1. What is happening at each stage?
Could you progress through the stages?

2. Skill Acquisition Definition:
The process of learning/acquiring new skills

3. Definition of a Skill Something that we LEARN
Predetermined (this means that we have thought of it before)
Goal directed (there is a reason for doing it)

4. Skill
‘Skill is the learned ability to bring about predetermined results with maximum certainty, often with the minimum outlay of time or energy or both.’ Knapp

5. Describing a Skilful Performance

6. Describing a Skilful Performance
Remember: ACE FACE
Aesthetically pleasing (good to look at)
Controlled
Effortless (makes it look easy)
Fluent
Accurate
Consistent/co-ordinated
Efficient (doesn’t waste time or energy)

7. Types of Skill Cognitive Motor Perceptual Psychomotor
Skills that involve thought processes
Skills that involve a physical movement
Skills that involve the detection and interpretation of stimuli from the environment
Combination of perceptual and motor skills
Planning a shot in snooker (working out tactics/scores)
High jump, badminton serve
Rugby, analyse location of teammates and opposition before deciding what skill to do.
Analysing the stimuli from the environment, decide on the best option (pass or run) and then execute it.

8.
Watch the video and identify what types of skill are involved.
Is it just one or a combination?

9. Perceptual Skill
Look at this picture – what do you see?
We use out perceptual mechanism to give this picture meaning
Sometimes we interpret things differently

10.
This goal keeper’s perceptual skills were poor in this situation – he misjudged the ball and as a result he mistimed his clearance.

11. When would you use your perceptual skills?
Cricket:
Batting – judging the flight (spin, speed, height, direction) of the ball as it’s being bowled
Batting – looking at the position of the ball and judging if it’s far enough away for there to be time to run between the posts
Batting – judging the position of the fielders
Fielding – judging the height/direction of the ball as it’s in the air, speed as it rolls along the ground having been hit

12. Exam question
What are the characteristics of a skilled performance? (3 marks)

13. Mark Scheme A. Consistency/repeatable success/few
3 (a) (ii) What are the characteristics of a skilled performance? (3 marks)
A. Consistency/repeatable success/few
mistakes/maximum certainty;
B. Efficiency/minimisation of time/
quick;
C. Coordinated/controlled;
D. Fluency/flowing/smooth;
E. Adaptable;
F. Minimal outlay of energy/appears
effortless/economic;
G. Aesthetically pleasing;
H. Goal orientated behaviour/
predetermined results/objective;
I. Precise/Accurate/Correct.

14. Prep: Consolidate: Learn the definition of skill (knapp)
Learn the ACEFACE pneumonic
Read pages and make detailed notes where necessary on the areas we have covered in lesson.