Paper2: Skill Acquisition Flashcards
What are gross skills?
large muscle movement
large muscle groups
What are fine skills?
intricate movements
small muscle groups
What are open skills?
affected by the environment
What are closed skills?
not affected by environment
What are discrete skills?
well defined skills
have clear beginning and end
What are serial skills?
group of discrete skills
What are continuous skills?
no obvious beginning or end
repeated
What are internally paced skills?
performer controls pace
What are externally paced skills?
environment controls pace
What are simple skills?
straightforward
no decisions made
What are complex skills?
many decisions made
What is positive transfer?
when as skill is already learnt or being learnt has a positive helping effect on learning a new skill.
what is negative transfer?
performer misunderstanding the movement requirements
What is proactive transfer?
previously learned skill influences the a skill that is being learnt.
can be positive or negative
What is retroactive transfer?
occurs when a newly learned skill influences a previously learned skill.
can be positive or negative
What is bilateral transfer?
transfer of learning from one limb to another.
what is part practice
working on an isolated sub-routine
when is part practice used
low organisation skills
if the task is complex and dangerous
why is part practice used
allows performers to make sense of a skill
reduces possibility of overload
what is whole practice
skills being taught without breaking them down
when is whole practice used
high organisational skills
why is whole practice used
allows the performer to feel kinaesthesis
what is whole-part-whole practice
practicing the whole skill, then a sub-routine, the the whole skill again
when is whole-part-whole practice used
serial skills
low organisation skills
subroutines have distinct features
