Sports studies chp 8 & 9 Flashcards
Define ability
The qualities and characteristics a person is born with that allow a person to learn or acquire a skill
Define skill
A learned and practised ability that brings about the result that you want to achieve with maximum certainty and efficiency
What are the 8 factors that affect the level of skill obtained
- Age and maturity
- Arousal conditions
- Facilities
- Environment
- Culture
- Motivation
- Anxiety
- Teaching and coaching
What are the 6 main characteristics of a skilled performance
- Accuracy
- Consistency
- Fluency
- Coordination
- Goal directed
- Aesthetically pleasing
What are gross skills
How we move
What are cognitive skills
How we think and make decisions
What are perceptual skills
How we visualise and anticipate things
What are the different type of skills
- Basic/complex
- Gross/fine
- Open/closed
What are basic skills
simple skills such as throwing, catching and running
What are complex skills
More difficult skills that require a higher level of coordination and concentration
What are closed skills
Skills that are not affected by the environment or the performers within it
What are open skills
Skills that are affected by the environment where the performer has to adjust to the situation
What are gross skills
Movements that use large muscle groups to produce big and powerful movements
What are fine skills
Precise movements that require high levels of accuracy and technique
What are the 4 stages of the information processing model
Input -> Decision making -> Output -> Feedback
What is short-term memory
system for storing a small amount of information for a brief period
What is long-term memory
Memory store that can hold vast amounts of information for a long period
What is limited channel capacity
the idea that our brains can only process a certain amount of information at once