Basics
Recommended Skill Analysis Task
Stage: Identify the stage of the skill that is exhibited (e.g. beginner, intermediate, expert).
Stage Characteristics: Describe 2-3 features of the movement on the video that is characteristic of the stage identified.
What to Change: Identify and describe the most important aspect of the skill that will need to be changed for the subject to improve.
Cue: Write the single most important verbal instructional cue to help the performer improve.
Call for Contribution
Comments on individual video clips are encouraged, especially in the form of analysis of the subjects' technique.
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Purpose
This project has the following primary purposes: (a) to provide video of subjects performing sport skills at varying levels of expertise as a medium for teachers, coaches, and students to practice movement analysis, (b) to provide video demonstration models of sport skills and games for learners, teachers, and coaches, and (c) present a platform for the professional community to contribute video and dialog to more thoroughly accomplish the aforementioned purposes. Read more...

Stage: Beginner Stage
Stage: Beginner
Stage Characteristics: Swipes at the ball randomly with one hand, doesn’t align himself with spiker or use both hands. Weak attempt to block ball
What to change: Needs to face net in front of spiker, and use both hands to attempt to block ball
Cue: Face net, block with both hands.
Block
Stage: Beginner
Stage characteristics: He didn't square up to the net, he didn't put both arm up and grazed the net on the way down.
What to change: Getting his body to face the net.
Cue: Square up
Volleyball Daniel Smith 3404
Volleyball
Daniel Smith
3404 Block
Stage: Beginner
Stage characterics: Player follows the ball and jumps to meet it
What to change: Player must get both hands up and square off to the net.Should bend knees just prior to to get a better jump.
Cue: Bend knees to push off, square up, both hands up.
Stage:
Stage: Beginner
Characteristics:
He shows how to block a spike by jumping and raising one arm.
What to change:
I don't know if this person has ever been taught how to block. He needs to approach the net straight on, get a powerful jump, and keep both arms up to cover as much area as possible.
Cue: Jump high and get both arms up.
Block
Stage: Beginner
Stage Characteristics: Player needs to get both hands in the air to make the block. Player has a poor approach to the net.
What to Change: Player needs to get more height and put both hands in the air.
Cue: Get both hands in the air and explode up.
Improvement
3. Block
Stage: Beginner
Stage Characteristics:
1. Weak approach to net
2. Jumped to block
3. Used one hand
What to Change: One major improvement is for the guy to square his body up to the net instead of turning sideways. He should also use both hands to block and both hands need to be stiff with fingers. He needs to be more aggressive and judge where to put his hands for the block.
Cue: Square up body
Block with both hands
Be aggressive
block
Stage:beginner
Stage Characteristics:The player has a weak approach towards the block. He also jumps to block the ball with one hand instead of two. He also hits the net when hes trying to block it giving a point to the other team.
What to Change:Needs to be explosive going up to block the ball also use two hands to creat more area covered for higher percentage of a block.
Cue:Work on using two hands for your block.
Block
Stage: Beginner
Stage Characteristic: Player has no approach to the net. Also, is late to jump to try to block the ball. Only uses one hand instead of two to block the ball.
What to Change: The player needs to be more aggressive when guarding the net. Needs to jump early to stuff ball at net using two hands that are strong and stiff to block ball. Want to reach above and over net.
Cue: two hands to block, explode at net
PES 294, Skill Analysis
Stage: Beginner
Stage Characteristics: Blocker was a little late in his jump. He then only used one arm to attempt the block, allowing his body to twist and his eyes to fall away from the ball.
What to Change: He needs to seal the net with his body, jump with the spiker, use both arms and hands to block, and focus on the ball.
Cue: The single best cue for him to improve would be "Both arms up" because he may have blocked the ball had he used both arms.
Volleyball Block PES 294
Stage: Beginner.
Stage Characteristics: The player's timing was off of that of the spiker's. Also there was really no tenacity on the approach to the net, almost as if the player was just guessing. Finally, once the player leaped to make the block he had turned himself sideways away from the spiker and the ball.
What to Change: I would like to see a little more aggression on the approach to the net. Also a better more powerful approach to help him be stronger on takeoff. Finally, staying squared using both hands to try and block instead of one.
Cue: "Use two hands to block"