technique analysis and deterministic models

6 steps to gathering information - 1. determine objective of the skill 2. note any special characteristics of the skill 3. study elite performance of the skill (^ self-efficacy) 4. divided skill onto phases 5. divide each phase into key elemets 6. understand the mechanical reasons each key element is performed as it is closed skill - one that is done in a particular environment, where the performer is free to execute a skill without having to make a quick decision conserve - stay the same, or to be maintained continuous - no specific beginnings or ending deterministic models - modelling paradigm that determines the relationship between a movement outcome measure and the biomechanics factors that produce such a measure discrete - defined beginnings and endings