Motor Skill Classification

Question 1

taxonomies

Answer 1

1. task organization
2. motor and cognitive elements
3. level of environmental predicability

Question 2

task organization

Answer 2

discrete skill - a skill organized that the action is usually brief and well defined beginning and end

serial skill - type of skill characterized by serial discrete actions connected in a sequence

• often the order of the actions is critical to performance success (making sandwich in order)

continuous skill - a skill that unfolds without a recognizable beginning or end, in an ongoing and often repetitive fashion (running, swimming, driving)

Question 3

motor and cognitive elements

Answer 3

motor skills - primary determinant of movement success is the quality of the movement (movement quality)

cognitive skills - primary determinant of success is the quality of the performer’s decision making (decision quality)

Question 4

level of environmental predictability

Answer 4

closed skill - skill performed in an environment to plan their movements in advance (golf, bowling)

open skill - skill performed in an unpredictable or in-motion environment, requiring indivduals to adopt their movement in response to the dynamic properties of their environment

semi-predictable skill (driving car)