Classification of skill

• What are skills in sports?

  Learned patterns of movement acquired through training
• How do skills affect athlete performance?

  They enable athletes to perform effectively
• What is the classification of skills in sports?

  • Skills range from simple to complex
  • Can be open or closed depending on the sport
• What are movement skills also called?

  Motor skills
• What is the definition of a motor skill?

  A learned movement response
• What makes a movement skilful?

  Efficiency, coordination, and good technique
• What does efficient movement mean?

  No wasted effort in the movement
• What does predetermined mean in skilful movement?

  The performer knows what they are trying to achieve
• What does coordinated mean in the context of movement skills?

  All parts of the skill are linked seamlessly
• What does fluent mean in skilful movement?

  Movement is flowing and smooth
• What does aesthetic mean in relation to movement?

  It looks good or is pleasing to the eye
• What are skills in sports?

  Learned patterns of movement acquired through training
• How do skills affect athletes?

  They enable athletes to perform effectively
• What is good technique in sports?

  Correct technique when executing the skill
• What is the range of skills in sports?

  • Skills range from simple to complex
  • Can be open or closed depending on the sport
• What is a continuum in the context of movement skills?

  A range or sliding scale between two extremes
• What characterizes a skilled performance versus an unskilled performance?

  Skilled performance:

  • Shows many characteristics of skill
  • Efficient, coordinated, and fluid movements
  • Correct technique

  
  

  Unskilled performance:

  • Wasted effort and awkward movements
  • Slow and jerky execution
  • Uncertainty in actions
• How can movement skills be classified?

  On a continuum based on different criteria
• What are the characteristics of a skilled performance?

  Efficient, coordinated, fluent, aesthetic, and good technique
• What are the two main continua for classifying movement skills?

  • Environmental continuum
  • Difficulty continuum
• How do pupils participate in a games continuum?

  Based on their age
• What does moving up or down a continuum imply?

  Changing the level of skill or complexity
• What is the plural of continuum?

  Continua
• What does it mean if a performance looks awkward?

  It indicates an unskilled performance
• What are skills in sports defined as?

  Learned patterns of movement acquired through training
• How do skills enable athletes?

  They enable athletes to perform effectively
• What is the range of skills in sports?

  • Skills range from simple to complex
  • Can be open or closed depending on the sport
• What are the two classifications of skills based on environmental factors?

  Open and closed skills
• What are environmental stimuli in sports?

  External factors affecting performers' skills
• Why is perception important for performers?

  It helps them adapt skills to the environment
• What characterizes closed skills?

  Not affected by the environment
• What is a self-paced skill?

  A skill controlled solely by the performer
• What characterizes open skills?

  Affected by the environment
• What is an externally paced skill?

  Timing affected by external factors
• What is the environmental continuum in sports skills?

  • Skills range between open and closed
  • Most skills are not entirely open or closed
• Why could an indoor basketball free throw be classified as a closed skill?

  It occurs in a fixed/predictable situation
• What are two characteristics of a closed skill?

  Self-paced and same technique used every time
• What is one reason an indoor basketball free throw is not affected by weather?

  It is indoors
• What is a key feature of closed skills?

  Same technique is used every time
• What are the characteristics of the environmental continuum in sports skills?

  • Closed skills: not affected by environment
  • Open skills: affected by environment
  • Most skills range between the two