Movement skills + Fundamental Skills

Question 1

What are motor skills?

Answer 1

Activities that require voluntary movement to achieve a goal

Question 2

For movement skills, what are the two catgeories of movement precision?

Answer 2

• Fine motor skills
• Gross motor skills

Question 3

What is a fine motor skill?

Answer 3

Recruitment of small muscle groups. Emphasis on precision.

Question 4

What is a gross motor skill?

Answer 4

Recruitment of large muscle groups. More emphasis on power.

Question 5

For movement skills, what are the 3 categories for types of movement?

Answer 5

1. Discrete
2. Serial
3. Continuous

Question 6

What are discrete movements?

Answer 6

Have an obvious begining and an end.

Eg: Chest pass

Question 7

What are serial movements?

Answer 7

Several discrete skills performed in sequence.

Eg: Triple jump, bowling in cricket

Question 8

What are continuous movements?

Answer 8

No begining or end point.

Eg: Swimming, running, rowing, cycling, etc.

Question 9

What are the 2 catgeories of movement skills for predictability of environment?

Answer 9

• Open Motor Skills
• Closed Motor Skills

Question 10

What are the 3 variables that dictate whether a skill is open or closed

Answer 10

• self paced or externally paced
• predictability of environment
• inter trial variability

Question 11

What does self-paced mean?

Answer 11

Performer has control to determine when to start the movement

Question 12

What does predictability of the environment refer to?

Answer 12

Wether environmental factors are in control (indoors) or uncontrolled (outdoors).
* Indoors - Predictable environment; no wind, no sun glare, consistent surface.
* Outdoors - Unpredictable environment; wind, rain, sun glare, change in surface.

Question 13

What does low inter-trial variability mean?

Answer 13

Low:
* Repeats skill in similar way
* No change to performance from training
* Little impact for oponents
* Consistent surface
* Same sized playing area

Question 14

What does high inter-trial variability mean?

Answer 14

High:
* Order of skills changes
* Change in distance, angles, etc. from one time to next
* Athlete must react and adapt the skills

Question 15

List the variability factors possesed by closed skills.

Answer 15

1. Are self paced
2. Predictable environments (indoors)
3. Low level inter trial variability

Question 16

List the variability factors possesed by open skills.

Answer 16

1. Are externally paced
2. Unpredicatable environment
3. High inter-trial variablity (must react to people)

Question 17

What are Fundamental Movement Skills?

Answer 17

FMS are foundation skills that provide basis for the dveelopment of more sport specific movement skills

Question 18

List the 3 fundamental movement skills

there are 3

Answer 18

• Stability skills (balance)
• Locomotor skills (movement)
• Manipulative skills (using tools; rackets, bats, etc.)

Question 19

List some skills taught from a young age

Answer 19

1. walking
2. throwing
3. kicking
4. balance
5. jumping
   These must be taught from a young age

No set list depends on culture environment

Question 20

What are Sport Specific Skills

Answer 20

Skills developed to suit the performance parameters of a certain sport.

Question 21

How are Sport Specific Skills developed?

Answer 21

Through the manipulation of a range of fundamental motor skills

Question 22

What is the manipulation of a skill

Answer 22

Manipulation of a skill is to make it sport specific.
Eg: Throwing is a fundamental movement skill; throwing a curve-ball is sport specific skill