Discuss the Differences Between Skill, Ability and Technique andHow You Would Structure Practices To Enhance These Components of Fitness?

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DISCUSS THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SKILL, ABILITY AND TECHNIQUE AND HOW YOU WOULD STRUCTURE PRACTICES TO ENHANCE THESE COMPONENTS OF FITNESS?

In order to successful at any sport, you must have skill, ability and technique. Skill is the ability to choose and perform the right techniques at the correct time, regularly and with the minimum of effort in a specific movement in a sport. " It is a co-ordinated act, involving complex movements brought together in a consistent and smooth manner ". (Galligan et al, 2000). Welford (1968) states " Skill is an organised co-ordinated activity in relation to an object or situation which involves a whole chain of censory, central & motor mechanism ". Professor GP Meredith claims that "Excellence of performance-the successful integration of a hierarchy of abilities (all the abilities we have) appropriate to a given task under given conditions ". Elite athletes use skill to achieve victory in their sport. For example scoring the winning or deciding goal in football. Ability is as E. Fleishman states, "Motor abilities are relatively enduring traits which are generally stable qualities or factors that help a person carry out a particular act". Arnot and C. Gaines both say, "Motor abilities are innate inherited traits that determine an individuals co-ordination, balance, ability and speed of reactions". Ability is also what you are born with; we inherit our ability from our parents, which means it is genetic. Therefore it is likely that you will play the sport that your parents are still or used to play, so if your parents were good at a particular sport, then that could be what makes you good at that sport. There are various aspects that can determine your ability at a sport. These are: - Height, Strength and co-ordination. Technique is the basic movements that we make in any sport. For example a block start in a 100m sprint. We can put together a number of different techniques to create a sequence. For example the triple jump.
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Skill depends on the following 2 factors: -

. The Type of skill: - Whether it is an open, externally paced or an interactive skill. The skill should try and be improved by doing a variable practice. This is because variable practice will involve a variety of different environments in practice, allowing both the development of skill & the ability to adapt that skill to a range of possible situations. This is important for open & interactive skills, as they are never the same twice.

Or if the skill could be closed, ...

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