Skill acquisition Flashcards

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What is an open skill?

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Skill which is affected by the environment / eg pass in football

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What is a closed skill?

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A skill which is not affected by the environment / eg tennis serve

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What is a gross skill?

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Movement involving large muscle groups / eg rugby tackle

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What is a fine skill?

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Small delicate movements / eg flick shot in badminton

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5
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What’s is a self paced skill?

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You chose when to start it / eg bowling

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What is an externally paced skill?

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You don’t have control of the start of the movement / eg return in tennis

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What is a complex skill?

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High cognitive load / eg cricket shot

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What is a simple skill?

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Small cognitive load / eg high jump

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What is a high organisation skill?

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Can’t be broken down into sub sections/ eg running

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What is a low organisation skill?

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Can be split into lots of subsections / eg triple jump

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What is a discrete skill?

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Has a clear beginning and end / eg bowl in cricket

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What is a continuous skill?

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No beginning or end / eg swimming

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13
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What is a serial skill?

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Made up of several parts / eg boxing combo

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14
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What is part practice?

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Skill broken down into subroutines. Then practiced separately then put together.

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15
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What is whole practice?

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The movement is learned in the complete form (holistically).

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16
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What is progressive part practice?

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Parts practiced separately then combined gradually till the whole skill is completed / A-B-AB-C-ABC-D-ABCD

17
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What is whole part whole practice?

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Skill practiced holistically then subroutines then back to whole skill again

18
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What is massed practice?

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Repetitive and continuous with no rest / eg practicing golf drives

19
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What is distributed practice?

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Practice in short bursts / eg sprinting

20
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What is Varied practice?

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Changes regularly / different environments and situations

21
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What is fixed practice?

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Repeated calls in same environment / eg javelin

22
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What is positive transfer?

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Where a skill or situation helps learning and performance of another skill

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