Skill Acq Year 1 Cards Flashcards
Give Guthrie’s definition of skill
The ability to bring about predetermined results, with maximum certainty and minimum outlay of time or energy
Give three continuums
- Gross-fine
- Open-closed
- Discrete-serial-continuous
Give an example of a closed skill
Taking a penalty shot in netball in the D
Define coordination
The ability to use different parts of your body together efficiently relative to the task and environment
How can coordination be measured? (check exam questions)
- Quantitively
2. Qualitively
Define degrees of freedom
The individual elements and components of a system and the number of ways each component can act
How many joints are in the body?
100
How many muscles are in the body?
10,000
How many cells are in the body?
10 (14)
What does it mean to have lots of degrees of freedom?
The body has more movements and components that what is needed for any specific task. As a result there is a redundant amount of degrees of freedom, in that many won’t be used
What does Bernstein say?
He says that the body has too many degrees of freedom and that this must be controlled because so many are just left redundant
Do cognitive learners or young people have few or lots of degrees of freedom?
The performer is stiff and rigid because they have only a few degrees of freedom rather than using lots of elements in the body for movement
What is freezing?
This is when the performer or coach limits their movements to concentrate on a particular element of a skill
Give an example of freezing and who would use it
A cognitive learner, young person would use freezing. It could be when learning to dive sitting at the edge of the pool and only practicing the head and arm movements without the lower part of their body.
What is freeing/unfreezing?
This is when the performer begins experimenting with more movements, and so freeing some movements. This means the movements aren’t as rigid
Give an example of freeing/unfreezing and who would use it
Freeing/unfreezing would be used by an associative learner
What is exploitation?
This is when an athlete uses the environment to their advantage. This occurs when athletes have fully learned the movement and what works best
Give an example of exploitation and who would use it
Exploitation would be used by an autonomous learner. An example is using the springboard in gymnastics for a somersault or hitting the sweet spot on a golf club in golf to get more power
What is an open loop skill
This is when a movement happens so quickly, you can’t change the skill you just have to carry it out
Give an example of an open loop skill
A smash in badminton
What is a closed loop skill?
This is when you have time to adjust a skill depending on the situation and feedback
Give an example of a closed loop skill
Dribbling in hockey you have time to take into account where the opposition is, where your players are etc
What is the top down approach?
This is when the brain is the only thing that controls and imposes movements
Give two problems with the top down approach?
- Who controls what the brain controls and commands- something must control the brain
- Storage issue- the brain and body can only remember a certain amount of things and it does not have the capacity to remember every single movement the body can carry out
What are the three stages of the movement control centre?
- Stimulus Identification- when you see, smell or feel what is happening- like seeing the ball coming towards you
- Response selection- when you decide what you are going to do with a stimulus- deciding whether you will catch a ball or get someone else to catch it
- Response programming- this is sending a signal to actually carry out the movement- sending impulses to get the muscle ready
Define reaction time
The time taken from the onset of stimulus to the onset of movement
Define movement time
The time taken from the beginning of movement to the end of movement
Define response time
The time taken from the onset of stimulus to the end of movement
Define simple reaction
When the athlete has only one response to the stimulus
Give an example of simple reaction time
Reacting to the gun going off at the beginning of a race
Define choice reaction time
This is when there are multiple different options and responses to a stimuli and so the athlete has to make a decision on what to do
Give an example of choice reaction time
Dribbling in hockey
What helps to decrease reaction time?
Anticipation
Define anticipation
Pre-empting what is going to happen because of past experiences
Give 4 factors affecting reaction time
- Alertness
- Attention
- Pre-performance routines
- Training
What does the bottom up approach look at?
This looks at the effects of things outside of the body and the effects they have on movement and the athlete
What are the 3 main constraints the bottom up approach considers?
- Organismic constraints
- Environmental constraints
- Task constraints
What are organismic constraints?
Your own individual characteristics and features