Chapter 1 - Movement skills Flashcards
What is an open skill?
- Performed at a fast pace
- Constantly changing
Sport example: Netball
What is a closed skill
- Performed at a predictable, self paced environment
- Sporting example: A golf swing
What is a fine skill?
- Delicate, precise movements that engage the use of small muscles
- Example: Typing on a keyboard (fine touch)
- Sporting example: Shooting in archery (force touch)
What is a gross skill?
- Movements involving the use of large muscle groups
- Sporting example: Spin bowling - requires precise manipulation of the ball by spinning fingers
What is a discrete skill?
- Brief duration
- Has a distinct beginning and end
- Ex. Kicking a ball
What is a continuous skill?
- Has no distinct beginning or end
- Occurs for serval minutes
- Sporting example: Swimming or running
What is a serial skill?
- Group of skills strung together to create a more complicated movement
- Sporting example: Jumping to catch the ball and throwing it to a teammate
What are individual constraints?
- Structural
- Functional
- Are those that are internal to the performer
- These include body structure, fitness, psychological factors and genetics
What are structural constraints?
- Constraints that relate to the body structure of an individual
- Body size, growth patterns
What are functional constraints?
- Relate to behaviours
- Attention, anxiety
What are environmental constraints?
- Are those that are external to an individual
- Weather, sociocultural constraints + gravity
What are task related constraints?
- Are the rules of the game, equipment used and the speed and accuracy required
What is an enabler?
Something that has a positive effect on one’s movement skills
What is a barrier?
Something that has a negative affect on one’s movement skills
What does qualitative analysis do?
Provides coaches and sport scientists with a structured approach to the analysis and improvement of movement
What are the 4 phases of qualitative analysis?
- Preparation phase
- Observation phase
- Evaluation phase
- Error correction phase
Preparation phase
- Gathers relevant information, technique points of the skill
- Age, skill level
- How information is collected = video
Observation phase
Observing the actions being performed
Evaluation phase
- Identifying the errors as well as strengths
- Evaulating what was performed
Error correction phase
Information used to improve an athletes performance
- Verbal feedback
- Modify practice
- Visual model
- Manual guidance
- Mechanical guidance
