Acquisition and Performance of Sports Skills (PDF)

Acquisition and Performance of Sports Skills provides
students with the theoretical and practical background that is
necessary for an understanding of the basics of skill acquisition
and performance. This understanding is founded on the student's
existing knowledge of sport and leads into the subject, using a
student centred, problem-solving approach. The first half of the
book examines the nature of sports performance and the second skill
acquisition. There is a debate among researchers into psychomotor
learning: the ecological versus the cognitive approach. Because
this book is aimed clearly at students taking a first course in the
subject the author includes examples from both schools of thought
thus ensuring a balanced approach.

* looks at skill acquisition firmly within the context of sports
performance

* takes students' practical experience as a starting point then
clearly explains the underlying theories

* presents both cognitive and ecological approaches to the
subject to give a balanced view

* excellent pedagogy including problem-solving tasks, practical
experiments and revision notes at the end of chapters

Written by an author with many years teaching, research and
practical coaching experience, Acquisition and Performance of
Sport Skills proves invaluable for students of sport and
exercise science taking a first course in skill acquisition, motor
learning and/or motor control.

This is the second title to appear in the Wiley
SportTexts Series that aims to provide textbooks
covering the key disciplines within the academic study of
sport.