Classification Of Motor Skills Flashcards

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Why are skills placed on a continua?

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Skills have characteristics which can change according to the situation

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2
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What is a continua?

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An imaginary scale between 2 extreme which shows a gradual increase or decrease in a number of characteristics

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3
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3 characteristics of skills

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Learnt
Goal directed
Follow a technical model

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4
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What is the environmental influencer

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Open——-> closed

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5
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What are the characteristics of an open skill?

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Affected by the environment
May require the performer to adapt
Mostly externally paced
Require decisions to be made

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6
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What are the characteristics of closed skills?

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Unaffected by the environment
Are habitual 
Involve a set movement 
Need less decision making
Tends to be self paced
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7
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Give an example of an open skill

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Returning the tennis serve

Passing in any sport

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8
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Give an example of a closed skill

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Gymnastics routine

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9
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What is muscular involvement?

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Gross ——> fine

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10
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What are gross skills?

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Involved large muscle groups

Little concern for precision

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What are fine skills?

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Involves more intricate movements using small muscle groups

Involve accuracy and emphasises hand/eye coordination

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12
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Give an example of a gross skill

A

Cycling

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13
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Give an example of a fine skill

A

Darts

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14
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What is the continua for continuity?

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Discrete—–serial—–continuous

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15
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What is a discrete skill?

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Have a clue beginning and end
Repeatable, but must stop and start
Single, specific skills

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16
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What are serial skills?

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Movement skills that have a number of discrete elements put together in a definite order to make a movement or sequence

17
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What is a continuous skill?

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Movement skills with no clear beginning or end
End of one cycle of movement is the beginning of the next
Involves repetition of the same movement to make sense

18
Q

Give an example of a discrete skill

A

Throwing a ball in cricket
Goal kick in football
Golf drive

19
Q

Example of a serial skill

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Gymnastics floor routine

Triple jump in athletics

20
Q

Give an example of a continuous skill

A

Cycling
Running
Swimming
Rowing

21
Q

What is the continua for pacing?

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Self-paced——–> eternally paced

22
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What is self internally paced?

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Performer decides when the movement starts and the rate it proceeds

23
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What is externally paced?

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The control of the movement skill is not determined by the performer, but by the environment
In many cases, this involves opponents to whom the performer has to react

24
Q

Give an example of self internally paced

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Normally a closed skill

Throwing a ball

25
Q

Give an example of externally paced

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Normally open skills

Catching a ball

26
Q

What is the continua for difficulty?

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Simple—–> complex

27
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What are the characteristics of a simple skill?

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Have few decisions
Require little processing of information (perpetual load)
Small number of subroutines, the speed/timing not critical
One of few stimuli to process

28
Q

Give an example of a simple skill

A

Swimming
Rowing
Cycling
Cross country running

29
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What are the characteristics of a complex skill?

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Involve lots of decision making
Require much processing of information
Might include links between each part of the skill
Can be serial 
Speed/timing critical
30
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Give an example of a complex skill

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Drinking in football- how hard/soft, team mate position, opponents
Passing a basketball
Golf fairway shot

31
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What is the continua for organisation?

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Low——–>high

32
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What are the characteristics of a low organisation/incoherent skill?

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Made up of sub-routines that can be easily separated and practiced by themselves
Having been practiced separately the sub routines can be put back together into the whole skill quite easily

33
Q

Give an example of a low organisation skill

A

Swimming- float

34
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What are the characteristics of a highly organised/coherent skill?

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Not adult broken down into subroutines
Difficult to separate sub routines without disrupting the skills
Usually practiced as a whole

35
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Give an example of a high organisation skill

A

Forward role

36
Q

Task analysis for a golf shot

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Muscular evolvement: gross
Environmental influences: wind
Continuity: discrete/ serial
Pacing: self paced
Difficulty: complex
Organisation: low
37
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What is a skill?

A

The learned ability to bring about pre-determined results with maximum certainty, often with the minimum outlay of time, energy or both