Every individual has their own skills, that they use and employ on a
day-to-day basis in their daily routines. These skills can be classified into a
number of different categories and some tasks performed may need skills from
more than one group to be executed effectively. However, not all of these skills
will be relevant to their role as a coach or a player, in fact there are four
groups that should create the focus for further analysis:
Cognitive Skills – Often referred to as mental or intellectual skills as they involve the thought processes. A good example would be that of the role of the coach, where they must correctly choose the appropriate tactics to employ to be successful.
Perceptual Skills – These types of skills involve the individual’s ability to detect and interpret information. Two individuals may receive the same piece of information but their interpretation may be totally different. For example, a refereeing decision during a match or a coaches assessment of their team’s performance.
Motor Skills – These skills involve movements being performed. Such as running, jumping or striking a football.
Perceptual Motor Skills – Or otherwise referred to as Psychomotor Skills, as they involve components of all 3 of the other skills. The individual is required to think, detect and interpret and perform a movement to complete a skill. Once a player has the ball the must think what to do with it, analyse and assess what is happening around them and then perform their decision (pass, dribble, shoot etc).
Skills within the Perceptual Motor Skills can then be further categorised into groups that relate to the:
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