Diploma in Fitness and Exercise Studies May to July 2011

Physical Performance Perspectives

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Date% 22&June&2011
'ame% (an! $hi )eun!* Patric#
1+ , am ta#in! part in an experiment and am re-uired to move a
pencil 2./ to ma#e a mar# in the middle of circle+ (he faster ,
move+ (he more mista#es , ma#e+ "hy0
,n this experiment* 1e are doin! a closed loop control* needs
visual 2ased feed2ac# system to correct the movement+ (he
faster 1e move* less time to ma#e the correction in movement
tends to have more mista#es at the end+
ccordin! to Fitts3 4a1* a performance needed fast and accurate*
forces people to trade5o6 2et1een speed and accuracy+
2+ parent and a coach are 1atchin! a youn! athlete perform the
shot put+ (he parent thin#s shot puttin! is a discrete s#ill 1hile
the coach insists shot puttin! is a serial s#ill+ 7oth are ri!ht+ "hy0
From the parent point of vie1* the youn! athlete is puttin! a shot
in last movement* not 2y a serial of movements+ (he distant of
puttin! 1hich is depended on the last movement* more un5s#illful
he is* more tend to 2e as a discrete s#ill+ 8o1ever* to a s#illful
athlete* shot put is a2solute a serial s#ill involved 2ody rotation*
foot 1or#s and arms movement* it is done 2y a s#ill after another
s#ill+ 2solutely 1e should call it serial s#ill+
9+ Soccer may 2e considered to include 2oth closed and open s#ills+
"hy0
(hat3s an interestin! -uestion+ De:nition of $losed S#ill is
performed in an environment that is predicta2le or stationary and
that allo1s performers to plan their movements in advance+ ,n a
foot2all match* a2solute it is under an unpredicta2le
environment* it should 2e an ;pen s#ills sport+ 8o1 come 1e
consider it as a $losed S#ill sport as 1ell* the reasona2le ans1er
should 2e under a 12 yards penalty #ic#* 1e could consider the
environment is closed to a stationary environment+ <oal #eeper
must stand on the 2ase line until soccer #ic#ed the 2all* all other
player must 2e stay outside the restricted area+
.+ "hat sort of feed2ac# is provided 2y a coach durin! practice0
$oach is !ivin! E=(>,'S,$ feed2ac# durin! a practice+ "e can
classify to )no1led!e of >esults and )no1led!e of Performance+
)no1led!e of result is solid result of practicin!+ For example*
runnin! 11 seconds for 100meter+ )no1led!e of performance
1ould 2e more into the s#ills and motor s#ill+ For example* the
an!le of 2as#et2all shootin! is too hi!h or too lo1?
@+ "hy is it important for youn! children to 2e provided 1ith
di6erent movement experience0
,f youn! children could 2e provided 1ith di6erent movement
experience* 2etter AFundamental Movement S#ills he or she
could !et* 2etter ASpecialiBed Movement S#ills/+ ,t helps to 2uild
a 2etter performance in Sport activities+
part from 2etter performance in sports* A(hose 1ith positive
expectation a2out their a2ility CFundamental Movement S#illD are
more 1illin! to ta#e ris#s* are popular playmates in school
!round* and are more li#ely to maintain an active and healthy
lifestyle+/ $ited from Dept of Education* "estern ustralia 2001
E+ "hen 2iolo!ical a!e* rather than chronolo!ical a!e should* 2e
used to !roup youn! athletes in practice0
Durin! a!e 1051E* it is not !ood to !roup the youn! athletes 2y
chronolo!ical a!e to do practice+ ,n this period youn! athletes are
in period of adolescence+ (he physical a2ility* co!nitive and
emotional performance could 2e varyin! a lot+
,n technical 1ay to explain* after onset of Pea# 8ei!ht Felocity* it
is 2etter to stren!then the trainin! for stren!th and aero2ic+
Goun! athletes have 2etter a2ility of adaptation in stren!th and
aero2ic trainin!+ (hen* it is a2solute not !ood to !roup the youn!
athletes 2y 2iolo!ical a!e 1hile they are in a!e 1051E+