23. März 2015 | einradfahren.de | Thomas Gossmann | 1 Difficulty – Quality – Mastery 

23. März 2015 | einradfahren.de | Thomas Gossmann | 2 Overview Difficulty Quality Execution specific difficulty Base Difficulty + Consistency Stability Mastery 

23. März 2015 | einradfahren.de | Thomas Gossmann | 3 Difficulty ● Definition: How difficult it is to control a skill. ● Simply said: How a skill works ● Is split into two parts: Base difficulty Execution specific difficulty 

23. März 2015 | einradfahren.de | Thomas Gossmann | 4 Difficulty Base Difficulty ● Base difficulty targets the base execution of a skill ● Base execution: Execution of a skill with only the unique characteristics taken into account Example 1ft: Rider sitting on a unicycle, one foot on the pedal, the other foot on the frame 

23. März 2015 | einradfahren.de | Thomas Gossmann | 5 Difficulty Base Difficulty – Judging Criteria ● Base difficulty targets the base execution of a skill ● Judging Criteria: Range of precision: How much precision is needed to execute a skill Riding direction: Riding backwards has an impact on the riders visual system Rotations: Rotations are untypical in our normal life and need to be coped with balancing strategies (Gossmann, 2012). 

23. März 2015 | einradfahren.de | Thomas Gossmann | 6 Difficulty Execution specific difficulty ● How a skill is executed with varying conditions ● Varying execution conditions: Timing a movement Coupling the main action with other movements Speed ... 

23. März 2015 | einradfahren.de | Thomas Gossmann | 7 Difficulty Execution specific difficulty – Judging Criteria ● How a skill is executed with varying conditions ● Varying execution conditions: Timing ability Coupling ability Differentiating strength ability (Hirtz, 2002, S. 21f; Blume, Schnabel & Zimmermann, 2002, S. 31; Wollny, 2007, S. 46). 

23. März 2015 | einradfahren.de | Thomas Gossmann | 8 Quality ● Definition: Measures the aesthetics of a skill execution ● Simply said: How a skill looks ● Skill specific traits that adhere common characteristics 

23. März 2015 | einradfahren.de | Thomas Gossmann | 9 Difficulty General Characteristics – Judging Criteria ● General characteristics as orientation if applicable: Body posture and tension Angle of legs Airtime Fluid movement Leg extended ... + Skill specific traits 

23. März 2015 | einradfahren.de | Thomas Gossmann | 10 Mastery ● Definition: The demonstrated safety during skill execution ● Consistency ● Stability 

23. März 2015 | einradfahren.de | Thomas Gossmann | 11 Mastery Consistency ● Consistency Targets the successful base execution of a skill ● Can be understand as: Successful vs. unsuccessful skills ratio ● Judging criteria: Deductions for every unsuccessful execution 

23. März 2015 | einradfahren.de | Thomas Gossmann | 12 Mastery Stability ● Consistency Targets the quality of a skill ● Can be understand as: Delivered vs undelivered skills ratio ● Judging criteria: Deductions for every undelivered skill 

23. März 2015 | einradfahren.de | Thomas Gossmann | 13 References ● Blume, D.-D., Schnabel, G. & Zimmermann, K. (2002). Koordinative Fähigkeiten. In B. Ludwig & G. Ludwig, Koordinative Fähigkeiten - koordinative Kompetenz (S. 25-33). Kassel: Universität Kassel. ● Gossmann, T. (2012). Strukturen in Unicycling Skills. Zugriff am 23. März 2015 auf http:// gos.si/publikationen/Strukturen_in_Unicycling_Skills-Gossmann.pdf ● Hirtz, P. (2002). Von der Gewandtheit zu den koordinativen Fähigkeiten. In B. Ludwig & G. Ludwig, Koordinative Fähigkeiten - koordinative Kompetenz (S. 20-24). Kassel: Universität Kassel. ● Wollny, R. (2007). Bewegungswissenschaft Ein Lehrbuch in 12 Lektionen. Aachen: Meyer & Meyer Verlag.