Skills and Technique

Preparation/Action/Recovery Preparation – how you prepare to do a skill e.g. Badminton – stand side on, racket taken back, feet apart Action – doing the skill – e.g. Badminton – Transfer of weight forward, smooth swing forward, drop shuttle and hit below waist height. Recovery – how you recover from the skill e.g. Badminton – high racket follow through, ready to react to next shot – ‘ready position’

Preparation/Action/Recovery Choose 1 activity with a partner Name 2 criteria for each stage of preparation/action/recovery You have 2 minutes.

Skill Learning Gradual build up – learning complex skills with many sub-routines. E.g. headspring in sports Acrobatics. Whole – part – whole – learning simple skills with few sub-routines e.g. basketball dribble

Gradual Build Up Stage 1 – perform supported headstand on the ground Stage 2 – perform headstand on box top and fall forward onto mat Stage 3 – perform headstand on raised box top and kick legs to land on back on mat Stage 4 – perform headstand on box with mats piled up to height of box on other side and kick legs to land on back on mat Stage 5 – start to take mats away from opposite side of box and encourage to land on feet Stage 6 – once can land on feet add run up and jump on trampett to perform whole skill.

Gradual Build Up Choose 1 activity with your partner Choose a skill you would learn through gradual build up Name at least 3 stages to learning this skill You have 3 minutes

Whole-part-whole Basketball Dribble Perform whole skill individually Take out height at which we dribble ball and practice passing ball through legs, round back etc at waist height. Perform whole skill again with emphasis on height of ball.

Stages of Learning 3 stages to learning a skill Stage 1 – The planning stage – find out what skill involves Stage 2 – Practice Stage – link skills together to perform whole skill Stage 3 – Automatic Stage – Perform skill without thinking about how to do that skill and can concentrate on other things e.g. moving into a space etc.

ADAPTATION Activities can be adapted in many ways. The intention in making any of the changes to activities is that your skill development can benefit from the changes.

ADAPTATION ADAPTING ACTIVITIES PLAYING AREA EQUIPMENT SCORING SYSTEM TIME NUMBER OF PLAYERS RULESSAFETY

ADAPTATION Give examples of how you would adapt both individual and Team activities using all of the examples on the previous page. What is the benefit of the adaptation you have made? E.g. Basketball limit the sides to 3 v 3. Players get more touches of the ball, thus giving them a chance to improve their skills. Badminton increase the amount of players 1 v 2. I played against 2 players to work on trying to improve my smash. I had to be accurate or my smash would be returned.

Sometimes the normal rules of an activity can be changed in order to make some important points clearer. This is sometimes referred to as a conditioned game. The condition should help you practise in a game setting the skills and technique which you have developed in practice. CONDITIONED GAMES

Example Lay-up practice in Basketball. During the game 4 points could be given to a team if they score with a lay-up. This would encourage players to try and use what they developed during their practice in a game situation. CONDITIONED GAMES