topic 11 - skill acquisition and analysis

• traditional pedagogy in sports

  content-focused, coach-led learning, coach has full responsibility for what, how and when learning takes place(ex. coach telling a player to keep their feet on the floor when doing a throw-in)
• non-linear pedagogy in sports

  process-oriented, high level of connectivity between athletes and coaches, development of creative process in athletes take responsibility and make decisions(ex. player decides who to throw-in to and when)
• Newell's Constraints led approach to teaching motor skills


  learners generate specific movement solutions to satisfy the unique combination of constraints imposed on them
• non-linear approach


  is student-centered and empowers individuals to become active learners
• individual constraints


  a person's unique physical and mental characteristics(height, emotion, speed, determination level)
• task constraints


  include the goals and rule structure of a particular movement or activity(equipment used, goal of specific task, controlled most by coaches)
• environmental constraints


  constraints related to the world around us(physical factors such as gravity, social factors such as peer pressure)
• reasons for using notational analysis in sports/PE


  inform coaching process ---> improve athlete performance

  provide an objective way of recording performance, quality performance consistently and reliably, facilitate quantitative and qualitative feedback
• 5 applications of notation in PE and sports


  tactile evaluation, technical evaluation, analysis of movement, development of databases and models, educational use with teacher/coach and athlete
• phase analysis model


  Is sequential and based on movement principles

  - Preparation (positioning of the body)

  - Retraction (back-swing)

  - Action

  - Follow-through

  
• performance outcome model


  Is hierarchical, based on mechanical relationships underpinning performance and concerned with the application of biomechanical principles

  - Speed principles

  - Force principles

  - Coordination principles

  - Specific performance principles

  
• explain how a flowchart system can be used for match analysis

  notational analysis is all about determining which variable/factors affect match outcome, used to identify patterns during a game,

  
• simple notation systems for team games


  scattergrams, frequency tables, sequential systems
• use of digital technology in sports analysis


  • motion tracking and capture devices (Hawkeye, Dartfish)

  • performance-analysis software (

  Prozone, Strava, STATS)

  • nutrition, fitness and training analysis

  software (Bodybyte,8fit, Oura sleep tracker).
• strengths of using information technologies in sports analysis


  has data thats not available through traditional analysis, provides data over short/long trajectory, data is more objective and accurate, processing data improves visualisation, feedback is immediate and efficient, feedback info can be manageable and specifically adjusted, new tech is relatively inexpensive
• limitations of using information technologies in sports analysis

  coaches need training to make effective use of the data, limited availability in many regions, limited use in all situations, may lead to over-reliability on objective data