Sport Psychology

Question 1

What are Open skills

Answer 1

Open skills are seen in sports such as netball and football, where the situation is always changing. The player has to continually adapt to the situation. E.g. defending in football

Question 2

What are closed skills

Answer 2

Take place in a stable, predictable environment. Skills are not affected by the environment. They follow set patterns and have a clear beginning and end. E.g. penalty in football, free-throw in rugby

Question 3

What is a basic skill

Answer 3

A skill that a player finds easy and needs little concentration. E.g. chest pass in netball/basketball

Question 4

What is a complex skill

Answer 4

Needs the players full concentration and attention. Technically difficult to perform. Need to be practiced over and over again so they become easier. E.g. penalty in football, smash in tennis

Question 5

What is a low organisation skill

Answer 5

A skill which has a clear, simple phases or parts. They can usually be broken down into phases and practice separately to improve. E.g. set shot in basketball

Question 6

What is a high organisation skill

Answer 6

A skill that has a lot of complicated phases or parts. You cannot break down phases and they are linked closely together e.g. somersault in trampolining

Question 7

What are fixed practices?

Answer 7

Where the skill is practised over and over again until it is perfected

Question 8

Give an example of when a fixed practice will be used

Answer 8

Free shot in basketball

Question 9

What are Variable practices?

Answer 9

Involves practicing the skill in a variety of different situations

Question 10

Give an example of a variable practice?

Answer 10

Practicing a pass in football as it will never be the same in a match.

Question 11

What are the two types of practices?

Answer 11

Massed and distributed

Question 12

What are massed practices?

Answer 12

Where the skill is practiced until it is learned without taking a break.

It is for fit, experienced athletes

Question 13

What are distributed practices

Answer 13

Where the skill is practiced over several sessions or with rest breaks.

For lower fitness or lower ability players

Question 14

Why are SMART goals good?

Answer 14

Help you focus on what is important
Increasing your motivation to make progress
Helping you develop new strategies to meet that goal
Enabling you to monitor how well you are doing

Question 15

What is intrinsic feedback?

Answer 15

Comes from yourself
May improve motivation next game
Novice may have little knowledge of skill so will not be able to asses performance.

Question 16

What is extrinsic performance?

Answer 16

Comes from outside source(teacher, coach)
Motivate player to improve and learn
Could lead to negative affects- demotivation

Question 17

What is concurrent feedback?

Answer 17

Feedback given at the time of performance (sidelines)

Can be acted on immediately

Question 18

What is terminal feedback?

Answer 18

Feedback at end of performance

Benefit of being an overview and reflective of whole performance.

Question 19

What is an advantage of visual guidance?

Answer 19

The learner knows what the skill looks like and what they have to do

Question 20

What is a disadvantage of Visual Guidance?

Answer 20

Learners will not be able to ask questions to clarify their understanding

Question 21

What is an advantage of verbal guidance?

Answer 21

Coach can explain in further detail or emphasise specific points about the skill

Question 22

What is a disadvantage of verbal guidance?

Answer 22

Can be difficult for beginners to understand verbal guidance especially if it is to do with a specific or complicated skill

Question 23

What is an advantage of manual and mechanical guidance

Answer 23

Performer can execute the skill safely and successfully and feel how the movement should be done

Question 24

What is a disadvantage of manual and mechanical guidance?

Answer 24

Not possible for all sports