motor test 3 Flashcards
Describe the characteristics of play activities according to Huizinga?
Freely chosen,Are participated in for their own sake.Are not used for instrumental purposes, Have limits of time or space, have rules that assist in creating the play world, allows the individual to be present in the moment
what is shallow play
Shallow play- Fun and entertaining,superficial and not meaningful to the individual, nor inspiring does not engage the imagination,does not absorb individuals inot the action,does not call on responsive openness.
What is the stance of sport and play according to Hyland? What does that stance require of human beings
Responsive openness requires us to be as open to what is happening and to the opportunities presented by an activity as possible and to respond to the opportunities and situations that arise.
what is deep play
Deep play- Is fun and entertaining, is personal and meaningful to the individual inspires creativity and imagination strongly calls on responsive openness.
Describe the qualities and characteristics of play and sport that Hyland believes are highlighted by the stance of play and spor
.Finitude- the boundaries and limitations placed on us through sport.
Possibility- the same boundaries and limitations placed on us through sport also give us the possibility to master new skills.
Freedom- we experience Freedom while working within the limitations of space time body and rules within these limitations that remains room for freedom of style and individuality
Risk Sports involve a variety of risk we voluntary take part in certain activities knowing the risk Trust trust can help in the reduction of other types of risk this allows us to have greater trust and participants and equipment the greater the trust the bigger the risk
Fun fun is the ultimate end of sport Sports at their best are fun for participants
Describe the two contrasting views or aspects of human nature Hyland discusses in “The Stance of Sport.” How do these help to explain the trans-cultural appeal of sport and play
the 2 contrasting views are humans see themselves as complete and incompleteHuman beings are drawn to activities that demand The Stance of responsive openness because such activities satisfy both are aspects of our nature play in sport strongly feature The Stance so human beings are naturally drawn to them
What is the flow state? Explain the difference between flow experiences and peak experiences
Flow states are psychological states of optimal experience that stand out from everyday life Flow happens to masters of a skill you feel in contorl peak exp happens to unskilled people they are controlled by something else athletes in flow do not have special knowledge states athletes experience special knowledge and foresight during peak experiences.
Explain how the Challenge/Skill Balance (CS Balance) and the other primary elements of flow make flow experiences more likely to occur
an experience with sport as a autotelic activity, merging of action and awareness, a loss of self-consciousness
What characteristics do athletes experience in the flow state?
Remarkable sense of control unambiguous feedback time transformations
What are the primary objectives of Eastern and Western sport?
Western is all about winning eastern is a vehicle or means to inner awareness and self knowledge
What is the ego-mind?
the part of the mind that is always trying to control our actions
What type of dualism is associated with the ego mind
behavioral dualisim
Explain whether the ego-mind positively or negatively affects athletes and how it does so
Athletes are negitvaly affected by their ego minds and do better when it is quiet
Explain the process by which Zen and yoga techniques assist athletes in achieving inner awareness and self-knowledg
helps set free the unuconcious intuitive creative self is free to act also help keed fears desires anger from negatively affecting them
What paradoxes do athletes experience when the ego-mind is quieted and the intuitive aspect of self begins to initiate action?
paradox of Effortless effort With a quiet in mind athletes move intuitively from their Center and experience hard work as being effortless The Paradox of action without acting -When action is initiated by The Still Point of the athletes Center rather than by the desires and fears of the eagle mind the athlete may seem to witness another self carrying out skills
The Paradox of unattached- success to improve their chances of winning and Performing well athletes should give up their attachment to winning and Performing well
