Discuss the Differences Between Skill, Ability and Techniqueand How 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?

To be a sportsman at any level, you must have skill, ability and technique. These components of fitness are essential in the development and production of any activity, varying from simple movements such as walking, to more complex activities such as the high jump or tennis serve.

There are many definitions of skill, ability, and technique and they are often related and underpin each other.

 Skill can be defined as 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”.

Whereas, Ability is the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment. “Motor abilities are innate inherited traits that determine an individual’s 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 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.

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Technique is the basic movements that we make in any sport. For example blocks start in a 100m sprint. We can put together a number of different techniques to create a sequence. For example the triple jump.

        In order to perform a particular skill in sport, we must learn the required technique. In order to learn the technique fully, we must have the necessary abilities.

The difference between skill and ability is that a skill can be taught and changed and your ability is something that is inherited from your parents and cannot be taught.

Technique is something, ...

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