s1 exam 2021

Question 1

What are the four steps of teaching sports and skills?

Answer 1

• introducing the skill
• demonstrating and explaining the skill
• practising the skill
• providing feedback to correct error

Question 2

Explain why viewing angle important when demonstrating a skill

Answer 2

• get the athletes attention
• arrange athletes so they can see and hear
• positioning is crucial - side on, in front, etc.

Question 3

Define the difference between a learning error and a performance error

Answer 3

• learning errors: occur when an athlete has not yet developed a skill that they don’t know how to perform
• performance errors: are made because an athlete incorrectly executes a skill which they are capable of performing

Question 4

List the seven components of a training lesson. Briefly explain what each component requires coaches to action.

Answer 4

• Introduction: meet and inform of leaning outcomes, a stage of preparation
• Warm up: include general aerobic activities, specific stretching exercises, simple exercises
• Fitness training: development of physical capabilities
• Skill development: major part of the session, where introduction of new skills or revision of old can take place
• Culmination: for skill application
• Cool down: light stretches to get body back to normal
• Evaluation: give and obtain feedback about the session

Question 5

Gymnastic (artistic)

Answer 5

• artistic gymnastics trampolining diving figure skating

Question 6

Combat

Answer 6

• martial arts boxing wrestling

Question 7

Extreme

Answer 7

• skateboarding rock climbing

Question 8

When a coach is defining a playing strategy for a team sport, what focus areas or decisions should they be making? Why are tactics important in a strategy?

Answer 8

• tactics are the ways of carrying out the strategy

- team strategy is to make opposition team difficult to execute attacking leads

Question 9

Mental skills differ from physical skills. What are the defined names for these skills?

Answer 9

Cognitive (mental) and motor (physical) skills

Question 10

What are the other essential elements of a skill?

Answer 10

• Skill is learned (requires practice)
• skill is goal directed
• skill is performed with consistency
• skill is coordinated and refined

Question 11

The Learning process has four phases. What are they, and what does each phase involve?

Answer 11

• Receiving info, seeing something happen
• Deciding, processing data received by the brain
• Acting, performance of necessary movement
• Evaluating, feedback about the performance > loops back to the beginning of the cycle

Question 12

Motor skills have many forms of classification. What are the five classification categories and what are their ranges?

Answer 12

• Muscle involvement (gross motor skills (uses a lot of muscles, swimming) and fine motor skills (uses little muscle, darts))
• Continuity (continuous)
• Pacing (self pacing , externally paced)
• Environmental impact (closed (inside gym) and open skills (ocean))
• Complexity (simple and complex)

Question 13

What are some of the contributions that biomechanics can make to improve sports performance?

Answer 13

• To prevent injuries
• Technique adjustment
• Improve sporting performance

Question 14

What are the three ways motion can be described? Briefly explain and give an example for each.

Answer 14

• Linear, ball in a chest pass
• Angular, rotation (gymnast on parallel bars)
• General, cyclist has angular motion in their legs

Question 15

Why does a fast bowler in cricket take a longer run up than a spin bowler?

Answer 15

To generate forces that increase power and velocity = the body (ball) is projected faster and with more momentum

Question 16

Define and give an example of force summation.

Answer 16

• occurs when all body parts act simultaneously
• Transferring the force throughout your body
• Javelin
• Throwing a ball