Chapter 2: Part 1 Flashcards
What is the relationship between strong fundamental motor skills and sport-specific skills?
If you have a sound foundation of fundamental motor skills, you are more likely to perform sport-specific skills, as you are likely to enjoy the activity if you are proficient at it and have a higher self-efficacy
What is the relationship between weak fundamental motor skills and sport-specific skills?
If you lack the foundations of fundamental motor skills, then you are far less likely to participate in sports due to less enjoyment, lower self-efficacy, and potential anxiety that comes from playing the sport
What is the correlation between boys and girls for fundamental motor skills?
In general, boys are more proficient in performing object control skills, such as catching and throwing, are more active and fitter, and have a higher perceived competence than girls
What does quantitative movement analysis (objective) involve?
Measurement of performance in numerical measures, statistical breakdown of performance. It is subject to qualitative factors, thus not guaranteeing validity
Why is quantitative movement analysis not used as commonly as qualitative movement analysis?
Most quantitative assessments in sports science relate to biomechanics and exercise physiology, which are generally laboratory-based within university research settings or elite sport performance institutes, making them too expensive for everyday widespread use in teaching and coaching
What does qualitative movement analysis (subjective) involve?
- Non-numerical assessment, judgement on the quality of a performance
- Used by most coaches and teachers in everyday situations to detect and correct errors
- Based on decision making and knowledge of skills and demands of the sport
- Uses coaches knowledge, experience and training
What are the purposes of qualitative movement analysis?
- Diagnosis of strengths and weaknesses
- To obtain a final result or rank in a competition
- For talent identification
- To predict future performance results
What are the characteristics of skilled performance?
- Performs consistently at a very high level
- Coordinated, balanced, flexible, fit
- Efficient in time and energy
- Good anticipation, effective technique, sound mental approach
What are the four main principles of qualitative movement analysis?
Preparation, observation, evaluation and error detection/correction
What occurs during the preparation stage of movement analysis?
- Determine what, how and why things are being analysed
- The coach needs to determine the characteristics of a skilled performance and how to track progress towards this ideal performance
- They developed a strategy based on purpose of analysis and knowledge of the game
What occurs during the observation stage of movement analysis?
- What is done and how it is done
- The coach may look at the performance of the subject
- It can occur by looking at live or recorded performance, or both
What is the main limitation of observing the quality of a performance?
Subjectivity
What occurs during the evaluation stage of movement analysis, and provide an example?
The coach judges the quality of performance and identifies what the problems are, how they’re being caused, and finds a solution to the problem.
For example, in football, a high ball drop caused by not fully guiding the ball down can be solved by changing the grip of the ball
What is inter-related reliability?
Between judges, when multiple judges have inconsistencies amongst their scoring of the same performance
What is intra-related reliability?
Within a judge, when one judge gives different scores for similar performance
