Teach PE  Sports Coaching    Home > GCSE Revision > Skills     •
The aim of this lesson is to learn about skills, what they are,
how they are classified and how our brains process the
information required to perform them (Equivalent to UK GCSE
Physical Education)  The definition of a skill is:  "A learned
ability to bring about the result you want, with maximum
certainty and efficiency"  In other words, a skill:    • Is
learned   • Has an end result   • Should be performed under
control   • Should use the minimum amount of energy  Skills can
be either basic or complex:     • We learn a lot of basic skills
at an early age   • Basic skills are transferable between lots
of different sports and situations   • You have to master the
basic skills before moving on to the complex skills   • Examples
of basic skills are running, hopping, dodging an opponent     •
These require more coordination and control   • They tend to be
specific to a particular sport (i.e. non-transferable)   • They
take a lot of practice to mas