Skill Transmission, Sport and Tacit Knowledge
Teaching the skills necessary to play sport depends partly on transmitting knowledge verbally, yet non-verbal or tacit knowledge also has an important role. A coach may tell a young athlete to ''move more dynamically'', but it is undoubtedly easier to demonstrate with the body itself how this should be done. Skills such as developing a ''feel for the water'' cannot simply be transmitted verbally; ...
Teaching the skills necessary to play sport depends partly on transmitting knowledge verbally, yet non-verbal or tacit knowledge also has an important role. A coach may tell a young athlete to ''move more dynamically'', but it is undoubtedly easier to demonstrate with the body itself how this should be done. Skills such as developing a ''feel for the water'' cannot simply be transmitted verbally; ...
