Classofication of skills Flashcards
What does it mean by a simple skill?
When a skill is straightforward one with hardly any judgment and decisions to make. Can be taught as a whole and in a fairly repetitive way.
What does it mean by a skill being complex?
Skills where decisions and judgment need to be made are known as complex skills. These skills might have to be taught in stages.
What does it mean by a skill being open?
These skills are affected by the environment, and are predominantly perceptual.
Movements have to be adapted to the environment and the skill is mostly externally paced.
What does it mean by a skill being closed?
These skills aren’t affected by the environment and are predominantly habitual.
Movements follow a set pattern and have a definite beginning and end.
These skills tend to be self-paced.
What does it mean by a skill being self-paced?
Performer controls the rate at which the skill is executed.
Involve pro action by the performer.
Self-paced skills are usually closed skills.
What does it mean by skills being externally paced?
The environment, which may include your opponent, controls the rate of performing the skills.
This type of skill involves a reaction and is usually an open skill
What does it mean by a Gross skill?
Require large muscle movements.
These aren’t very precise and include many of the fundamental movement patterns, such as walking and jumping.
What are fine skills?
Involve more intricate movements using small muscle groups.
These skills tend to be precise in nature and generally involve a high degree of hand and eye coordination.
What does it mean by a skill being discrete.
They have a clear beginning and end.
These skills can be repeated, but the performer must start from start from the beginning.
It is a single specific skill.
What does it mean by a skill being serial?
These skills have several discrete elements which are put together to make an integrated movement or sequence of movements.
What does it mean by a skill being continuous?
These skills have no obvious beginning or end.
The skill is repeated as a set pattern.
What does it mean by a skill being high in organisation?
When a skill has elements or sub-routines that are very difficult to separate.
What does it mean by a skill being low in organisation?
When a skill is split up into sub-routines, that are easily identified as separate movements.
