skill Flashcards
discrete, serial, and continuous:
discrete- have a clear beginning and end
serial linked together
continuous—no clear beginning or end
Gross and fine:
gross- large muscle groups
fine- smaller muscle groups
High organisation and low organisation:
high- difficult to break down into parts/sub routines.
low-cost and easy to break down into parts subroutines.
open and closed:
open- unstable, ever-changing changing enviroments.
closed- stable, unchanging environments.
self-paced, externally paced:
self paced- Performer decided when they start, how fast they perform.
externally paced- dictated by external factors.
simple and complex skill:
simple—a few decisions to be made.
complex- lots of decisions are made.
transfer of learning:
positive—the learning of one skill aids another.
negative- the learning of one skill hinders another.
zero- the learning of one skill has no effect of the learning of another.
bilateral- the learning of one skill using a limb on one side of the body can be transferred across to the limb on the other side of the body.
whole practice:
Practicing a skill in its entirety.
whole part, whole practice:
Demonstrating the skill in it’s entirety, practicing the weakness in isolation, and putting it all back together.
progressive part practice:
learning the first part of a skill before adding parts one at a time.
Distrbuted practice:
Practicing with rest intervals.
Massed practice:
Practicing without rest intervals.
Mental practice:
Rehearsing skills in your head with no physical movement.
Variable practice:
Repeatedly changing practice type, drills, or situation.
Insight learning:
the theory that aims to develop a performer’s understanding of the relationship between subroutines that may influence the whole problem.
