Movement Skills

Question 1

What is a skill?

Answer 1

The ability to do something well

Question 2

What are Fundamental Movement Skills?

Answer 2

Skills that are the basis of all movements in sport.

Question 3

What are sport-specific skills?

Answer 3

Are a range of fundamental movement skills used in a sequence that are specific to a sport.

Question 4

How are movement skills categorised?

Answer 4

• movement precision (fine or gross)
• type of movement (discrete, serial or continuous)
• predictability of environment (open or closed)

Question 5

What does classifying movements skills help do?

Answer 5

Classifying movement skills helps us understand the demands of the skill. Also helps coaches assess performance, plan skill development and provide feedback.

Question 6

What is a closed skill?

Answer 6

A closed skill is a skill where the performer has the greatest control over the performance environment (weather, playing surface, timing and opposition)

Question 7

What is an open skill?

Answer 7

An open skill is a skill that is performed in an open environment where the conditions are constantly changing and the performer has limited control over their environment.

Question 8

What are open and closed skills classified depending on?

Answer 8

• stability of environemt (unstable or stable)
• timing of skill (internally or externally paced)
• inter-trial-variability (is the skills performed the same or different each time?)

Question 9

What are gross motor skills?

Answer 9

Gross motor skills are skills that require the recruitment of large muscle groups and produce the most force but are less precise movements.

Question 10

What are fine motor skills?

Answer 10

Fine motor skills are skills that involve the recruitment of smaller muscle groups and have the highest accuracy involving precision.

Question 11

What is a discrete motor skill?

Answer 11

A discrete motor skill are skills that have an obvious beginning and end, are one distinct movement and have a short duration.

Question 12

What is a serial motor skill

Answer 12

A serial motor skill is a combination of discrete motor skills performed in a sequence that are linked together and have a specific order.

Question 13

What is a continuous motor skill?

Answer 13

A continuous motor skill is a skill that has no definitive beginning or end point, display repetitive movements, and are longer in duration.

Question 14

What are individual constraints?

Answer 14

Individual constraints are those that are internal to the performer and can be categorised as being structural or functional.

Question 15

What are structural individual constraints?

Answer 15

Structural individual constraints relate to the body structure e.g flexibility, body size

Question 16

What are functional individiual constraints?

Answer 16

Functional individual constraints relate to behaviour e.g skill learning attention, anxiety

Question 17

What are task constraints?

Answer 17

Task constraints are constraints that are specific to the task being performed e.g rules of the game, equipment and speed and accuracy required.

Question 19

What are environmental constraints?

Answer 19

Environmental constraints are constraints that are external to the individual e.g weather, sociocultural restraints and gravity.

Question 20

What is the link between motor skills, participation and performance?

Answer 20

The development of motor skills will enable a person to participate, participation will lead to greater development of skills and better performance may lead to increased participation