Classification Of Skills

Question 1

Difficulty (simple)

Answer 1

Little information to process / few decisions to make.
e.g. catching a ball in rugby

Question 2

Difficulty (complex)

Answer 2

Lots of information to process / lots of decisions to make. e.g. serving in tennis

Question 3

Environmental Influence (open)

Answer 3

Environment is changing. e.g. marking a defender

Question 4

Environmental Influence (closed)

Answer 4

Environment is stable. e.g. free shot in basketball

Question 5

Muscular Involvement (gross)

Answer 5

Skills involving large muscle groups. e.g. long jump / tackle in rugby

Question 6

Muscular Involvement (fine)

Answer 6

Skills involving small muscle groups. e.g. throwing a dart

Question 7

Pacing (self-paced)

Answer 7

Performer controls the rate at which the skill is performed. e.g. penalty in football

Question 8

Pacing (externally paced)

Answer 8

The environment determines the rate at which the skill is performed at. e.g. saving a penalty

Question 9

Organisation (high)

Answer 9

Sub-routines are closely linked / difficult to separate.
e.g. golf swing / somersault

Question 10

Organisation (low)

Answer 10

Sub-routines are easily separated. e.g. triple jump

Question 11

Continuity (discrete)

Answer 11

Skills that have a clear beginning and end. e.g. free throw in basketball

Question 12

Continuity (serial)

Answer 12

Skills with 2 or more actions linked together. e.g. triple jump, where the hop, step and jump are linked together.

Question 13

Continuity (continuous)

Answer 13

Skills that have no obvious beginning and end. e.g. front crawl in swimming