Improving Skills Part 2

Improving Skills Part 2

1. Observations

   • Can be performed live and or recorded digitally
   • Factors that affect ability to observe include:
     • Accumulation of experience
     • Knowledge of the game and skills required
     • Academic training
     • Technical training
   • Range of variables can be observed during the game:
     • Global dynamics of the team
     • Whether set plays are being completed
     • Opponents patterns of play
     • Behaviour of opposing coach
     • Situational variables
   • Factors influencing capacity to observe
     • Psycho-emotional aspects
     • Expectations
     • Referee errors
   • Main limitation is subjectivity from person to person

2. Evaluation

   • Third stage of qualitative analysis
   • Must decide what the problem is, what is causing it and how it can be addressed
   • Performance can be assessed either objectively (eg; score or time) or subjectively (eg; perception or opinion)
   • Qualitative movement analysis can be ade more objective through the use of: checklists, rating scales, criteria/rubrics

3. Tests

   • Need to be valid and reliable
   • Validity: it tests what it is intended to test
   • Reliability: produces similar results when conducted in same/similar conditions. To maximise reliability you need to have the same or similar procedures, conditions, equipment, environment and tester

4. Intra-raters

   • People judging (raters) need to be both in agreement/ consensus
   • The also need to be reliable and consistent

5. Error correction

   • Weaknesses identified and strategies to address them are developed using either direct or constraints based coaching or instructional approaches
   • The strategies developed are based on the stage of learning the performer is in
   • Intervention is the undertaken in the macro cycle of training and/ or during the game

6. Preparation

   • Need to determine purpose of analysis
   • Need to determine which player will be observed, what the specific focus will be and how it will be tracked
   • Coaches need to develop an observation strategy based on solid knowledge of the game and skills required

7. Qualitative Movement Analysis

   • Used to improve human movement, diagnose of strengths and weaknesses of players or teams, obtain final results, talent identification and predict future results
   • Four main principles are: Preparation Observation Evaluation Error Correction