Assessment of Sport Skills and

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Chapter 13

• Assessment of Sport Skills and
• Motor Abilities

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Guidelines for Sport Skills Testing andMotor
Performance Tests

• acceptable reliability and validity
• simple to administer and take
• easy to understand instructions
• not expensive nor require extensive equipment
• reasonable time for preparation and
  administration
• encourage correct form
• involve only one participant

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Guidelines for Sport Skills Testing andMotor
Performance Tests (cont.)

• suitable difficulty
• interesting and meaningful
• exclude extraneous variables
• provide for accurate scoring
• provide target scoring guidelines (if
  appropriate)
• sufficient trials
• yield diagnostic scores

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Effective Testing Procedures

• Pretest Duties time, forms, procedures,
  instructions
• Testing Duties location, materials, cheating,
  safety, absences, make-ups
• Posttest Duties transcription, item analysis,
  reporting, confidentiality

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Figure 13.3Flowchart for Construction of Motor
Performance Tests
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Issues in Skills Testing

• In addition to reliability and validity (the
  most important issues)
• Feasibility
• Testing method Objective skills
  tests? Alternative (authentic assessment)? See
  chapter 8

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Skills Test Classification

• Objective Accuracy-based Repetitive Performance
  (wall-volley) Total Body Movement Distance or
  Power

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Subjective Rating Scales

• Relative Rank-order
• Absolute Evaluation against a fixed
  standard
• Common Errors Halo Effect "Standard"
  Error Central-tendency

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Developing Well-Constructed Scales

• State objectives in terms of observable behavior
• Select traits that determine success
• Define selected traits in observable behavior
• Select and develop the rating instrument
• Define degrees of success
• Test and revise the rating scale
• Use the scale in an actual testing situation

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More Rating Scales Suggestions

• Develop well-constructed scales
• Train raters well
• Explain common rating errors to raters
• Permit ample time to observe performance
• If possible, use multiple raters

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Other Tests

• Performance-Based Testing Actual performance of
  the skill
• Trials-to-Criterion Testing Could save
  considerable time and effort

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Ability or Skill?

• Ability general, innate psychomotor trait
• Skill specific, learned psychomotor capacity
• Specificity determined with concurrent validity

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Measurement Aspects of the Domain of Human
Performance
Muscular Strength Speed Anaerobic
Power Flexibility Balance Kinesthetic perception
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Power Tests

• Arm Power One-hand shot put Two-hand shot put
  over head Medicine-ball pitch Basketball throw
• Leg Power Margaria-Kalamen Leg Power
  Test Incline Run

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Strand Wilson
Reprinted, by permission, from B. Strand and R.
Wilson, 1992, Assessing sport skills (Champaign,
IL Human Kinetics).
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Effective testing consists of . . .

• Including sport relevant variables,
• Selecting reliable and valid tests,
• Developing sport specific protocols,
• Controlling test administration,
• Maintaining athletes rights to respect,
• Repeating the tests periodically, and
• Interpreting the results for the performance and
  interested parties (e.g., coaches, parents, etc.)

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Purposes of Human Performance Testing and Analysis
Selection Classification Diagnosis
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Classification Tests for High School Tennis
Players

• Motor Performance 50-yard dash Agility line
  drill
• Tennis Skills Tests Forehand Backhand Volley M
  oving forehand Moving backhand Serve

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Table 13-9Men's Volleyball Performance Profile
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Performance Test Construction
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Which is the LEAST valid test?
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Which is the MOST valid test?
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Which test might you use if you have limited time?
You might use A or B realize you lose some
validity
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Which test would you use?
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Which two tests might you use?