What are the specific sports skills?

Specialized sports skills, which are currently generally recognized by the sports academic community and first-line sports training fields, refer to specialized sports abilities that correspond to specific sports and have clear technical specifications and training systems. They cover all competitive sports in official events such as the Olympic Games and National Games, and also include the technical requirements corresponding to special sports popular among the people.

If classified according to the traditional sports group theory, it can be divided into several categories such as same-field confrontation and difficult performance, but we ordinary sports enthusiasts do not need to dig into such details. In fact, to put it bluntly, special skills are like "unique skills" unique to each sport. Good physical fitness does not mean that they can be used by all. If you ask a weightlifter who has won a gold medal to run a 110-meter hurdles, he may trip on the first hurdle. The rhythm between hurdles and the angle of attack are all special abilities unique to hurdle events. If you have not practiced specifically, you will never know how to do it. I had been in the city youth basketball training team for half a year. At that time, the coach focused on the stability of the pull-up jump shot for three full months, and required a stable shooting rate of more than 40% under confrontation to qualify for the entry level of the second-level athlete assessment. The feel of casual shooting when playing wild ball is not a specialized skill at all.

Not to mention the special abilities in regular sports such as ball games, track and field, and swimming that everyone is exposed to in daily life, skills in difficult and beautiful sports such as the Axel jump in figure skating, the double back flip in gymnastics, and routine choreography in martial arts, as well as the skills in confrontational sports such as the kick boxing in free fighting and the bridge throw in wrestling, have long been recognized as specialized skills. I went to Sanya to paddleboard a while ago and watched the retired coach of the local provincial team circling the mark as if he was wearing a flower. I tried it out and almost fell into the sea. Only then did I realize that the details of core strength control and fine-tuning the angle of the board head are all skills that have been honed in the paddleboarding industry for several years.

There is a lot of controversy in the circle now about whether the niche sports that have become popular recently, such as Frisbee, flag football, land surfing, etc., are considered specialties. Some old-school coaches feel that these events have not yet formed a unified national technical assessment standard, and the professional competition system is not perfect. At most, they are regarded as leisure sports skills, not formal special events. ； But the younger generation of practitioners don’t see it that way. Many cities now have semi-professional Frisbee leagues, which include forehand cutting, diving and tactical movement. The accuracy and training difficulty are no less than those of traditional sports. “Whether it has been admitted to the Olympics” or “whether it has decades of development history” should not be used as the only judging criteria.

In fact, sports events are iterating so fast now, and the boundaries of specialized sports skills are constantly broadening. As long as there are clear technical specifications, systematic training methods, and corresponding ability assessment standards, the corresponding abilities can basically be included in this category. Maybe in another three to five years, the Frisbee and land surfing that everyone plays on weekends may become nationally recognized formal special skills.