Chapter 11
Assessment of Sport Skills and
Motor Abilities
Guidelines for Sport Skills Testing
and Motor Performance Tests
Acceptable reliability and validity
Simple to administer and take
Easy to understand instructions
Not expensive nor requires extensive equipment
Reasonable time for preparation and administration
Encourage correct form
Involve only one participant
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Guidelines for Sport Skills Testing
and Motor Performance Tests
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Suitable difficulty
Interesting and meaningful
Exclude extraneous variables
Provide for accurate scoring
Provide target scoring guidelines (if appropriate)
Sufficient trials
Yield diagnostic scores
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
Figure 11.3 Flowchart for Constructing
Motor Performance Tests (summary)
Characteristics
Review
Pilot Test
Reliability & Validity
Norms
Manual
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 14
Skills Test Classification
Objective
Accuracy-based
Repetitive performance (wall-volley)
Total body movement
Distance or power
Subjective Rating Scales
Relative
Rank-order
Absolute
Evaluation against a fixed standard
Common Errors
Halo effect
"Standard" error
Central-tendency
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
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
Other Tests
Performance-based testing
Actual performance of the skill
Trials-to-criterion testing
Could save considerable time and effort
Ability or Skill?
Ability
general, innate psychomotor trait
Skill
specific, learned psychomotor capacity
Specificity
determined with concurrent validity
Measurement Aspects of the
Domain of Human Performance
Muscular strength
Speed
Anaerobic power
Flexibility
Balance
Kinesthetic perception
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
Strand & Wilson
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.)
Purposes of Human Performance
Testing and Analysis
Selection
Classification
Diagnosis
Prediction
Classification Tests for High School
Tennis Players
Motor performance
50-yard dash
Agility line drill
Tennis skills tests
Forehand
Backhand
Volley
Moving forehand
Moving backhand
Serve
Table 11.10
Men’s Volleyball Performance Profile
Percentiles
Review chapter 3 for percentile development
Table 11.10 Men’s Volleyball Performance
Profile
Review chapter 3 for percentile development