Relationship between Ability to Perform Tumbling Skills and Ability to Diagnose Performance Errors |
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| Authors: | Yvan Girardin Dale Hanson |
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| Institution: | 1. University of Montreal , Montreal , Canada;2. Macalester College , St. Paul , Minnesota , USA |
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| Abstract: | Abstract The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between the ability to perform 11 tumbling skills and the ability to diagnose errors of execution in the performance of these same skills. Thirty-two male upper divisional physical education majors at the University of Maryland served as subjects. A knowledge test was administered to the subjects to determine their knowledge of the mechanics of execution for each skill. The subjects' performances of these tumbling skills were photographed and evaluated by expert judges. The subjects diagnosed errors in the execution of each of the 11 skills from a cinematographic presentation of demostrator performances. A significant correlation as expressed by an r = .49 was found between performance ability and diagnostic ability with a significant correlation coefficient of .51 between knowledge and diagnostic ability, however, no significant relationship was indicated between performance ability and knowledge. |
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