Skill acquisition and models based practice

Within this unit you will develop a theoretical foundation of how individuals acquire and refine a broad range of movement skills and understand how this translates into practical approaches to sports coaching. You will be introduced to concepts such as tacit knowledge and environmental constraints to understand the dynamic interaction between body and environment in the production of high-level skilled sporting and lifetime physical activity movements across a range of contexts including active play, minor games, challenge and adventure, and games and sports.  In practical sessions, you will analyse a range of coaching styles and models based approaches that you can utilise in your coaching practice. You will have the opportunity to deliver a sequence of ‘game sense’ sessions. In addition, you will learn how to incorporate in a meaningful way, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander/First People's histories, cultures and languages into your delivery of sports and games. You will develop knowledge of how to use ICT within coaching to undertake assessment and provide feedback to participants. The unit therefore develops your skills to plan, facilitate, assess and critique a range of movement experiences.