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Skill is defined in the unit as a learned and practised ability that lets an athlete achieve a desired result with maximum certainty and efficiency. It is specifically the capacity of the sportsperson to actually realise a technique in real motor action — in the textbook's words, the automatisation of motor action. Skill is sport-specific: every sport needs its own distinct set of skills, and a skilful movement is a coordinated action involving a whole group of movements executed consistently and smoothly, not a single isolated motion.

Two cited definitions sharpen this: Galligan describes skill as 'an organized, coordinated activity in relation to an object or situation, which involves a whole chain of sensory, central and motor mechanisms,' while Prof. G.P. Meredith frames it as 'excellence of performance — the successful integration of a hierarchy of abilities appropriate to a task under given conditions.' Both point to the same idea: skill is not raw talent alone, but talent made reliable and repeatable through practice. …