SKILL DEVELOPMENT

VU.EDU.AU/ISEAL

SKILL EVALUATION

Ivan HooperDebbie Savage

Marc ElipotDamian Farrow

KINAESTHETIC AUDITORY VISUAL PROPRIOCEPTION HAPTIC TACTILE

PROPRIOCEPTION-HAPTIC-TACTILE

VISUAL AUDITORY VESTIBULAR SOMATOSENSORY TASTE SMELL

Skilled Performance

SKILL

= TECHNIQUE + ADAPABILITY

PRESSURE

SKILL

EVALUATION

Psychology

Skill Acquisition

Performance Analysis

Physiology /Nutrition

Physical Therapy / Rehabilitation

Biomechanics

Strength & Conditioning

Critical AbilityStrength, endurance,

flexibility etc.

Technique Error Perceptual Error Decision Error

Skill Performance

Deficiency

Psycho-social

Problems

Movement Error

Knudson & Morrison (2003)

PROCESS OF SKILL EVALUATION

Biomechanics Testing

Wetplate & KPASS (Skills)

TID Testing Suite

Smartwatches/Wearable Technology (Apple/Fitbit)

Relay Testing AnthropometryPsychology Profiling

Medical

Musculoskeletal (Physiotherapy)

TritonWear

Self-Reported Training & Wellness

S&C Testing

Supplement Register

Physiology Testing

Results

(Domestic & International)

Sparta

(Race Analysis)

Video observation

Initial General Analysis

Limitations to Optimal Movement

Combined elevation test

Initial Specific Analysis

Side

Front

Select exercise to skill level of Athlete

Evaluation of skill- Physio Screenings- Athlete Ability Assessments- Training Load (TOTAL – Pool / Gym) Phases- LTAD - Training Age in Gym V’s Biological Age V’s Training Age in pool

( JNR – EMERGING – SNR / PRE-ELITE – High Performance / Olympic / World )

Practice with Purpose

• Well defined, specific goal (focused)

• Get out of comfort zone – We / our bodies prefer homeostasis

• Requires feedback from experts

• Takes full concentration– So can start with short/sharp work

• “Swimmers usually day-dream during laps… I began to try to feel how your body feels when the stroke is perfect” (Natalie Coughlin)

• Must have desire to get better and believe you can succeed– Social motivation important (surround yourself with supportive people)

• “Excellence is achieved through qualitative differentiation not quantitative increases in activity”

Post-intervention analysis

Hot Topics

• Prioritising a swimmer’s needs over a training cycle

– What come’s first? Physical – Technical – Tactical – Psych

– Organisation of the training week (when do I do weights v skill..)

• Measurement tools / feedback

• Transfer of dry land to water?

• Change in body shape (via S&C or maturation) influence on technique/skill

• Influence of time to refine / build a skill

PsychologyDry Land

Skill

Conditioning

Drills

Technique

Speed