1. Session 1 – Aspects of Movement Skill
Development
Students Learn About:
Australia's got Talent 2008 - Macca in Motion
Body Control and Awareness:
As you become more aware of the needs of a sport or movement
your body develops kinaesthetic awareness. It allows you to have
more control over the types of movements required, when to
perform them, how to perform them and the ability to read cues and
other players.
Andy Murrays Insane Street Tennis Tricks

2. Object Manipulation and Control:
• Sports using an object require skills that the
performer needs to master to control the object
being used. They will use the object to their
advantage and develop the easier skill into a greater
range of controlled movements.
ShintyJust4Fun (Hockey Skills)

3. Anticipation and Timing:
• A & T means knowing when to perform the skill
at the right time. Players with good timing can:
• Be in the right space at the right time
• Make a pass to put other players in space
• Move to receive or intercept
• Know when to swing to make the best contact
What Is Timing In Sports
Funny Timing Errors in Sports

4. Technique:
• Most skills being learnt have sub-routines or
key teaching point that the learner will need
to put together in order to complete the skill.
It will require the player to:
• Know the right patterns or points
• Practice and refine them consistently
• Perform them under pressure situations
• Refine technique as development occurs
Ejercicios de Coordinacion Futbol

5. Influences on Skill Development and Performance
• Transfer of skills and concepts:
When we wish to learn more difficult skills, we may
need to rely on previously learnt skills or
movements. Normally more complex or difficult skills
are a composition of easier or simple skills put
together. Learners may:
• Adapt from skills from other sports
• Adapt using smaller parts of skills
• Adapt to more complex skills
• Adapt once they are more capable (growth)
• Adapt once their ability increases

6. Learning Environments:
• The learning environment has a massive influence
on the leaner. Environments need to be an
encouraging and positive one if learners are going
to improve. The environment needs to consider:
• Physical conditions (weather, surface, equipment, etc)
• Type of environment (closed= court/field/markings or open=
surfing)
• Type of skill(continuous = walking, discrete= tennis serve, or
serial = routines)
• Types of muscles being used (gross = major muscle groups or
fine = refined movements)
• Types of learner ( personality, ability, experience)

7. Importance of Practice:
• In any sport practice makes
perfect, however, there are different ways to
practice in order to suit the type of
skill, learner, environment, etc. When deciding
upon the learning strategy we must consider:
• Physical practice (massed (time) versus
distributed(rest))
• Mental practice (rehearsal versus visualisation)
• Practice FITT(frequency, intensity, type and time)
• Method of practice (whole versus part)
How to Kick a Soccer Ball : How to Shoot a Soccer Ball with Power

8. Feedback:
• When performers are developing new
movements or skills it’s important that they
receive information to let them know how they’re
going. Performers can receive the following types
of feedback:
• Internal (within themselves)
• External (coach, crowd, media)
• Positive
• Negative
• Knowledge of results
• Knowledge of performance

9. Safety:
• When learning new skills or
movements, confidence is everything to a
learner. The learner must feel safe in the learning
environment. Ways to make the learning
environment safe includes:
• Knowledge of the game rules and regulations
• Preparation (warming up, knowing the skills and the game)
• Execution (equipment necessary, skills practiced, within
capabilities)
• Completion (set routines after skill is finished, warming
down, recovery)

10. What factors affect how we learn movement skills ?
• Environment and circumstances:
Example, when participating in outdoor activities
like tennis, cross country running, surfing, beach
volleyball, playing conditions are affected by
external influences like weather, which can be
unpredictable.
Skills applied in an environment that is constantly
changing are known as open skills, wheras skills
applied in a stable or predictable environment
are known as closed skills.
The Impact of Extreme Cold Weather on Athletic Performance

11. Types of muscles involved in the movement skill:
• What type of muscle groups are we using?
• Movements may involve large groups of
muscles such as those in the back, legs, arms
and shoulders as we run, swim.
• Skills using large muscle groups are known as
gross motor skills and those using small
groups of muscles are known as fine motor
skills.

12. Observable parts to the skill
• Is there a clear beginning and end to the skill or is it
made up of a series of smaller, separate skills?
Three types of skills to consider in this area:
• Continuous skills
Which do not have a distinct beginning or end; examples include
walking, swimming and basic ice-skating
• Discrete skills
Which have a clear beginning and end; examples include diving
into a swimming pool and scoring a goal in hockey
• Serial skills
Which are a combination of skills that make up one whole
skill, such as in a range of dance skills performed together

13. Applying mechanical principles to enhance
performance
• Absorbing and Applying Force:
Force that act on the body during skill performance
can come from within the body and outside it.
When applying force we need to generate enough
force that the object or surface is carrying in order to
make it move. (equal force or more). We apply in the
body by contracting muscles. The forces applied
onto our body is mainly gravity or objects and other
players, water, friction ground reaction.
Professional Discus Form Slalom Water Skiing crashes 28 32 35 38 39 41 off Ski
Nautique JAVELIN THROW - TOP 10 JAVELIN THOWERS

14. Balance and Stability
All sports require some form of balance and stability. The
greater strength we have of our core stability the
greater our centre of gravity is to allow us to maintain
both static and dynamic balance.
• Centre of gravity is the centre by which all movement
acts off
• Static balance is maintaining a postural position
(handstand)
• Dynamic balance is keeping control whilst moving
(dodging and weaving)

15. Momentum
• When one body collides with another, the greater the
momentum, the greater is the effect on the other body. For
example, the impact of a motor vehicle collision will be far
greater if a car is travelling fast and the body that it collides
with is also moving quickly. If the two bodies are of the same
mass and travelling at different velocities, the body moving
with the greater velocity(speed) will be more difficult to
stop. If two objects are travelling with the same velocity but
have a different mass, the heavier object will be harder to
stop.
• Bates Stable - Part 1 JAVELIN Throw Technique :
Exercises on the HOP and BLOCK by D.POPPE.m4v

16. General principles for throwing events
• In the throwing events –
Javelin, discus, hammer and shot-put there
are five components:
– Starting position
– Building momentum
– Throwing position
– Delivery of the implement
– Follow – through or recovery
Jacko Gill Progress in the last couple of years

17. Appreciating movement composition and performance
• The saying ‘Beauty is in the eye of the beholder’ also applies
to movement context. For many people soccer, known by
some as ‘the beautiful game’, epitomises everything that a
person would want in a game. Other people enjoy both the
movement composition and the performance of synchronised
diving, rhythmic gymnastics and games such as water polo or
ice hockey.
Aesthetics
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAlbcltzaps poor form
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfsP4CP801E good form

18. Appreciating movement composition and performance
• Qualities of Performance:
• When we’re looking at a performance how do you know
what is good and what is bad. Normally we appreciate
things that just look good (aesthetic appreciation). Other
qualities that make a good performance include:
• commitment and dedication
• technical skill
• accuracy and consistency
• innovation and creativity
• read the play
• teamwork and set plays

19. Analytical Techniques:
• In order for a performer to develop or improve the
coach or instructor needs to know what is actually
required for the sport or skill. Coaches need to
decide what they are analysing. The requirements of
the sport or the players ability to perform the
requirements. Coaches these days look for:
• components of fitness
• components of skills
• players ability (technique)
• players training/practice habits