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Recommended Skill Analysis Tasks
Written Analysis: Analyze the following
- Stage: Identify the stage of the skill that is exhibited (e.g. beginner, intermediate, expert).
- Stage Characteristics: Describe 2-3 features of the movement on the video that is characteristic of the stage identified.
- What to Change: Identify and describe the most important aspect of the skill that will need to be changed for the subject to improve.
- Cue: Write the single most important verbal instructional cue to help the performer improve.
Video Annotations
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Comments
Front Crawl
Stage: Intermediate
Stage Characteristics: back stays stiff to keep a straight line, kick is generated from the large muscles of buttocks and thighs.
What to Change: Underwater recovery takes to long. His hands drop all the way down instead of dragging them along the side of the body. This will make each stroke quicker and more fluid.
Instructional Cue: Shorten underwater pull
Hilda, Fronske (2005) "Teaching Cues for Sport Skills For Secondary School Students" 3rd edition. Pearson Benjamin Cummings, pg 274