Learning and Teaching Scotland

HIGHER PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Performance AppreciationThere are five KEY CONCEPTS (KCs; specific knowledge areas) in the Performance Appreciation analysis area. This knowledge will help you to understand about your whole performance requirements for effective performances.

Your class teacher will select the number of KCs that you need to study to pass your examination in June.

These slides focus on KC4. The information covers a range of facts that will develop your understanding and help you to revise for your examination.

Area 1 PERFORMANCE APPRECIATION

•Overall nature and demands of quality performance.

•Technical, physical, personal and special qualities of performance.

•Mental factors influencing performance.

•Use of appropriate model performers.

•Planning and managing personal performance improvement.

Model performers

Model performers have to be talented, highly skilled, physically fit and mentally tough in order to efficiently sustain the required energy demands and challenges of the activity.

In the main model performers are used for the widest form of feedback. This feedback (extrinsic) can be offered in a variety of ways and can help you improve all aspects of your performance: fitness, skill and application of strategy/composition.

Model performer influencesModel performers enable you to compare your performance. They can exist at different levels of ability.

Your peers: someone in your class, team or club

Elite performers: athletes you admire

All model performers:

• exhibit a wide repertoire of skills

• select and apply the right skill or technique at the correct time

• display high levels of fitness

• produce fluent and effortless performances

• remain calm and in control when under pressure

Model performer benefitsExtrinsic feedback

qualitative, quantitive, diagnostic in nature

Encourage comparative analysis

They can provide challenge in your practice / training/ competition

Can help you to design, plan and set practice, targets and training

Inspire you to copy ideas and techniques, and apply them to strategy or composition

They inspire higher levels of achievement

Can show you examples of good sportsmanship and conduct

You may be able to think

of other ideas

Help you identify strengths and weaknesses

This basically refers to the different sources that can be used

Can increase your confidence, motivation and determination

Model performer benefitsRegardless of how you decide to use model performers their importance will be linked to your understanding of the need to:

• identify your performance strengths and weaknesses

• collect reliable information to evaluate progress by various data methods

• ensure realistic targets are set and met during/after training – monitoring and review

• practice/train using relevant methods.

RememberTo make best use of model performers you need to:• be motivated to learn, copy and mimic• concentrate on what advice is being given and act on it.

Model performer revision

Model performers exist at different performance levelsAs you work to improve your performance model performers can show you how to improve.It may be that a student in your class is able to play in a way that provides you with ideas about how you can improveORyou could watch a video of top performers to get inspiration, or copy or mimic their ideas or style.

Model performers can show you how to perform some skills and techniques that are difficult to executeIn badminton some skills and techniques are difficult to carry out effectively, for example a backhand clear. If you watch a good performer playing the shot, ideally from a slow motion video, then you can pick up cues about how to play the shot at different stages of its preparation, action and recovery.

Model performers can help motivate you to keep trying to improveWatching able performers can make performance look exciting and keep you interested in trying to improve. When watching better badminton players you can see a wide range of skills in action. This can make you motivated to work towards performing at their level (ie working towards making your performance more automatic).

Model performer revision

Model performers:•can provide qualitative and diagnostic feedback about your performance (physically, verbally, or visually)•enable you to copy or imitate motor skills and strategies or design ideas•enable you to compare your performance to theirs•can influence your personal style•can give you confidence, especially when the task is difficult or dangerous.  To use model performers successfully the learner must:•pay attention•be motivated to learn•recognise instructional/visual cues, eg ‘Watch how this player’s snaps follow fast downwards when playing the smash’.

Describe the qualities of a model performer.

4 marks.

Make sure you read the revision notes before attempting this exam question.

Model performerExam question

Models of performanceCompleted answer

Describe the qualities of a model performer.

Look carefully at the content of this answer then compare it to your own.

This answer got full marks (4 out of 4).

In tennis, I regard a model performer as possessing a wide range of technical, physical, personal and special qualities. I know that a model performer can use a wide range of technical skills. Often these techniques are played well on both the forehand and backhand sides – this allows play from a variety of different angles. Model performers are able to consistently execute these skills with control, accuracy and precision, and look as though they have plenty of time to play the shots. Their placement of shots is nearly always appropriate in response to their opponent’s return.

Model performers will have physical qualities: cardiorespiratory endurance to enable them to cope with long tiring rallies, speed to enable them to cover both wide and deep baseline and returns, muscular endurance, especially in the legs as they have to constantly keep their centre of gravity low when playing throughout the match, and an excellent range of flexibility to reach shots often played close to court lines/net. I believe they have good reaction speed and concentration as the rallies happen at lightening speed.

I think that they demonstrate total control of their emotions and are ready to capitalise on mistakes made by opponents. I also think that they show good sportsmanship and respect for their opponent. Finally, I think that there will be special qualities shown, for example an ability to change the tempo of the game or disguise intent to create winning shots or serve a second service sliced wide.