Classification of movement skills Flashcards
Motor Skills
Any activity involved in moving the body to achieve a specific goal.
Gross Motor Skills
Movements involving the use of large muscle groups that result in a coordinated action.
Fine Motor Skills
Delicate, precise movements that engage the use of small muscle groups.
Discrete Motor Skills
Movements of brief duration that are easily defined by a
distinct beginning and end.
Serial Motor Skills
Series or group of discrete skills strung together to create a more complicated, skilled action.
Continuous Motor Skills
Movements with no distinct beginning or ending.
Closed Motor Skills
Movements that are performed in predictable, self paced environments.
Open Motor Skills
Motor skills that are performed in an environment that is constantly changing and externally paced.
Fundamental Motor Skills
Movement patterns that involve different body parts. They are the foundational movements to more sports specific skills.
Sport Specific Skills
Utilise a range of fundamental movement skills in a sequence.
Categories of fundamental motor skills
- Object control
- Locomotor skills
- Stability skills
