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Skill in Sport. Introduction. Why do we play sport? Why do we watch sport? What’s the positives & negatives of live sport and sport on TV? What sports do you watch live, in SA or away? . SKILL. We learn to perform skills from a very young age Some are simple (walking)
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Introduction • Why do we play sport? • Why do we watch sport? • What’s the positives & negatives of live sport and sport on TV? • What sports do you watch live, in SA or away?
SKILL • We learn to perform skills from a very young age • Some are simple (walking) • Some are complex (swimming) • Proficiency = PRACTICE
SKILL • Make a continuum of 3 different skills, explaining how they go from simple to complex.
WHAT IS SKILL? A specific action or the level of performance of an individual • They are goal orientated – the skill will achieve an end result. Eg: putting a golf ball into the hole. • They meet the Performance goal with maximum certainty.
WHAT IS SKILL? 3. They meet the performance goal with minimum outlay of energy. Eg: Being streamlined when swimming. 4. They are learned through practice & experience.
TYPES OF SKILL • MOTOR SKILL: emphasis on movement, not much thinking required. • Come up with 5 examples..
TYPES OF SKILL • COGNITIVE SKILL: requires a lot of thinking. Knowledge of the game & decision making required. • Come up with 5 examples..
TYPES OF SKILL • PERCEPTUAL SKILL: using your senses to assess a situation & help you make decisions. Vision, hearing, touch etc. • Come up with 5 examples..
TYPES OF SKILL • PERCEPTUAL-MOTOR SKILLS: interpretation of environmental stimuli & the motor response to the sensory info. In most sports. • Come up with 5 examples..
SKILL CLASSIFICATION • Read page 109 • Define the 3 classifications of skill, and come up with 4 examples for each. (don’t use the examples in the book) • Discrete Skills • Serial Skills • Continuous Skills
ENVIRONMENT • Read page 110. • Define what open and closed skills are. Give an example of 2 open and 2 closed skills (not listed in the text). • Classification of skill is related to the precision of the movement. • What are gross motor skills? Example? • What are fine motor skills? Example? • Draw Fig 5.3 and add your own example.
SKILL CLASSIFICATION • Complete table 5.1 on page 111. • Define & give an example of the following: • Individual skills • Coactive skills • Interactive skills What is the difference between Ability and skill? Explain..