Classification Of Skills

Question 1

What is an open skill ?
Give an example

Answer 1

Definition: A skill affected by the environment
Example: a football pass

Question 2

What is a closed skill ?
Give an example

Answer 2

Definition: not affected by environment
Example: free throw in basketball

Question 3

What is a self paced skill ?
Give an example

Answer 3

Definition: the performer controls the the speed of execution
Example: javelin throw

Question 4

What is an externally paced skill ?
Give an example

Answer 4

Definition: the environment controls the speed of excecution
Example: receiving a serve in badminton

Question 5

What is a gross skill ?
Give an example

Answer 5

Definition: a skill involving large muscle movements
Example: shot put

Question 6

What is a fine skill ?
Give an example

Answer 6

Definition: a skill involving small muscle movements tend to be precise with a high degree of hand-eye coordination
Example: snooker / darts shot

Question 7

What is a discrete skill ?
Give an example

Answer 7

Definition: a kill with a clear beginning and end
Example: a penalty flick (hockey) / penalty kick (football)

Question 8

What is a serial skill ?
Give an example

Answer 8

Definition: servers discrete elements put together to make a sequence of movements
Example: triple jump

Question 9

What is a continuous skill ?
Give an example

Answer 9

Definition: a skill with no begging or end
Example: cycling

Question 10

What is a high organisation skill ?
Give an example

Answer 10

Definition: a skill with sub routines difficult to separate
Example: dribbling in basketball

Question 11

What is a low organisation skill ?
Give an example

Answer 11

Definition: a skill split into sub routines but easy to separate
Example: a tennis serve

Question 12

How do you practice open skills ?

Answer 12

Using a variety of situations to experience so the performer can create a number of different strategies to cope with changing nature of environment

Question 13

How do you practice a closed skill ?

Answer 13

More effective when practice repetitively so the skill becomes more automatic. The constancy of the environment makes varied practice unnecessary and distracting

Question 14

How do you practice a discrete skill ?

Answer 14

Better taught as a whole rather than splitting them up into sub routines

Question 15

How do you practice a serial skill ?

Answer 15

By breaking them down into sub routines, practicing the sub routines before the skill is practiced as a whole

Question 16

How do you practice a continuous skill ?

Answer 16

More effectively practiced as a whole so the kinaesthetic sense of movement can be retained and can feel the ‘true nature’ of the skill