ACQUISITION%20OF%20SKILL

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ACQUISITION OF SKILL

• Objectives
• WHAT What are skills?, how can they be
  acquired and developed.
• What is feedback and what are the different
  types?
• HOW Looking at how we learn skills, best
  method for you?
• WHY? ??????

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SKILL

• Skill is using knowledge or expertise to succeed
  and effectively in achieving a particular
  objective and ability. This has been acquired by
  training.

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THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF SKILL

• BASIC SKILLS
  these are usually basic and
  straightforward, being able to throw, catch, run,
  jump or hit an object. It is important to be able
  to do these basic skills easily before attempting
  higher levels.

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• COMPLEX SKILLS
  Skills which take a long time to
  learn as they involve high levels of
  co-ordination and control.
• Higher level skills will also be very sport
  specific as different sports have skills unique
  to them.

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Types of Skill

• There are 2 types of skills-
• OPEN SKILLS -
• These happen in situations that are
  constantly changing such as an invasion game.
  Here the game around the player is constantly
  changing and skills may have to adapted to meet
  the situation.

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• CLOSED SKILLS -
• These happen in situations which are constant
  and unchanging so they are not affected by the
  sporting environment. Example a gymnastic
  routine.
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TYPES OF GUIDANCE

• In order to acquire skill performers often need
  further guidance which can take the form of-
• VISUAL GUIDANCE seeing a demonstration, example
  or even watching their own performance played
  back.
• VERBAL GUIDANCE being told what needs to be
  done or improved constructive criticism.
• MANUAL GUIDANCE Performers can be physically
  guided through a movement i.e. support in a vault.

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FEEDBACK

• A performer finds out how good their performance
  was through knowledge of results and also
  knowledge of performance. The most common ways
  are-
• INTRINSIC
• This is felt or sensed by the performer when
  actually performing.
• EXTRINSIC
• This comes from sources other than the performer
  themselves i.e. sounds or things they can see.

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Need to know!

• Knowledge of results this is a form of feedback
  at the end of the performance and could be as
  simple as winning or losing.
• Knowledge of performance this is how the
  performance was carried out rather than just the
  end result.

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Types of practice.

• These are ways the performer tries to gain skills
  which they have identified that they need -
• WHOLE a complete performance is carried out
  with all aspects of the performance covered.
• PART only specific aspects of the performance
  are practiced, such as a specific skill

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• FIXED a set session or aspect is concentrated
  upon.
• VARIABLE a combination of all the above