CONTENTS	6
	LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS	8
	INTRODUCTION	12
	1 CHARACTERISTICS AND CLASSIFICATION OF SKILLS IN SPORT	16
	Characteristics of skill and skilful performance	16
	The classi.cation of skills in sport	21
	Implications for training and coaching	27
	Texts referred to in this chapter	29
	2 CHARACTERISTICS AND CLASSIFICATION OF ABILITIES IN SPORT	30
	Perceptual-motor abilities	30
	De.nition of ability	32
	Task analysis	35
	Emotional intelligence	36
	Texts referred to in this chapter	37
	3 INFORMATION PROCESSING IN SPORT	40
	How movement is controlled	41
	Sensory input	42
	The role of memory in information processing	45
	Translatory mechanisms	51
	Feedback	54
	Texts referred to in this chapter	57
	4 MOTOR PROGRAMMES AND MOTOR CONTROL	58
	Motor control	59
	Closed loop theory	61
	Implications of the programme theory	63
	Schema theory	63
	Transfer of learning	66
	Texts referred to in this chapter	71
	5 INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES	72
	Motivation	72
	Arousal	76
	Personality	83
	Methods of personality measurement	87
	Texts referred to in this chapter	89
	6 THEORIES OF LEARNING	90
	The associationist view of learning	90
	Reinforcement	95
	Observational learning	97
	Cognitive theories of learning	101
	Texts referred to in this chapter	104
	7 PHASES OF LEARNING AND LEARNING CURVES	106
	Stages or phases of learning	106
	Learning curves	115
	Texts referred to in this chapter	119
	8 PRESENTATION OF SKILLS AND PRACTICES	120
	Presentation of skills	120
	Presentation of practices	126
	Texts referred to in this chapter	132
	9 GUIDANCE, TEACHING AND LEARNING STYLES	134
	Teaching and learning styles and their effects on the	134
	acquisition of motor skills	134
	Learning styles	140
	Visual, Auditory and Kinaesthetic (VAK) learning styles	144
	Guidance in skill acquisition	146
	Texts referred to in this chapter	150
	INDEX	152
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