Component 2 Soc25 Sports Psychology

Question 1

What is an open skill? Def

Answer 1

It is when the situation is always changing. The player has to continually adapt to the enviroment

Question 2

What is a closed skill? Def

Answer 2

A skill that takes place in a stable, predictable enviroment

Question 3

What is a basic skill?

Answer 3

A skill that the player finds easy and needs little concentration to do

Question 4

What is a complex skill?

Answer 4

A skill that needs the player’s complete attention and concentration as it is technically difficult to perform

Question 5

What is a low organisation skill?

Answer 5

A skill that involves simple phases or parts(a free throw in basketball)

Question 6

What is a high organisation skill?

Answer 6

A skill that has a lot of complicated phases or parts(e.g a summersault)

Question 7

Why are practise structures important?

Answer 7

Practice sessions need to be planned according to the activity

-the practice also

Question 8

Why is goal setting(smart goals) important?(5 reasons)

Answer 8

• helping you focus on what is important
• increasing your motivation to make progress
• helping you develop new stratergies to meet the goal
• enabaling you to monitor how well you are doing

Question 9

What is concurrent feeback?

Answer 9

Feedback given at the time of performance

Question 10

What is terminal feedback?

Answer 10

Feedback given at the end of a game or performance

Question 11

What is extrinsic feedback?

Answer 11

Feedback from someone els

Question 12

What is intrinsic feedback?

Answer 12

Feedback that comes from the performer

Question 13

What is quantitative data?

Answer 13

Measurable data

Question 14

Massed practice

Answer 14

Where the skill is practiced until it is learned

Question 15

What is distributed practised?

Answer 15

Where the skill is practiced over several sessions or with rest breaks

Question 16

What is qualitive data?

Answer 16

Data that is related to people’s feelings

Question 17

Qualitive data

Answer 17

To do with feelings

Question 18

What is fixed practise?

Answer 18

Where the skill is pracised over and over again until it is perfected(free shot in basketball)

Question 19

What is variable practise?

Answer 19

Where the skill is pracised in different situations(essential for open skills)

Question 20

What are the reasons for doing mental rehersal?

Answer 20

• reduces anxiety
• builds confidence
• improves concentration
• helps you overcome problems
• improves resultsx

Question 21

What is visual guidence?

Answer 21

Can be given in may different ways : e.g

• coach demonstrates the skill
• high level demonstrates the skill
• video footage of a basketball player

Question 22

What is verbal guidence?

Answer 22

Can be helpful as long it is clear, it cam be difficult to understand verbal guidence especially if its a complex skill

Question 23

What is mnaual and mechanical guidence?

Answer 23

-when the coach is in contact with the learner as they perform the skill

(E.g in gymnastics the coach can help the learner do a seat drop)

Question 24

What is the difference between manual qnd mechanical guidence?

Answer 24

Manual guidence: physically manipulating the bpdy of a learner

Mechanical: use of equipment in order to wupport the learner and shapw the skill