Skill, Skill Continuums +Transfer of Skills

• Discrete skill


  Has a clear beginning and end
• Serial skill


  Several skills linked together
• Continuous skill


  Has no clear beginning or end
• Gross skill


  Uses large muscle groups
• Fine skill


  Uses smaller muscle groups
• High organisation skill


  Difficult to break down into parts/sub routines
• Low organisation skill


  Easy to break down into parts/sub routines
• Open skill


  Performed in unstable, ever changing environments
• Closed skill


  Performed in stable, unchanging environments
• Self-paced skill


  Allows the performer to decide when they start and how fast they perform
• Externally-paced skill


  Have their start, and the speed at which they are performed dictated by external factors
• Simple skill


  Requires few decisions to be made when performing. May also require limited coordination and concentration due to a limited number of sub routines
• Complex skill


  Requires high levels of information processing / lots of decisions to be made. May also require high levels of coordination and concentration due to a high number of sub routines
• Skill


  The learned ability to bring about a predetermined result with the minimum outlay of time and/or energy
• Positive transfer of learning


  The learning of one skill aids the learning of another
• Negative transfer of learning

  The learning of one skill hinders the learning of another
• Zero transfer of learning


  The learning of one skill has no effect on the learning of another
• Bilateral transfer of learning


  The learning of a skill using a limb on one side of the body can be transferred across to the limb on the other side of the body