Motor Skills Test

Question 1

Define skill

Answer 1

An athlete’s ability to perform a sequence of movement patterns, successfully, regularly and with a minimum of effort.

Question 2

List the two categories of a skill

Answer 2

• cognitive skill
• motor skill

Question 3

Define cognitive skill

Answer 3

• mental skill
• involves the brain and not much of movement

Question 4

Define motor skill

Answer 4

• Learned ability to bring about a predetermined result with maximum efficiency and minimum outlay of energy.
• coordinated contraction of muscle due to impulses sent from the brain

Question 5

What are some of the essential elements of a skill?

Answer 5

• involves complex sequences of movements
• is learned
• requires practice and results from experience
• a skilled performer achieves results with consistency
• a skill results in precise and coordinated movement which is economical and efficient

Question 6

How do we distinguish between a skilled and unskilled performer?

Answer 6

By using a list of established of criteria of characteristics.

Question 7

List the 5 categories of characteristics

Answer 7

• perceptive sense
• kinaesthetic sense
• anticipation
• timing
• te