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This chapter outlines guidelines for assessing sport skills and motor abilities, emphasizing reliability, validity, simplicity, and affordability in testing procedures. It discusses suitable difficulty levels, exclusion of extraneous variables, and accurate scoring methods to yield diagnostic scores. The text emphasizes effective testing procedures, including pretest, testing, and posttest duties, and provides a flowchart for constructing motor performance tests. Issues in skills testing, rating scales, common errors, and different testing methods like performance-based and ability-based assessments are covered. It details the measurement aspects of human performance, such as muscular strength, speed, flexibility, balance, and power, and highlights the importance of constructing well-developed scales and training raters. The chapter concludes with the purposes of human performance testing and analysis, including selection, classification, diagnosis, and prediction tests for different sports like high school tennis and men’s volleyball. The content is essential for understanding and conducting effective sport skills evaluations.
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Chapter 11 Assessment of Sport Skills and Motor Abilities
Guidelines for Sport Skills Testing and Motor Performance Tests Acceptable reliability and validity Simple to administer and take Easy to understand instructions Not expensive nor requires extensive equipment Reasonable time for preparation and administration Encourage correct form Involve only one participant (continued)
Guidelines for Sport Skills Testing and Motor Performance Tests (continued) Suitable difficulty Interesting and meaningful Exclude extraneous variables Provide for accurate scoring Provide target scoring guidelines (if appropriate) Sufficient trials Yield diagnostic scores
Effective Testing Procedures Pretest dutiestime, forms, procedures, instructions Testing duties location, materials, cheating, safety, absences, make-ups Posttest dutiestranscription, item analysis, reporting, confidentiality
Figure 11.3 Flowchart for Constructing Motor Performance Tests (summary)
Issues in Skills Testing In addition to reliability and validity (the most important issues) Feasibility Testing methodObjective skills tests? Alternative (authentic assessment)—see chapter 14
Skills Test Classification ObjectiveAccuracy-based Repetitive performance (wall-volley) Total body movement Distance or power
Subjective Rating Scales Relative Rank-order AbsoluteEvaluation against a fixed standard Common ErrorsHalo effect "Standard" error Central-tendency
Developing Well-Constructed Scales State objectives in terms of observable behavior Select traits that determine success Define selected traits in observable behavior Select and develop the rating instrument Define degrees of success Test and revise the rating scale Use the scale in an actual testing situation
More Rating Scales Suggestions Develop well-constructed scales Train raters well Explain common rating errors to raters Permit ample time to observe performance If possible, use multiple raters
Other Tests Performance-based testingActual performance of the skill Trials-to-criterion testingCould save considerable time and effort
Ability or Skill? Abilitygeneral, innate psychomotor trait Skill specific, learned psychomotor capacity Specificitydetermined with concurrent validity
Measurement Aspects of the Domain of Human Performance Muscular strength Speed Anaerobic power Flexibility Balance Kinesthetic perception
Power Tests Arm powerOne-hand shot put Two-hand shot put over head Medicine-ball pitch Basketball throw Leg powerMargaria-Kalamen Leg Power Test Incline run
Effective Testing Consists of... Including sport relevant variables, selecting reliable and valid tests, developing sport specific protocols, controlling test administration, maintaining athletes rights to respect, repeating the tests periodically, and interpreting the results for the performance and interested parties (e.g., coaches, parents, etc.)
Purposes of Human Performance Testing and Analysis Selection Classification Diagnosis Prediction
Classification Tests for High School Tennis Players Motor performance50-yard dash Agility line drill Tennis skills testsForehand Backhand Volley Moving forehand Moving backhand Serve
Table 11.10Men’s Volleyball Performance Profile Percentiles Review chapter 3 for percentile development
Table 11.10 Men’s Volleyball Performance Profile Review chapter 3 for percentile development
