134 – Are there General Perceptual-Motor Abilities? Should we be Testing & Training Them?

A look at the somewhat controversial topic of general
perceptual-motor abilities. Are there general abilities such as
agility and hand-eye coordination that apply to all sports or are
the skills athletes use mainly sports specific? If such general
abilities do exist, is it worth testing for them and training to
improve them?


 


Articles:


The General Motor Ability Hypothesis: An Old Idea Revisited


Skill not athleticism predicts individual variation in match
performance of soccer players


Further evidence against eye-hand coordination as a general
ability


 


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