PE Evaluating Tips
- 1. Evaluating We need to know: How to describe a performance. The basic skills required. How to break a performance down. Activity specific terminology. Corrective procedures.
- 2. Describing Making value judgements about a particular performance. Recognise what is positive and negative about a skill or skills. Describe these in a critical but constructive manner. Use appropriate terminology.
- 3. Basic Skills We must be able to name and describe a range of common skills from a range of activities. This may include activities from outwith the course. We must recognise the need for balance,coordination,control and creativity in increasingly difficult situations.
- 4. Performance Breakdown All skills can be broken down into stages. A simple skills has few parts to it. A complex skill has many parts to it. Combination skills are the most difficult to break down and describe: These may involve more than one person and more than one skill.
- 5. We need to use activity specific terms when describing a performance. We also need to learn the meanings of certain words. For example: Basketball ( Fast Break, Rebound, Blocking Out, Screening, Man to man, Zone) Terminology
- 6. We need to suggest ways that performance can be corrected or improved. This has to be done in a positive manner. For example: “The hockey player needs to keep his hands together at the top of the stick when ‘hitting’”.(good) “ The hockey player should not have his hands apart when ‘hitting’” (bad) Corrective Procedures