Skills Flashcards
What is a motor skill?
an action or task that has a target or goal and that requires voluntary body movement to achieve it
Define the term ‘skillful movement’
a skilled movement is one in which a predetermined objective is accomplished with maximum efficiency a minimum outlay of energy with
Give examples of fundamental motor skills
throwing, catching, running, jumping
Why is it important to learn the fundamental motor skills at a young age?
they provide the basis for other skills
Identify 2 continua that skills can be classified into
environmental continuum
difficulty continuum
Describe the environmental continuum
skills lay along continuum depending on how they are affected by the environment around them
open skills - affected by others
closed skills - not affected by others
Give an example of an open skill and a closed skill
open skill e.g. dribbling in football
closed skill e.g. a penalty kick
Describe the difficulty continuum
skills lay along the continuum depending on how had they are to perform and the amount of decisions you have to make whilst performing them
simple skills - very few decisions
complex skills - many decisions needed
Give an example of a simple skill and a complex skill
simple skill - a sprint start - very few decisions to be made, other than starting to run when you hear the gun
complex skill - e.g. passing a ball in football - you need to decide what type of pass to make, how hard, who around could intercept it, where are other people on the pitch.
Identify the main characteristics of a skillful movement
Efficient Pre-determined Co-ordinated Fluent Aesthetic
Describe how a skill can be efficient
there is no wasted energy in performing the movement
Describe how a skill can be pre-determined
a performer knows what they are going to do before they do it
Describe how a skill can be co-ordinated
a performer can move many body parts at the same time to perform it successfully e.g. jump and header a ball
Describe how a skill can be fluent
the movements flow from one to the next
Describe how a skills can be aesthetic
it looks good to watch
