How do you analyse a performance, apply a focus-area concept, implement an improvement strategy and evaluate its impact?
Plan and complete a Performance Improvement task by analysing a performance, applying a concept, implementing a strategy and evaluating its effect with evidence.
How to structure the 20 percent Performance Improvement task: analysing a performance, applying a focus-area concept, implementing an improvement strategy and evaluating its effect with evidence.
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You must plan and complete a Performance Improvement task that analyses a performance, applies a relevant concept, implements a strategy and evaluates the impact with evidence.
What the task is
The Performance Improvement task is a school-assessed component worth 20 percent. It connects the focus-area theory to your own (or a group's) practical performance. It is a cycle: analyse, apply, implement, evaluate. The evidence you collect, such as test scores, video and observation, is what your analysis and evaluation are built on.
Step 1: analyse the performance
Gather baseline evidence and use it to identify a specific, well-defined area to improve.
- Use objective data (fitness test scores, GPS, timing) and qualitative data (video, observation against a model, peer or coach feedback).
- Analyse against a benchmark or model technique to pinpoint the weakness, rather than choosing a vague goal.
- Choose one focused target so the improvement can be clearly measured.
Step 2: apply a focus-area concept
Justify your improvement using theory.
- A fitness weakness points to training principles and methods and energy systems.
- A technique weakness points to biomechanics or skill acquisition.
- A pressure or consistency problem points to sport psychology (arousal, motivation, goal setting).
The concept must explain why the chosen strategy should work.
Step 3: implement the strategy
Carry out the intervention over an appropriate period.
- Apply the relevant principles (for example overload and progression for a fitness goal, or appropriate practice and feedback for a skill goal).
- Keep the implementation realistic and document what you actually did, including any adjustments.
Step 4: evaluate the impact
Re-collect evidence under the same conditions and judge the result.
- Compare post-intervention data with the baseline.
- Explain why the strategy did or did not work, linking back to the concept.
- Acknowledge limitations (small sample, confounding factors, reliability) and suggest improvements for next time.
Evaluation, the genuine judgement of effectiveness against evidence, is where the highest marks sit.