Classification of skills and types/methods of practice

Question 1

what is the definition of a motor/movement skill

Answer 1

an action/task that has a goal and that requires voluntary body and or limb movement to achieve the goal
is learned rather than being innate

Question 2

what is the difficulty scale of skills

Answer 2

simple to complex

Question 3

what is a simple skill

Answer 3

straighforward with barely any judgements or decisions to make.
can be taught in a fairly repetitive way

Question 4

what is a complex skill

Answer 4

many judgements and decisions to be made, may have to be learnt in stages

Question 5

what is the environmental influence classification of skills

Answer 5

open to closed

Question 6

what is an open skill

Answer 6

affected by the environment
externally paced

Question 7

what is a closed skill

Answer 7

skills that are not affected by the environment
follow a set pattern and have a clear beginning and end
self paced

Question 8

what is a self paced skill

Answer 8

the performer controls the rate at which the skill is executed

Question 9

what type of skills are usually self paced

Answer 9

closed skills

Question 10

what is an externally paced skill

Answer 10

the enviornment controls the rate of performing the skill
usually involves a reaction

Question 11

what is the muscular involvement skill classification

Answer 11

gross to fine

Question 12

what is a gross skill

Answer 12

involves large muscular movement

Question 13

what is a fine skill

Answer 13

involves intricate precise movements and small muslce groups

Question 14

what is the continuity classification of skills

Answer 14

discrete, serial, continuous

Question 15

what is a discrete skill

Answer 15

skills that have a clear beginning and end

Question 16

what is a serial skill

Answer 16

has discrete elements that are put together to make a sequence of movements

Question 17

what is a continuous skill

Answer 17

skills that have no obvious beginning or end
the end of one cycle of movement is the beginning of the next
repeated as a set pattern

Question 18

what is the organisation classification of skills

Answer 18

low organisation, high organisation

Question 19

what is a low organisation skill

Answer 19

a skill is split up into sub routines that are easily identified as seperate movements

Question 20

what is a high organisaton skill

Answer 20

the skill has elements/sub routines that are very difficult to seperate

Question 21

what makes the learning of closed skills more effective

Answer 21

practising them repetitively so that they become automatic

Question 22

how to teach open skills effectively

Answer 22

using a variety of environments so a number of strategies can be created with the changing nature of the environment

Question 23

how are discrete skills best taught

Answer 23

better taught as a whole rather than splitting them into sub routines

Question 24

how are serial skills best learned

Answer 24

breaking them down into sub routines
each sub routine can be fully learned before the whole skill is practised

Question 25

how are continuous skills best learnt

Answer 25

practised as a whole to get a kinaesthetic sense of the movement

Question 26

what is whole practice

Answer 26

the skill is taught in one without breaking it into sub routines

Question 27

what is part practice

Answer 27

skill is split up and taught in sub routines

Question 28

what is whole part whole practice

Answer 28

performer attempts the skill as a whole and then is broken down into sub routines and then back to the whole skill

Question 29

what is progressive part practice

Answer 29

elements are learned and then chained together to complete as a whole