1. Higher Skills and Techniques

2.  In this area we will look at concepts surrounding skills and skilled performance. The analysis of skill and the development of skill.

3. WHAT IS A SKILL? “ …a movement with a purpose…” Skills can be categorised by a number of features and due to their nature can be difficult to identify an exact classification. However, all skills can be placed on the following continuums -

4. Simple and Complex Skills SIMPLE (Chest pass) COMPLEX (Tumble turn) This describes the number of subroutines within certain skills – if there is 1 movement they are ‘simple’ and if the skill requires a series of linked movements they are described as ‘complex’.

5. Simple and Complex Skills  Try and think of as many simple and complex skills as you can. Place them under the headings: SimpleComplex

6. Open and Closed Skills  OPEN (Rugby tackle) CLOSED (Headstand) UnpredictablePredictable UnpredictablePredictable This describes the movement patterns – if they are always identical its is a ‘closed skill’. If they change due to the nature of performance they are ‘open skills’

7. Write 2 headings in your jotter like this: Closed SkillsOpen Skills

8. Now decide which skills below under which heading… Hockey dribble Smash in Badminton Pass in Rugby Forward Roll Handstand Rugby Scrum Dive in Swimming High Jump Tennis Serve Putt in Golf Drive in Golf Drive in Golf

9. DISCRETE (Forward roll) SERIAL (Running) This describes how easily you can identify a ‘start’ and ‘finishing’ point in a given skill.

10. What is a Technique? “ … “ …the way in which a skill is performed or executed…” Technique describes the way in which a skill is performed, it is descriptive and gives more information on the performance.

11. The following table gives examples of skills and techniques: Fill in the blanks SkillTechnique Pass (rugby) Front Crawl, Back crawl, Butterfly, Breast stroke Tackle (hockey) Jab, Block, Stick Lay-up, Set, Jump Low, High

12. Answers: SkillTechnique Pass (rugby) Spin pass / Reverse pass / Pendulum pass Swimming Front Crawl, Back crawl, Butterfly, Breast stroke Tackle (hockey) Jab, Block, Stick Shooting (basketball) Lay-up, Set, Jump Serve (badminton) Low, High

13.  Badminton skills and techniques Badminton skills and techniques Badminton skills and techniques

14. Information processing  Understanding how a skilled performance can be used to develop performance e.g.;  Ability to select the correct options to cope with various performance demands.  One way of doing this is called the ‘information processing model’

15. Information Processing  The information processing model has four parts that are linked together in a loop.

16. ‘Learning Loop’

17. Homework – due 28/8/12  www.ohspess.wikispaces.com www.ohspess.wikispaces.com  Higher 2010 paper.  Q5 part a)  Explain what you understand about the following:  Information Processing Model  Skill Classification  6 marks.