Assessing sport skills - Strand, Bradford N. 1955-; Wilson, Rolayne (Champaign, Illinois Human Kinetics Publishers, 1993)
pt. I. Introduction to Sport Skills Testing -- Ch. 1. Reasons for Skills Testing -- Psychomotor Learning -- Motivation -- Grading -- Diagnosis -- Prediction -- Placement -- Program Evaluation -- Instructor Evaluation -- Public Relations -- Research -- Ch. 2. Selecting and Constructing Tests -- Step 1: Review Criteria of Good Tests -- Step 2: Analyze the Sport -- Step 3: Review the Literature -- Step 4: Select or Construct Test Items -- Step 5: Establish Procedures -- Step 6: Arrange Peer Review -- Step 7: Conduct Pilot Study -- Step 8: Determine Validity, Reliability, and Objectivity -- Step 9: Develop Norms -- Step 10: Construct Test Manual -- Ch. 3. Sound Testing Procedures -- Pretesting Duties -- Testing Duties -- Posttesting Duties -- pt. II. Sport Skills Tests and Evaluations -- Ch. 4. Tests for Individual Sports -- Aerobic Dance -- Archery -- Bowling -- Cycling -- Dance -- Diving -- Figure Skating -- Golf -- Gymnastics -- Snow Skiing -- Swimming -- Track and Field -- Weight Training -- Ch. 5. Tests for Dual Sports -- Badminton -- Fencing -- Handball -- Horseshoes -- Pickle-ball -- Racquetball -- Shuffleboard -- Squash -- Table Tennis -- Tennis -- Wrestling -- Ch. 6. Tests for Team Sports -- Basketball -- Field Hockey -- Football -- Ice Hockey -- Korfball -- Lacrosse -- Soccer -- Softball -- Speedball -- Team Handball -- Volleyball -- Wallyball -- Water Polo -- Ch. 7. Additional Considerations -- Formative and Summative Evaluation -- Subjective Evaluation -- Special Testing Situations -- Other Types of Skill Evaluation.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-159) and index.
Keywords: Athletic ability -- Testing