PE chapter 8 Flashcards
Ability
The qualities and characteristics a person is born with such as speed, agility, coordination, flexibility, balance, reaction time, that allow a person to learn or acquire skills
how many hours does it take to become an expert according to anders ericsson
10 000 hours
Skill
A learned and practiced ability that brings about the result that you want to achieve with maximum certainty and efficiency
What are the eight key factors that can affect the variation of skill level within a perfomer
Age and maturity
Arousal conditions
Facilities
Environment
Teaching and coaching
Anxiety
Motivation
Culture
Age and maturity
How young a person is can affect how good they become. Starting younger provides more time to become expert.
Arousal conditions
Someone who is calm and enjoys low arousal may perform well in shooting and archery, which requires fine motor skills. People with high arousal levels may prefer football or boxing, which require more gross motor skills.
Facilities
The kinds of facilities that are available and accessible will impact on the sports that are offered.
Environment
Where you live will affect your choices. If you live where the weather is colder and there is more snow, you are more likely to ski than if you lived in a tropical country
Teaching and coaching
The quality and provision of coaching available will affect the skill level. For example andy murray left the uk to go to spain for tennis
Anxiety
If you see the skill as difficult, for example, it may stop you from improving. The coach must break the skill down to help motivate you.
Motivation
This will influence the skills you choose and how well you master them. A desire to succeed will encourage you to practice and seek new challenges.
Culture
Background can impact upon the skills you learn. A person with the ability to play striking sports is likely to play baseball in usa but cricket in india
What can influence sports popularity
The sports that are offered in school can influence the popularity.
What is the difference between skill and ability
The ability is a quality that your born with and a skill is a learned and practiced ability
Examples of ability
Speed
Agility
Coordination
Flexibility
Balance
Reaction time
Accurate
Achieving precise reliable movements
Consistent
Performing to a high level every time with control and quality
Fluent
Using movements that are quick, smooth and flowing, without hesitation or stumbling
Coordinated
Moving different parts of the body together with efficiency and control
Goal directed
Focusing performing on a specific target and being determined to achieve that target
Aesthetically pleasing
A display that looks good to the eye of the spectator, judge or coach
How can you be a good sports person
You must use your abilities and train them
What is a skilled performance
Is one that demonstrates accurate , consistent fluent coordinated and aesthetically pleasing
Example of accurate
Darts snooker archery
Shooting in netball or basketball
Examples of consistent
Shooting in basketball, bagging in cricket, golf
Examples of fluent
Gymnastics combining movements during a routine
Footballer produced quick movements
Examples of coordination
Essential for most activities and skills
Racquet sports and team games
How is volleyball serve an example of coordination
Serving in volleyball legs to generate momentum and the arms to serve the ball
Aesthetically pleasing examples
Gymnastics figure skating diving
Straight knees and pointed feet
Examples of goal directed
Being determined to achieve the target
Scoring a goal
Badminton example accurate
Keeping the shuttle low to the net when performing drop shots and short serves
Consistent badminton.
Players must maintain quality through as they need to win three sets to win a match
Fluent and coordinated and goal directed and aesthetically pleasing in badminton
Players must move quickly and smoothing around the court to reach shots and maintain a good court position
Players use their legs arms and eyes to move maintain balance and achieve a clean contact with the shuttle
Fluent player will link shots and movements together smoothly
Focused on winning each point and use tactics / select shots that help achieve this
Basic skills
Simple skills that require lower levels of concentration and coordination
Need to be mastered before more complex skills are attempted
Examples of basic skills
Throwing catching jumping or running
Complex skills
More difficult skills that require a high level of coordination and concentration
Complex skills take far longer to master and they often include multiple sub routines
Complex skills
More difficult skills that require a high level of coordination and concentration
Complex skills take far longer to master and they often include multiple sub routines
Examples of complex skills
Synchronized diving, gymnastics vault , basketball lay up
Open skills
Affected by outside or environmental factors such as weather pitch conditions and the actions of opponents and teammates
Skills are performed differently each time
Ex of open skills
Team sports ( football , netball , hockey or rugby
Closed skills
Skills that are unaffected by the environment or the performers in it
Decision making is unnecessary and skills can be performed in the same way each time
Closed skills examples
Archery, swimming, free throws basketball and shot put
Fine skills
Involve precise movements that require high levels of accuracy and techinique
Involve small muscle groups, including those that control the wrist and fingers
Examples of fine skills
Snooker , serving (table tennis) , drop shot in badminton
Gross skills
Skills that use large muscle groups to produce large powerful movements
Force production is more important than precision or accuracy