Discuss the differences between skill,ability and technique and explain how you would structure practices to enhance these components of fitness.

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Discuss the differences between skill,ability and technique and explain how you would structure practices to enhance these components of fitness.

In order to be successful within any sport, you must acquire skill,ability and technique. These three words are often used in the same context however they are three completely different concepts. Skill is "the learned ability to bring about pre determined results with the maximum certainty often with the maximum outlay of time,energy or both"( Knapp -1966). It is a co-ordinated act involving complex movements brought together in a consistent and smooth manner for example scoring a goal in hockey. Skill, ability and technique are very different however without each other they would not exist.

Ability is something you are born with. It is innate. It is seen as being genetically transmitted. It's the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment. Although it is inherited, it can be developed through practice and training. Abilities can be essentially perceptual, essentially motor or a combination of both. A number of different characteristics of your make up are concerned whilst talking about ability, for example height, strength and co-ordination.

Technique is the ability to apply procedures or methods so as to effect a desired result. With practice and training,these components can be enhanced.

"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."

This quote agrees with the idea that all three areas are needed to be a success at sporting activities.

We can put together a number of different techniques to create a sequence. For example the triple jump.

Skill, ability and technique are always closely linked. The book ' Advanced PE ' puts forward the equation:

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SKILL = ABILITY + TECHNIQUE

Practices

Skill depends on 2 factors:
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* The type of skill

* The type of learner

Type of skill

The type of skill determines how a skill should be practiced. 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 rarely the same twice.
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