Skill classification
Cards (18)
- What is a motor programme?A series of subroutines organised into the correct sequence to perform a movement , stored in the long term memory
- Skills are :
- Learned or developed
- Can improve or deteriorate
- Consists of subroutines
- Subroutines are the fixed or individual parts that make up a skill.
- CEMPOD
- Continuity
- Environment
- Muscular environment
- Pacing
- Organization
- Difficulty
- CEMPOD is the 6 different skills continua
- Continuity is split into discrete , serial and continuous.
- Discrete
- Skill has a definite beginning and end
- Usually brief in nature , a single skill
- If a skill is repeated then you have to start from the beginning.
- Serial
- A number of discrete skills put together to make a sequence
- The order in which the discrete elements are in is important
- Each movement id both a stimulus and response
- Continuous
- No clear beginning or end of skill
- Activity continues for unspecified time
- Usually performed for a longer period of time
- Environment is split into Open and closed .
- Open
- The environment changing and others affect the skill
- Often externally paced
- Skills will require adjustments
- Closed
- Not affected by the environment
- Stable and predictable
- Internally / self paced
- Muscular is split into Gross and fine
- Gross
- Involves large muscle movements
- Involves large muscle groups
- Major body movement skills
- Power , strength , stamina , speed
- Fine
- Involve small muscle movements
- Involve small muscle groups
- Small bodily movements
- Precision , direction , accuracy , control
- Pacing is split into externally paced and internally paced
- Externally paced
- Performance of the action is determined by external sources
- Involves the performer in reaction
- More open skill eg - white water canoeing
- Self paced
- A performer decides when to perform or start the skill
- Performer decides the rate at which the skill is performed
- More closed skill eg - shot put