Skills and Techniques

Lesson Four

Principles of Effective Practice – copy and fill in the blanks For our practice to be effective it needs to be _________ to our

strengths and weaknesses. This means that our practice sessions will have to become ________________ more __________ as your level of performance improves.

Also to avoid __________ and fatigue our practice sessions will need to be stimulating/interesting. For it to be stimulating it needs to be ______________ yet achievable, varied and last an appropriate amount of _____.

Furthermore to ensure you stage of practice time, . measureable objectives.

specific

progressively difficult

boredom

challengingtime

move onto the nextat the appropriate Practices must have

Starter Task

Today we will… Principles of effective practice

Explain weakness within performance

Recap cognitive stage work (shadow practice)

Homework - Friday 6th December

These are key to our practical sessions

Principles of Effective Practice

Principles of

Training

Principles of

Effective Practice

They are not the same

Does not equal

What Makes Practice Effective?

Move to sit next to your shoulder partner.

Together write buzz words/phrases that you believe will be key to ensuring our practice sessions are effective.

Set clear objectives

Specific to strengths and weaknesses

Achievable,

progressive

stages

Work to rest ratio

Increase in difficulty, specific to increase in ability

Avoid effect of

boredom

Game like, realistic to

activity

Avoid fatigue

Specific physical

demands of skill

Progression +

Work / Rest Ratio =

Principles of Effective Practice

To ensure practices are __________ to your current level of skill learning and ability they must progress as your _____________ improves.

You can add to the demands of practices by, ____________ the number of skills you have to perform, increasing the __________ or _____________ the opposition.

To ensure you __________ at the appropriate ________, practices must have measurable / / success criteria.

To _______ ________ it is essential to ensure that you work at a ____________ but _________ level at all times. To ________ or to __________ and you will quickly become bored/disinterested.

Practices also need to be ___________ to the activity. The more _________ like a practice is the easier it is to _________ into the game

Principles of Effective Practice – Progression

To ensure practices are specific to your current level of skill learning and ability they must progress in difficulty as your performance improves.

You can add to the demands of practices by, increasing the number of skills you have to perform, increasing the pressure or increasing the opposition.

To ensure you progress at the appropriate time, practices must have measurable objectives / success criteria.

To avoid boredom it is essential to ensure that you work at a challenging but achievable level at all times. To easy or to difficult and you will quickly become bored/disinterested.

Practices also need to be realistic to the activity. The more game like a practice is the easier it is to transfer into the game

Principles of Effective Practice – Progression

Performance Level

Difficulty of practice

Principles of Effective Practice – Progression

1. To avoid fatigue and injury practices should be achievable in a short period of time.

2. High quality practice for a short time is better than repetitive low level practice over a long period of time.

3. Ensuring an appropriate work to rest ratio also enables us to receive feedback at an appropriate point. In the cognitive and associative stage regular feedback is important to avoid grooving errors to muscles memory.

Principles of Effective Practice – Work / Rest Ratio

Q. Give three reasons why it is necessary to consider work to rest ratio

Clue -FatigueQuality of workFeedback

Work / Rest Ratio + Progression = Principles of Effective Practice

To ensure we consider work/rest ratio and progression we will need to

Think….Think….SMART

Specific: To our current stage of skill learning and improving performance level

Measureable: Targets which we can measure to check for improvement / ensure we progress at the correct time.

Achievable: Practice must be challenging but achievable to keep you motivated. Problematic if to easy/difficult

Realistic: Keep practice related to demands of badminton and the overhead clear (game like). By doing this makes it easier to transfer improvements into activity.

Time: Consider work to rest ratio to ensure high level of performance, avoid fatigue / injury. Appropriate points to receive feedback from partner or

teacher

Homework Question TwoPage 5&6 – Shadow practice at cognitive stage

Explain how you used the anagram SMART to ensure you considered progression and work to rest ratio

Specific –

Measurable –

Achievable –

Realistic –

Time –

Overhead clear is Identified weakness

Explain weakness within performance

IntroductionPurpose of overhead clear (attacking & defending)Explain why an open skillExplain why a complex skill

Explaining a weakness – Scaffolding

Part 1Paragraph 1 Reference to the Preparation phase subroutines you don’t perform. Explain the effect of subroutine on your performanceParagraph 2 Reference to the Action phase subroutines you don’t perform. Explain the effect of subroutine on your performanceParagraph 3Reference to the Recovery phase subroutines you don’t perform.Explain the effect of subroutine on your performance

Part 2Paragraph 4Explain full how poor overhead clear impacts on your performanceParagraph 5In conclusion explain how improving overhead clear would improve overall performance

Homework Question onePage 17 – Weakness specifically within my Overhead Clear

Identify subroutinesMake an initial attempt at skill

Cognitive Stage

Cognitive StageCognitive Stage

Even although some of the subroutines involved in the skill maybe new, it does not mean that you are at the beginner level in badminton.

Beginner LevelBadminton

Player

During the planning stage, you find out what the skill involves – work out the subroutines.

PreparationActionRecovery

After establishing the different subroutines you make your first attempts at learning the skill

Errors are likely to be common during the planning stage. As a result of this you will need lots of advice and encouragement

Homework Question TwoPage 5&6 – Shadow practice at cognitive stage

Explain how you used the anagram SMART to ensure you considered progression and work to rest ratio

Specific –

Measurable –

Achievable –

Realistic –

Time –

HomeworkHomework Due Friday 6th December

1. Explain why you consider your overhead clear to be a weakness (Page 17 of Skills and Techniques booklet)

2. Describe three improvement sessions that you undertook using shadow practice to develop your performance of the overhead clear. Explain how you applied the principles of effective practice. (Page 6 of Improvement Programme booklet)