The purpose of this work is to understand which factors are most important in learning motor skills in ball games and attach this to learning theory. Are there differences in the perception if you are a beginner or have experience from ball games? Makes gender or age any difference? Which learning theory is most valued? To give a background to the issue, a review of previous research and a description of the two dominant learning theories, General motor program theory and Dynamical systems theory is done together with didactic aspects and motor concept in learning and ball games. Questions have been raised in the questionnaire form to two different study groups, and 112 students from the institution of Sports and Science at Learning and society, Malmö University and part 129 pupils from a primary school and a secondary school in Skåne. Investigation teams have been assessing factors considered to be significant in learning motor skills in ball games. The answers have been processed in SPSS statistical programme, so that the frequency distribution, variation and correlation can be analyzed. The result of survey 1, students, reveals that the social and psychological factors such as communication and motivation are most valued. 90% of students have assessed motivation to a maximum importance to learn skills in ball games. Students ' evaluation of factors linked to learning theories GMP and DS theory shows that both theories are valued equally. Students demonstrate coherence in relation to gender, age and ball game experience. The differences are accounted for. The pupils ' responses, in study 2, shows that the factors which indicates commitment and motivation, have the greatest importance in learning motor skills in ball games. The pupils in this survey value factors linked to DS theory and an indirect learning significantly higher than factors linked to the GMP theory and direct learning. The pupils´ survey results show significant differences between the sexes. Girls value the factors indicating commitment significantly higher than boys. The boys value the factors that indicate physical ability significantly higher than the girls. Individual factors such as instruction, rehearsal and demonstration, have girls valued significantly higher than boys. The importance of ball game experience and age has not played a major role in how the pupils have done their values.