KNPE 237 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Motor Skill, Professional Agrologist, Multi-Stage Fitness Test
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Ballistic skills (definition: discussion of various skills. Characteristics of: early performance, proficient performance. Skills in which performer applies force to an object in order to project it. Throwing is the most obvious ballistic skill. What other skills might fit in this criterion: kicking, punting, striking. Is it better to analyze the product or the process: product punted football 50 yards, process leap into punt vs. no step. Process on the other hand: looking at the process for ballistic skills helps us teach better movement patterns. 3 forms: underhand: 1 or 2 hand, sidearm, overarm: 1 or 2 hand. 3 phases (indv. might excel in some but be poor in others: preparatory, execution, follow-through. Components (5x: trunk action, humerus & forearm action (backswing, humerus action (forward swing, forearm action (forward swing, foot action. These components validated developmental sequences (for arms and trunk) And the developmental sequences fall in the same order for all indv.