Thursday, March 11, 2010

18 - 12/03/10 - ASS 2 - Sports Skills Demonstration

17 - 05/03/10 - Orienteering (St Julians Woods)

11/03/10 - Presentation Notes

We got together as a group in the library on 03/03/10 - 1 week before the presentation this worked well.

Our presentation was on 09/03/10 we were 3rd on!

I have got 2 slides on motor learning as my part of the presentation.

Motor learning is a taught skill whereas motor development is age related change

a skill is acquired deliberately through practice or experience

growth / maturation (Denzil and Chris)

what about other senses - audio / visual / perception

Karl Newell model (1986)

Individual / Task / Environment

Vision develops in parallel with locomotion to the age of about 10

Auditory - develops from birth in about 6 months

kinesthetic

Motor learning - - tennis girl slide (just as Britain lose to Lithuania)

the 4 sports slide - environment - typically british sports

starting the race / dribbling (also the you tube slide)

hockey / golf

Jean Piaget - Swiss psychologist / philosopher

Karl Newell - Model for Motor Development (mentioned in Haywood)

07 - 02/03/10 - LTAD

LTAD development 10 years or 10,000 years

Balyi et al (1999, 2001, 2004)

Components of athletic ability need to be trained through childhood

Balance
hand/eye coordination
technique (skill)
confidence/motivation/psychology
concentration/focus

5 S's Stamina, Strength, Skill, Speed and Suppleness

growth spurt - don't overtrain - windows of opportunity

see this link for LTAD - www.ltad.ca

see table 1 in the slides

concerns - growth / overtraining / schoolwork

weight / mass / scales accuracy

sensitive information - height

stature minus sitting height = subischal length

skeletal breadth

calf - gastrocnemius

baby head circumference is a common measure

skinfold thickness

triceps

subscapular
medial calf

suprailiac

abdominal

body fat % - male 12% - 18% ; female 16% - 28%

bioimpedance - very inaccurate

changes in physique (slide)

somatotype -
endomorphy, mesomorphy, ectomorphy

Hormonal changes

Little man syndrome (Napoleon Complex)

references - see slide but Haywood definitely

Skill Acquisition Piaget 155.413 PIA - the essential piaget

07 - 02/03/10 - The Coach /Parent / Athlete Triad

Reference Byrne, 2002

Parent Involvement Continuum Hellstad (1987)

Bill of rights (on moodle)

The Parent involvement continuum (on Moodle)

Directed task 400 words on Parental influences in athlete development

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

12 - 02/03/10 - Organising Sports Competitions / Frisbee Challenge

20 students attended the lecture out of an initial complement of 53.

Why have competition?

Goals/Improvement
Fun
See who is best
Learning environment
Motivation
Goals/Targets
Health Benefits
Social Interaction

Types of Competition

International
Selection
Team
Individual
Adults/Children/Age Groups
Weight Categories - Rugby/Boxing/etc.
Gender
team/individual
Amateur/Professional
Disability
Open/Closed
Selection
Small/Large
Novice
Handicap

Formats

Leagues
Ladders
Ranking
Knock-out
Tournaments
Friendly Matches

10/03/10 - Assignment Review

What went well?
In general the write up was good and was marked as an A-


What would I have done differently?
I didn't get the coaching plan from Denzil until the day of the session. I needed it before then to add coaching points.

What did I learn?
There were comments on using references but not making it clear what is actually stated in the referenced document.
"We" is not first person!

What still puzzles me?