANSFER OF WEIGHT
Badminton High serve
Weight transfers from back to front foot during impact
Both feet must remain on the ground during service
Badminton Smash shot
Weight transfers from back to front foot during impact of shuttle

19. Weight Transfer Benefits
Increase in Power
Allows more power for shots like overhead clear, serve and smash
Maintain Balance
Maintaining balance so that you can sustain your body shape or movements (net shot)
Increase Accuracy
Allowing you to control the direction of the object (direction of smash: downwards and cross court)

20. LEVERS AT WORK Short levers will allow for more accuracy and speed
Long levers have less speed but more force to deliver more distance but less accuracy.
Can you name 3 other activities where long levers play a part?

21. GOOD LUCK