Skill Continuum Flashcards
What are the 6 skill continua?
Continuity, complexity, environmental influence, organisational, muscular influence and pacing
What are the two sides of the muscular influence continuum and describe them?
Fine = small muscles groups and a high level of accuracy
Gross = large muscles groups and associated with power
What are the two sides of the environmental continuum and describe them?
Open = changeable, decisions to make
Closed = predictable, fixed, few decisions
What are the two sides of the organisational continuum and describe them?
Low = simple, can easily be split up into sub routine
High = usually complex and cannot be split up into subroutines
What are the two sides of the pacing continuum and describe them?
self = closed skill and timing/speed is under the athletes control
externally = timing dictated by someone else/environment
What are the two sides of the complexity continuum and describe them?
simple = few decisions
complex = lots of decisions with coordination being important
What are the three parts of the continuity continuum and describe them?
discreet = clear beginning and end
serial = multiple discreet skills put into one
continuous. = no clear beginning or end, end of one movement starts the next