Skill Acquisition - Classification of skills

Question 1

What are different classifications for skills?

Answer 1

Difficulty
Environmental
Pacing
Muscular Involvement
Continuity
Organisation

Question 2

What is a motor skill?

Answer 2

An action or task that has a goal that requires voluntary body and/or limb movement.

Question 3

How are skills classified on the difficulty continuum?

Answer 3

Skills are classified according to the types of judgements and decisions that you make to perform the skills. (mental processes)

Question 4

How are skills classified on the environmental continuum?

Answer 4

Skills are classified according to how much they are affected by the environment.

Question 5

How are skills classified on the pacing continuum?

Answer 5

Skills are classified according to the timing of the movements and the rate at which the skill is executed.

Question 6

How are skills classified on the muscular involvement continuum?

Answer 6

Skills are classified according to the precision of the movement.

Question 7

How are skills classified on the continuity continuum?

Answer 7

Skills are classified according to how well defined the beginning and end of the skill are.

Question 8

How are skills classified on the organisation continuum?

Answer 8

Skills are classified according to how they are made up or organised, and whether they can easily be broken down into sub routines.

Question 9

What skill are at either end of the difficulty continuum?

Answer 9

Simple
Complex

Question 10

What skill are at either end of the environmental continuum?

Answer 10

Open
Closed

Question 11

What skill are at either end of the pacing continuum?

Answer 11

Self-paced
Externally-paced

Question 12

What skill are at either end of the muscular involvement continuum?

Answer 12

Gross
Fine

Question 13

What skill are at either end of the continuity continuum?

Answer 13

Discrete
Serial
Continuous

Question 14

What skill are at either end of the organisation continuum?

Answer 14

High organisation
Low organisation

Question 15

Describe and give an example of a simple skill.

Answer 15

A simple skill is straightforward with hardly any judgments or decisions that need to be made.
e.g. a goal kick in football

Question 16

Describe and give an example of a complex skill.

Answer 16

A complex skill has many decisions that need to be made.
e.g. a midfielder making a long pass in football

Question 17

Describe and give an example of an open skill.

Answer 17

An open skill is affected by the environment, movements have to be adapted accordingly.
e.g.dribbling in basketball

Question 18

Describe and give an example of a closed skill.

Answer 18

A closed skill isn’t affected by the environment.
e.g. a penalty in football

Question 19

Describe and give an example of a self-paced skill.

Answer 19

In a self-paced skill, the performer controls the rate at which the skill is executed.
e.g. throwing a javelin

Question 20

Describe and give an example of a externally paced skill.

Answer 20

In an externally paced skill, the environment / opposition control the rate of performing the skill.
e.g. receiving a serve in tennis

Question 21

Describe and give an example of a gross skill.

Answer 21

Gross skills involve large muscle movements that aren’t very precise.
e.g. shot putt

Question 22

Describe and give an example of a fine skill.

Answer 22

Fine skills involve intricate movements using small muscle groups, they are precise and generally involve high degree of hand eye coordination.
e.g. snooker shot

Question 23

Describe and give an example of a discrete skill.

Answer 23

Discrete skills have a clear beginning and a clear end. It’s a single specific skill.
e.g. shooting in netball

Question 24

Describe and give an example of a serial skill.

Answer 24

Serial skills are made up of several discrete skills that are put together in a sequence.
e.g. triple jump

Question 25

Describe and give an example of a continuous skill.

Answer 25

A continuous skill has no obvious beginning or end, the end of one cycle of movement is the beginning of the next.
e.g. cycling

Question 26

Describe and give an example of a high organisation skill

Answer 26

A high organisation skill is difficult to separate into subroutines.
E.g. a somersault in trampolining

Question 27

Describe and give an example of a low organisation skill

Answer 27

A low organisation skill is easily broken down into subroutines.
e.g. swivel hips in trampolining