Classification of skills

Question 1

What is Open skills?

Answer 1

externally paced and sporting environment is unpredictable

Question 2

What is a closed skills?

Answer 2

Performed in a prodictable enviroment and usually self paced

Question 3

What is a gross skill?

Answer 3

Use of large muscle movements and precision and accuracy isn’t important

Question 4

What is a fine skill?

Answer 4

Use of small muscle groups and precision and accuracy is important

Question 5

What is a self paced skill?

Answer 5

Performer controls speed of the skill and when to carry it out

Question 6

What is an externally paced skill?

Answer 6

Performer has no control of when the skill begins and the pace of the skill

Question 7

Discrete skill?

Answer 7

Has a clear beginning and end in a short sharp action

Question 8

What is a continuos skill?

Answer 8

No clear beginning or end and end of one sub routine is the start of another

Question 9

What is a serial skill?

Answer 9

Discrete skills linked together

Question 10

What is a low organised skill?

Answer 10

Easily broken down into sub routines

Question 11

What is a high organised skill?

Answer 11

Hard to break down into sub routines

Question 12

What is a simple skill?

Answer 12

Limited decision for the performer to process for example jumping

Question 13

What is complex skill?

Answer 13

Information needed before performing the skill

Question 14

What does ACEFACE stand for?

Answer 14

A-Asthetically pleasing 
C-Consistent 
E-Efficent 
F-Fluent 
A-Accurate 
C-Controlled
E-Economical