Movement skills - Unit 3 AOS 1 Terms

Question 1

What is a skill?

Answer 1

The ability to do something well

Question 2

What is a motor skill?

Answer 2

defined by:
- Voluntary, goal directed activities, that we learn through practice and experience

• special form of movement that require movement of the body or limbs to achieve a goal

Question 3

What is a fine motor skill?

Answer 3

Recruitment of smaller muscles / muscle groups. Movement require precision

Question 4

what is a gross motor skill?

Answer 4

Recruitment of larger muscle groups and large parts of the body. Movement

accuracy / precision not as important.

Question 5

Classifying movement skills

Answer 5

1. fine or gross
2. Discrete, Serial or Continuous
3. Open or Closed

Question 6

What is a discrete skill?

Answer 6

Single movement with a distinct start and finish.

eg:
darts
golf putting
basketball free throw

Question 7

Serial skills and examples

Answer 7

Several discrete skills performed in sequence that creates a continuous performance.
eg:
1. Gymnastics floor routine 2. dance performance

Question 8

Continuous Skills

Answer 8

No distinct beginning or end.
eg:
1. Dribbling a basketball
2. running

Question 9

Open Skills

Answer 9

• Are performed in unpredictable and externally paced environments
• the conditions are constantly changing and the performer has limited control
• game like scenarios

Question 10

Closed skills

Answer 10

Highly predictable environment and internally paced

The performer has greatest control over the performance environment.

eg: coach throwing a baseball at a baseballer to help them understand how to swing the ball

Question 11

Fundamental Movement (Motor) Skills

Answer 11

foundation skills that provide the framework to build from and progress a skill further

necessary for the development of more advanced sport specific skills.

Question 12

Sport Specific Skills

Answer 12

advanced versions of fundamental movement skills

Question 13

What does individual, task and environmental contraints do?

Answer 13

promote motor skill development

Question 14

What are the 3 main factors that influence a movement?

Answer 14

individual, task and environmental

Question 15

Individual contraints - def and example

Answer 15

Those that are internal to the performer

structural
body composition
flexibility

Question 16

Task contraints

Answer 16

those specified by the task to be performed

rules of the game, equiptment used and speed and accuracy required

(how can a game be manipulated to alloe people to perform skills better?) - another way of thinking about is

eg:
rules of game
intrstructions
eqiuptment

bigger ball
lowering basketball ring
smaller fields

Question 17

environmental contraints

Answer 17

those that are external to the individual

eg:
- weather
- sociocultural (funding, access to facilities, equiptment ect)
- accessibility

Question 18

Link between motor skill development, participation and performance and enabler and barrier

Answer 18

developing mtor skills will enable participation and participation will allow greater skill development of skills and hence a greater performance

enabler:
- parents driving
- close distance to parks, biking tracks etc

Barrier:
- friends are not participating influencing an individual not to participate
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