Improving Performance

Question 1

What is gross motor skills?

Answer 1

The skills or movements using large muscle groups.

Question 2

What is self-paced skills?

Answer 2

Where the time of the skill is under the control of the performer.

Question 3

What is open skills?

Answer 3

Skills performed in a changing environment (such as playing surface, ground, weather conditions)

Question 4

What is externally paced skills?

Answer 4

Where the timing of the skills depends on factors outside the control of the performer.

Question 5

What is non-locomotive skills?

Answer 5

A skills that takes place when limbs move but the body remains in the same location.

Question 6

What is closed skills?

Answer 6

Skills performed in a relatively stable environment (everything remains constant)

Question 7

What is locomotive skills?

Answer 7

Involve moving the body from one place to another.

Question 8

What is continuous skills?

Answer 8

Skills that have no distinct start or finish (hence the name continuous)

Question 9

What is discrete skills?

Answer 9

Skills that have a distinct start and finish.

Question 10

What are serial skills?

Answer 10

Skills where small movements are put together to form a whole skill.

Question 11

What are fine motor skills?

Answer 11

Skills or movements using small muscle groups.

Question 12

What are some skills that have opposites?

Answer 12

Fine motor and gross motor skills

Closed and open skills

Non-locomotive and locomotive skills

Continuous and discrete skills

Self paced and externally paced skills

Question 13

Examples of gross motor skills are:

Answer 13

Swimming

Running

Question 14

Examples of self paced skills:

Answer 14

Volleyball serve
Pitcher
Tennis serve

Question 15

Examples of open skills:

Answer 15

AFL
Field hockey
Lacrosse

Question 16

Examples of externally paced skills:

Answer 16

Tennis return

Question 17

Examples of non-locomotive skills:

Answer 17

Balance
Archery
Ballet
Gymnastics

Question 18

Examples of closed skills:

Answer 18

Indoor soccer
Squash
Indoor netball

Question 19

Examples of locomotive skills:

Answer 19

Running
Skipping
Dodging
Hoping

Question 20

Examples of continuous skills:

Answer 20

Sprinting
Cycling
Swimming

Question 21

Examples of discrete skills:

Answer 21

Free throw in

Penalty kicks

Question 22

Examples of serial skills:

Answer 22

Soccer
Martial arts
Tennis serve

Question 23

Examples of fine motor skills:

Answer 23

Sewing

Darts

Question 24

What are the five components that improve health and wellbeing?

Answer 24

Cardiorespiratory endurance

Muscular strength

Muscular endurance

Body composition

Flexibility

Question 25

What are the six components that improve performance? (Also know as skill related)

Answer 25

Power Speed Agility Reaction time Coordination Balance

Question 26

What are the five types of movement skills?

Answer 26

Fundamental Specialised Locomotor Non-locomotor Manipulative

Question 27

Fundamental movement skills (FMS) is:

Answer 27

Patterned movement that involves different body parts, they are the foundation for specialised skills.

Question 28

Name four FMS:

Answer 28

Balance, Vertical jump, Hop, Skip, Kick, Dodge, Overarm throw, Leap, Side gallop, Two handed strike, Catch, Sprint run

Question 29

Name four FMS:

Answer 29

Balance, Vertical jump, Hop, Skip, Kick, Dodge, Overarm throw, Leap, Side gallop, Two handed strike, Catch, Sprint run