1. Skills and Techniques Preparation, Action, Recovery

2. Learning Outcomes By the end of this lesson you will;
Understand what is meant by a Skill and a Technique
Be able to break a skill down into it’s 3 stages (Preparation, Action and Recovery)

3. SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES A SKILL
Is an action that we use in an activity
Cartwheel, passing, shooting are all examples of skills
A skill tells us about the purpose of a movement.
For example in the skill of passing in Rugby; the purpose is to throw the ball to a team mate.

4. SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES TECHNIQUE
A technique is a way of performing a skill
For example; If the skill is shooting in Basketball, techniques for shooting would be the lay-up or a jump shot.
Selecting which technique to use when performing in a game is vital to the success of the skill.
E.g If the other team are tall in Basketball, I would use my jump shot to shoot rather than a lay-up.

5. SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES Serve Passing Balance ACTIVITY SKILL
Life saving tow

6. SIMPLE AND COMPLEX SKILLS
Some skills are more difficult to perform than others
For example, a Back-flip is more complex than standing on one leg.
This is due to a number of reasons

7. SIMPLE AND COMPLEX SKILLS
Simple Skills have;
Few parts
Physically undemanding
Little co-ordination
Simple order of movements
One movement at a time
Easy environment
Complex Skills have;
Many parts
Physically demanding
Good co-ordination
Complicated order of movements
Many movements at the same time
Difficult environment

8. A skill/technique can be described as being simple or complex
ACTIVITY
SKILL/ TECHNIQUE
SIMPLE
COMPLEX
Gymnastics
Balance
Headstand
Basketball
Lay up

9. Skills can be broken down into 3 phases or parts
Preparation
Action
Recovery

10. Tennis Serve
Preparation – Toss the ball into the air, and pull the racket back.
Action – Lift up and throw the face of the racket to make contact with the ball. (Throwing action)
Recovery - Follow through in the direction you wish the ball to travel

11. Activity 1 Gymnastics Skill/technique Handspring
Select 3 different activities and a skill/technique from each. Describe in detail the preparation, action and recovery for each one.
Activity 1 Gymnastics Skill/technique Handspring
Preparation …………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………...……………………………………………...Action ……………………………………….………………………………………….
…………………………………………………………..………………………………………
Recovery ………………………………………………..…………………………………
…………………………………………………………………..………………………………
Activity 2 Badminton Skill/technique Smash
……………………………………………………………………………...…………………
Action ……………………………………….………………………………………….
Activity 3 Volleyball Skill/technique Volley
See word doc, ‘Breaking down skills question’

12. DESCRIBING A SKILL
Here is an example of the 3 phases of describing a skill by looking at a Handspring vault