Section 1 Flashcards
How is skill developed?
It is a learned behavior and needs practice
What is the definition of skill?
The learned ability to bring about predetermined results with maximum certainty often with the minimum outlay of time, energy or both
What is a skill? (Means several different things)
- a technique (tennis serve)
- a sport itself (archery)
- a quality (consistently form well)
What are the characteristics of skill? (CLEG FACES)
Consistent, learned, efficient, goal directed, fluent, aesthetic, controlled, economical, smooth
What is the nature of skill?
One or a series of complex and co ordinated actions with consistency in the correct order
What is skill simplification?
Complex skills can use methods to simplify the task/demands of the skill
What is the effect of skill simplification?
Allow the performer to complete the skill under less pressure or with greater success
Are we born or do we become skillful?
Both but practice is most important
What is transfer of learning?
Basic skills acquired for most sports
Running, catching, jumping
What is ability?
What you are born with
What are the two types of abilities?
- motor (movement)
- perceptual abilities (decision based on situation - right decision at the right time)
What are the types of skill?
- cognitive (problem solving)
- perceptual (processing information)
- motor (voluntary movements)
- psychomotor (thought process and movement)
Give examples of perceptual or psychomotor abilities
- reaction time
- manual dexterity
- aiming
What is the difference between gross and fine skills?
- gross skills use large muscle movements associated with strength, endurance and power
- fine skills use small delicate muscle movements associated with speed, accuracy and efficiency.
What are the characteristics of open skills?
- require perceptual monitoring
- occur in an unpredictable environment
- no clear beginning or end
- action is constantly being varied
What are the characteristics of closed skills?
- prelearned and habitual
- occur in autonomous phase of learning
- clear beginning and end
- predictable environment
What are the characteristics of externally paced?
- Controlled by the environment/surrounds
- can be controlled by opposition or weather
What are the characteristics of self paced?
- you chose when to perform the skills
- rate of action is controlled by the performer
What are discrete skills? (Weightlifting)
- clear beginning and end
- can be performed by themselves without linkage to other skills
- it can be repeated but it has to start again
What are serial skills? (Triple jump)
- number of discrete skills
- linked together into a performance consisting of several phases
What are continuous skills?
- they can’t be split up into subroutines
- (running, swimming, walking, cycling, rowing)
- no clear beggining or end
What is part practice?
Low organisation skills (serial skills) can be broken down into subroutines
What are the positives of part practice?
- reduces the mental overload of beginners
- won’t progress untill each part is right
- can be useful with complex skills or dangerous ones
- build experience and confidence
- staged success
- better technique
What are the disadvantages of part practice?
- takes times
- highly organised skills can’t be broken down
- transfer to whole skill may be difficult
- no kinaesthetic feel
What is whole practice?
High organised skills can’t be broken down as it would disrupt the flow of the movement
What are ballistic skills?
Short and fast skills
What are the advantages of whole practice?
- Easy transfer to real game/sport
- kinaesthetic feel
- saves time
- good for highly organised skills
What are the disadvantages of whole practice?
- not suitable for complex or dangerous skills
- not good for beginners
- mental overload
- performer may give up
- May pick up bad habits
What is progressive - part practice?
Complex skills are practiced in isolation and then linked together (chaining)
What are the advantages of progressive part practice?
- reduces the info load
- transfer of skill into while skill
- helps the flow of the skill
What is whole - part - whole practice?
Presents the whole skill to the performer then the subroutines are practiced, the whole skill is the reintroduced
What are the advantages of whole - part - whole practice?
- better feel for the skill
- develop a kinesthetic feel
- allows them to see how the subroutines fit together
- master each step
- improves confidence
What are the disadvantages of whole - part - whole practice?
- can’t be used for highly organised skills
- time consuming
- problems linking the parts together
What is massed practice?
Learner a practice continuously without rest
What are the advantages of whole - part - whole practice?
- better feel for the skill
- develop a kinesthetic feel
- allows them to see how the subroutines fit together
- master each step
- improves confidence
What are the disadvantages of whole - part - whole practice?
- can’t be used for highly organised skills
- time consuming
- problems linking the parts together
What is massed practice?
Learner a practice continuously without rest
What are the advantages of whole - part - whole practice?
- better feel for the skill
- develop a kinesthetic feel
- allows them to see how the subroutines fit together
- master each step
- improves confidence
What are the disadvantages of whole - part - whole practice?
- can’t be used for highly organised skills
- time consuming
- problems linking the parts together
What is massed practice?
Learner a practice continuously without rest
What practice advantages of massed practice?
- grooving in habitual skills
- good for experienced performers (motivated + good fitness)
- save time (no breaks)
- good to simulate when there is a fatigue element
What are disadvantages of massed practice?
- can fatigue (young)
- demotivate = poor performance
- boredom
- affected by lack of concentration
- not suitable for dangerous tasks
What is distributed practice?
Sessions that have rest intervals included
What are the advantages of distributed practice?
- good for beginners with low fitness and motivation
- good for continuous skills
- breaks allow performer to recover physically and mentally + feedback
- maintain motivation
- good for complex/ dangerous skills
What are disadvantages of distributed practice?
- time consuming
- skills may have to be re-introduced after each break
- May lead to frustration in discrete skills when rest intervals delay practice
What is varied practice?
Environment that allows the skills learned to be constantly changing which suits open skills
What are the advantages of varied practice?
- adapts the technique to change
- develops decision making + perceptual skills
- improves selective attention
- ‘warning signals’ makes reaction time faster
What are the disadvantages of varied practice?
- not suitable for closed skills
- need the motor program for it
- difficult for begginers
What is fixed practice?
Environment stays constant with a repetitive practice