Mental Abilities

Introduction: The purpose of this experiment was to determine if the theory indicating the presence of a singular general motor ability is valid. If there is a singular general motor ability, then you should always expect a high correlation between people's performance on any two motor tasks. The experiment investigates the relationship between different motor skills among subjects in the class. The motor skills include a netball shooting task, a soccer driblling task and a …

…such as the catch task being compared to netball passing instead of shooting, Although the tasks that were been asked to be performed were completely different movements, the idea of a singular general motor ability can not be supported. References: Schmidt, R.A & Wrisberg, C.A (2001). 'Motor Learning and Performance-3rd Edition'. (p 34) Proctor, R.W. & Dutta, A. (1995). Skill acquisition and human performance. Thousand Oaks. CA: Sage. (Read Ch. 10: Individual Differences)