PAPER 2 - Skill Acquisition

Question 1

What are the 6 classification continua ?

Answer 1

• environment
• pacing
• organisation
• muscular involvement
• difficulty
• continuaty

Question 2

What skills are in the environment continua ?

Answer 2

open / closed

Question 3

What skills are in the pacing continua ?

Answer 3

self / external

Question 4

What skills are in the organisation continua ?

Answer 4

high / low

Question 5

What skills are in the muscular involvement continua ?

Answer 5

fine / gross

Question 6

What skills are in the difficulty continua ?

Answer 6

simple / complex

Question 7

What skills are in the continuity continua ?

Answer 7

discrete / serial / continuous

Question 8

What is MASSED PRACTICE ?

Answer 8

practising continuously without a break

• simple and discrete
• experienced athletes

Question 9

What is DISTRIBUTED PRACTICE ?

Answer 9

practising with breaks

• gives time to recover
• gives time for feedback
• complex

Question 10

What is VARIABLE PRACTICE ?

Answer 10

repeating technique in many situations

• open
• externally paced
• improves understanding of technique

Question 11

What is FIXED PRACTICE ?

Answer 11

repeating technique in one situation

• closed skills
• discrete
• low organisation
• improves motor programme

Question 12

What is WHOLE PRACTICE ?

Answer 12

practising the whole skill

• high organisation
• discrete
• difficult for skills with sub-routines

Question 13

What is PART PRACTICE ?

Answer 13

practising different parts of a skill then putting them together

• discrete
• high organisation
• self - paced

Question 14

What is PROGRESSIVE PRACTICE ?

Answer 14

serial skills are broken down into their sub routines

• high organisation
• serial
• self paced
• develops confidence

Question 15

What is WHOLE - PART - WHOLE PRACTICE ?

Answer 15

performer attempts whole skill then parts then whole

- high organisation

Question 16

What are the 8 different types of practice ?

Answer 16

• massed
• distributed
• varied
• fixed
• whole
• part
• whole - part - whole
• progressive

Question 17

What is POSITIVE TRANSFER ?

Answer 17

• when learning in one task enhanced by learning in another task

Question 18

What is an example of POSITIVE TRANSFER ?

Answer 18

sprinter - bobslay

golf - cricket

Question 19

What is NEGATIVE TRANSFER

Answer 19

• the learning of one skill is hindered by the learning of another

Question 20

Give an example of NEGATIVE LEARNING

Answer 20

tennis - badminton

Question 21

What is PROACTIVE TRANSFER ?

Answer 21

• when a skill learned previously is used to help one being currently learned

Question 22

Give an example of PROACTIVE TRANSFER

Answer 22

basketball - netball (pass)

Question 23

What is RETROACTIVE TRANSFER ?

Answer 23

• when a skill being learned interferes with a skill already learned

Question 24

Give an example of RECTROACTIVE TRANSFER

Answer 24

when a netball player returns to netball after playing basketball, they may want to run with the ball

Question 25

What is BILATERAL TRANSFER ?

Answer 25

• learning a skill on your non-dominant hand/foot

Question 26

What are MOVEMENT OUTCOMES ?

Answer 26

• knowledge of results

- end result and comparison to intended outcome

Question 27

What is SENSORY CONSEQUENCE ?

Answer 27

• knowledge of performance

- intrinsic and extrinsic feedback