Adaptability

In everyday life, and especially in sports, it is important to be able to control one's movements in a targeted manner. If the situation changes, the athlete, for example, has to rethink in the shortest possible time and adapt his movements to what is happening. The requirement for this is called Adaptability designated.

What is the adaptability?

The ability to adapt is one of seven coordinative skills. The term “coordination”, originally derived from Latin, means something like assignment or order. In a figurative sense, this means the correct assignment of a situation and the adjustment of one's own movements (order).

The various skills play an important role, especially in sports. They define themselves through the interaction of the central nervous system and the muscles. If the muscles are trained accordingly, they are able to react quickly and appropriately to certain situations.

The interactions between the individual skills determine how well a person can act in a wide variety of movement situations. In addition to the ability to adapt, the ability to react, orientate, differentiate, connect and balance, as well as the ability to rhythmise belong here.

The ability to adapt is therefore a sub-area of ​​motor skills. These also include the conditioning skills of speed, strength, endurance and flexibility. These skills should always be viewed in context, as they are collectively responsible for what the body can do. Neither of them can function separately.

In addition to the sporting aspect, they also determine the movements as a whole. For simple walking and running, the complex interrelated skills were learned and trained in childhood. However, they need to be expanded further for sporting activities.

In this complex, the ability to adapt refers in particular to the ability to adapt one's actions quickly and efficiently when the situation changes. It goes hand in hand with the ability to react, the ability to orientate and the sense of balance.

In addition, it is equally dependent on the speed at which the change is recorded and the corresponding movements to be carried out (movement experience). In sport, good coordination depends on precision, rhythm and speed of movements. The flow of movement also plays a role.

Function & task

The task of the ability to adapt is therefore to enable people to adapt to a new situation through rapid realization and movement. Outside of the sporting field, he needs this especially in dangerous situations in which quick reactions and the appropriate use of muscles to move are required.

In other words, a program of action is adapted to changed circumstances. Depending on the situation, the person has to master a certain repertoire of possible movements in order to be able to react accordingly.

These movements can be trained. In the sporting sector, the ability to change is particularly useful for ball games. An example can be found in soccer: the shot ball is passed differently than expected due to unexpected circumstances. The expected angle is not observed. The ability to switch helps to switch quickly enough and still reach the ball despite the changed angle. The footballer adjusts his position accordingly in order to be able to accept the ball in time.

It looks similar with tennis. In the ideal case, the ball never returns to a basic position from which it can easily be played back. The angles always depend on your own game and - more importantly - on that of the opponent. Space errors can, like net scooters, put it in a position in which it is difficult to reach. Both situations require a high degree of adaptability.

In many cases the point at which the ball will hit can already be guessed from its trajectory. With appropriate practice and experience, this fact and a good power of observation, in combination with good reflexes, helps to master the situations anyway.

The ability to adapt is particularly important when opponents or teammates change the direction of a pass, for example, or require it in some way. It is therefore important, for example, for every ball sport in which rallies play a role.

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Illnesses & ailments

Disorders in the ability to change occur, for example, through injuries. If an unforeseeable injury occurs within the movement to be performed or before it, an adjustment is no longer possible. In ball sports, this is often caused by a false appearance, in which the athlete can injure his legs.

But a lack of concentration can also affect the ability to adapt. If the athlete is distracted by something, the ability to react is primarily affected. This distraction, in turn, has a negative effect on adapting to new situations that arise.

Possible distractions can be personal and psychological, for example. Similar difficulties arise when balance or orientation is disturbed. This can be the case during exercise because of insufficient hydration, which is often associated with dizziness. If your sense of balance or orientation is impaired, it is just as difficult or impossible to adjust to the change.

In general, a person has to train himself to be able to adapt. As a child or a beginner, it is almost impossible to achieve the necessary reactions or movements that they need to run on bumpy ground or beat a professional athlete, for example.

Exercises in such situations, for example through playing and romping around in childhood or through training units, promote the ability to adapt and generate overall better awareness and better control of one's own body.