HPE- Year 11 Skill Acquisition Volleyball
Skill acquisition
The term ‘skill acquisition’ is used to describe the ability to learn a new skill. There is no specification as to what is classified as a skill, a skill can be anything from intellectual activities to physical activities, a skill can even be something as a simple as listening. The objective of skill acquisition is to select a new skill and study that skill until you have learnt it. Skill acquisition is an extremely important part of sport making it a heavily researched and investigated topic and therefor there are many different theories on the best way to acquire a skill. According to (Skill acquisition and performance improvement, Abernathy B, 2005) with practice, skills become less consciously controlled and more automatic, this provides highly-skilled performers with the ability to perform multiple tasks relating to that skill concurrently and therefor for efficiently. This report will outline the stages of learning a skill, open and closed skills, types of practice, how feedback can improve the process of skill acquisition and skill acquisition relating to volleyball.
There are three stages of skill learning: cognitive stage, associated stage and autonomous stage, the aim of progressing through each stage is to coherently understand the level that the player is at and therefor create a better understanding of what type of practise is needed to improve. The first stage of learning, the cognitive stage involves mental understanding, watching a demonstration and then having a coach to provide feedback as stated by (M Barraclough, stages of skill acquisition, 2008). The aim of the cognitive stage is to be educated on the dynamics of the skill for example, a basketball player might watch a demonstration of the basic technique involved in shooting a free throw, examining the technique they would then try to mimic it and if unsuccessful a coach or someone with a better understanding could then provide ways to improve the result. The next stage,
The term ‘skill acquisition’ is used to describe the ability to learn a new skill. There is no specification as to what is classified as a skill, a skill can be anything from intellectual activities to physical activities, a skill can even be something as a simple as listening. The objective of skill acquisition is to select a new skill and study that skill until you have learnt it. Skill acquisition is an extremely important part of sport making it a heavily researched and investigated topic and therefor there are many different theories on the best way to acquire a skill. According to (Skill acquisition and performance improvement, Abernathy B, 2005) with practice, skills become less consciously controlled and more automatic, this provides highly-skilled performers with the ability to perform multiple tasks relating to that skill concurrently and therefor for efficiently. This report will outline the stages of learning a skill, open and closed skills, types of practice, how feedback can improve the process of skill acquisition and skill acquisition relating to volleyball.
There are three stages of skill learning: cognitive stage, associated stage and autonomous stage, the aim of progressing through each stage is to coherently understand the level that the player is at and therefor create a better understanding of what type of practise is needed to improve. The first stage of learning, the cognitive stage involves mental understanding, watching a demonstration and then having a coach to provide feedback as stated by (M Barraclough, stages of skill acquisition, 2008). The aim of the cognitive stage is to be educated on the dynamics of the skill for example, a basketball player might watch a demonstration of the basic technique involved in shooting a free throw, examining the technique they would then try to mimic it and if unsuccessful a coach or someone with a better understanding could then provide ways to improve the result. The next stage,
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