1. Technical
Development

2. We will learn in this
section:
•What is a skill and how skills differ from abilities
•How the brain learns movement Skills
•Theories involved with learning Skills

3. We will learn today:
1. Be able to state the characteristics of a skill and an
ability
2. Able to describe the difference between a skill and
an ability
3. Be able to classify skills on at least 1 continuum
(some people up to 4)

4. Understand the role skill
acquisition plays in participating
in physical activity.
Why is skill acquisition
important?

5. • Learned
• Efficient
• Fluent
• Aesthetic
• Born-with
• underlying factors
• natural
• Enduring
• co-ordination
Skill v Ability
• Permanent Changes in
behaviour
• Goal Directed
• Strength
• Economic
• Fluent
• Quick thinking
• Aesthetic
• natural
• innate or inherited
Which words
match which
term?

6. Skill
‘Skill is said to be gained through learning.
Skill is said to be learned behaviour’
(B.Knapp)

7. Skills
are:
Goal Directed –
used to achieve
something
Learned – You
are born with
them
Permanent
changes in
behaviour
Efficient –
minimum
effort
Fluent
Aesthetic

8. L. P. G.E. F. A.
• Little Pinky Green Expensive Ferrari Admirer

9. The word skill used in
two main ways
Skills usually need to
bring together a
number of our
Abilities
To relate to an
act or task
(taking a penalty
kick)
As an indicator of the quality
of a performance (a well
executed shot may be said to
be skilful)

10. Despite her early performances being unsuccessful or
needing her coaches support she has
When we say a Gymnast has performed a skilful
back somersault we mean that:
• Learned to do the skill and can now do this every time,
• Would gain a good mark in a competition
• Performs with minimum effort and so efficiently
• Performs the movement fluently and with confidence
• Looks good in the performance and generally is close to the
technical model

11. Ability
We are not born with the skills of catching, kicking and
throwing etc they have to be learned
But we are born with underlying factors that allow us to
perform those tasks

12. Abilities are:
 Natural
 Innate or inherited
 Tend to be enduring traits
 E.g.
 Strength
 Co-ordination
 Quick thinking
 Agility
 Speed

13. These are ABILITIES

14. What abilities do you need to….
Catch a ball?
Hand eye coordination
Accuracy
Balance
Fine motor control
Combinations of abilities are needed to perform
most skills

15. Abilities required?

16. Abilities
Gross Motor Abilities:
are generally related to
athletic and gross
physical performance
i.e. physical fitness
abilities
Psychomotor abilities:
Movement controlled
by the brain
(psycho…brain;
motor…movement

17. Back to skill…..

18. There are 3 different Types of Skill
Intellectual Skills or Cognitive Skills
Skills that involve the use of a persons mental powers like
problem solving and verbal reasoning
Perceptive Skills
Interpreting and making use of information coming in via
the senses. eg. where to pass the ball or which shot to play in Golf
Motor Skills
Smoothly executing physical movements and responses
(Voluntary Movements – eg. writing your name)

19. Perceptual Skill :What canYou See?

20. Classification of movement skills
Skills have been classified on a variety of continuum.
A continuum is a line with two opposing ends and
gradual changes in characteristics in between
Why
classify
?

21. There are 4 main Continuum
Fine (Snooker Shot) Gross (Shot Putt)
1) Precision of the Movement
2) Is there a Definite Beginning and End?
Continuous Serial Discrete
Running Triple Jump Badminton Serve

22. 3) Who Controls the timing of the movement?
4) Does the Environment affect the skill?
Internal Pace
(Tennis Serve)
External Pace
(Return of Serve)
OPEN
(Hockey pass in Game)
CLOSED
(Hockey pass in Practice)

23. Difficulty Continuum
Two others could be:
SIMPLE COMPLEX
Organisational Continuum
LOW HIGH

24. Swimsuits developments – Case study 2
Activity….
Place each of the following
8 skills on the first 4
continua (use an X and a
letter to identify the skill
Long jump
Cycling
Basketball dribble
Basketball lay up
Taking a penalty in football
Gymnastic vault
Rifle range shooting
Receiving a serve in
badminton

25. Activity 2
List the abilities important in your sport
List 5 skills for your sport and classify them

26. We will learn today:
1. Be able to state the characteristics of a skill and an
ability
2. Able to describe the difference between a skill and
an ability
3. Be able to classify skills on at least 1 continuum
(some people up to 4)