- AQA
Skill and ability
I can define and explain the differences between skill and ability.
- AQA
Skill and ability
I can define and explain the differences between skill and ability.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Skill refers to the learned ability to bring about predetermined results with maximum certainty.
- Ability refers to the inherited, stable traits that determine an individual's potential to learn or acquire skills.
- Unlike skills, abilities are not learned but can influence the ease and speed of skill acquisition.
Keywords
Ability - inherited, stable traits that determine an individual's potential to learn or acquire a skill
Skill - a learned action/behaviour
Predetermined - an outcome that is decided in advance or predictable
Innate - existing in a person from birth
Common misconception
Skill and ability are interchangeable.
They are not interchangeable. Skill is learnt and developed through practice, while ability is a natural and inherited trait often considered innate. An ability provides an opportunity or the potential to develop a skill.
Equipment
Videos of skills in slow motion as well as real time to open up discussion on skill execution.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What is defined as the ability to use two or more body parts together?
Q2.Match these movements to their definition.
dribbling around an opponent with a basketball
remaining upright with a dance motif
throwing a ball in dodgeball
Q3.Which of the following is a skill associated with badminton?
Q4.Which sport would we associate the skills of catch, rebound, interception and shooting?
Q5.Balance is defined as maintaining the centre of over a base of support.
Q6.Agility is the ability to move and change whilst keeping control of the body.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of the following terms are in the definition of ability?
Q2.Innate refers to a characteristic existing in a person from ...
Q3.Which of the following terms are in the definition of skill?
Q4.Match the sporting examples to an ability the skill could have developed from.
dribbling in and out of players in basketball
landing precisely when catching a netball with good footwork
a tennis serve