Skill change in elite-level kickers: interdisciplinary considerations of an applied framework

Abstract

In coaching practice, technical preparation plays an important role. Therefore, interdisciplinary models which provide concrete starting-points for the improvement of technique are substantial for practical work. Coaches … would like to know how to stimulate stable modes of coordination in the athlete, how to stabilize proper techniques, and how to change previously acquired, inefficient movement patterns during training. All these questions cannot be answered merely through biomechanical analyses or through detailed movement observations. In this context, relevant methods are rather those which comprehend and illuminate the cognitive–coordinative background of technique execution. (Schack & Bar-Eli, 2007, p. 63)