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4.1 - Classification Of Skills Flashcards

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Define a motor/movement skill

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Action or task that has a goal and that requires voluntary body and/or limb movement to achieve the goal and is learned

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Six skill continua

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Difficulty/Environmental Influence/Pacing/Muscular Involvement/Continuity/Organisation

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Difficulty continua

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Simple -> Complex

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Simple skill characteristics + example

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  • low decision making
  • transferable skills
    Eg. Throwing
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Complex skill characteristics + example

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  • higher decision making
  • importance of coordination
  • combining different skills together
    Eg. Tennis serve
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Environmental Influence continua

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Open -> closed

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Open skill characteristics + example

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  • environment constantly changing
  • movements adapted to external cues
  • involves perceptual skills
    Eg. Pass in football
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Closed skill characteristics + example

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  • environment is stable
  • technique does not need to be adapted
    Eg. Free throw
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Pacing continua

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Self paced -> externally paced

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Self paced skill characteristics + example

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  • Timing under the athletes control
  • start of skill determined by athlete
  • usually closed skills
    Eg. Javelin throw
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Externally paced skill characteristics + example

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  • timing dictated by external factors
  • pace dictated by external factors
  • usually open skills
    Eg. Returning a tennis shot
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Muscular involvement continua

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Gross -> Fine

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Gross skill characteristics + example

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  • large muscle groups
  • require power
  • accuracy not so important
    Eg. Weightlifting
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Fine skill characteristics + example

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  • only require smaller muscle groups
  • require high levels of control/accuracy
    Eg. Archery shot
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Continuity continua

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Discrete -> serial -> continuous

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Discrete skill characteristics + example

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  • clear beginning + end
  • skill can’t be repeated again
  • a single specific skill
    Eg. Penalty flick in hockey
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Serial skill characteristics + example

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  • several discrete elements integrated together into a sequence
    Eg. Sequence in triple jump
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Continuous skill characteristics + example

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  • no obvious beginning or end
  • end of one cycle is beginning of next
    Eg. Cycling
19
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Organisation continua

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High organisation -> low organisation

20
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High organisation skill characteristics + example

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  • skill has elements/ subroutines that are difficult to separate into individual skills
    Eg. Dribbling in basketball
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Low organisation skill characteristics + example

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  • skill into subroutines that are easily identified as separate
    Eg. Tennis serve

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