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  • What is the difference between skill and ability?
    Ability is natural, Skill is learned + developed
  • Define skill:
    A learned ability to bring about pre-determined results with the minimum outlay of time, energy or both.
  • List the characteristics of skill:
    aesthetically pleasing, consistent, efficient, fluent, accurate, controlled, economical
  • What acronym can be used to remember the characteristics of skill?
    ACE FACE
  • What is an open skill?
    A skill performed in an unpredictable environment
  • What is a closed skill?

    A skill performed in a predictable environment
  • What is a gross skill?
    A skill that uses large muscle groups
  • What is a fine skill?
    A skill that uses smaller muscle groups
  • What is a self paced skill?

    When the performer controls the start and the speed of the skill
  • What is an externally paced skill?
    When the performer has no control over the start and the speed of the skill
  • What is a discrete skill?

    A skill that has a clear beginning and end
  • What is a continuous skill?
    A skill with no clear beginning or end, where often the one end of a sub-routine is the start of the next
  • What is a serial skill?
    A skill that contains several discrete skills in order to make a more integrated movement
  • What is a sub-routine?

    The actions that form the parts of a skill
  • What is a low organisation skill?

    A skill that can easily be broken down into parts
  • What is a high organisation skill?

    A skill that is not easily broken down into parts
  • What is a simple skill?
    A skill that requires few decisions when being performed
  • What is a complex skill?
    A skill that requires decision making using lots of information when performed
  • What is transfer of learning?

    The effect of the learning and performance of one skill on the learning and performance of another
  • What is positive transfer?

    When the learning of one skill helps the learning of another
  • What is negative transfer?
    When the learning of one skill hinders the learning of another
  • What is zero transfer?

    When the learning of one skill has no impact on the learning of another
  • What is bilateral transfer?

    When the learning of one skill is passed across the body from limb to limb
  • What are the three methods of presenting practice?

    Whole
    Whole part whole
    Progressive part
  • What is whole practice?
    Practicing the skill in its entirety
  • What is whole-part-whole practice?
    Assessing the skill, identifying a weakness to practice, then putting the skill back together
  • What is progressive part practice?
    Practising the first part of the skill then adding parts gradually. Sometimes called chaining.
  • Define chaining
    Linking together the sub-routines of a skill and putting together when practicing
  • Characteristics of a good leader

    Confident
    Organised
    Determined
    Approachable
  • Prescribed Leader
    Appointed by an external authority to lead the group
  • Emergent Leader
    A leader who comes from within the group through possessions of some skills
  • Fiedler's Contingency model- Task orientated ( Most favourable)

    Leader is respected by group.
    Leader has good relationships with group
    Group highly motivated
    Highly successful
    Clear task/ set goal and roles within the team
    Good resources/facilities/equipment
  • Fiedler's Contingency model - Task orientated ( Least favourable)

    Task is unstructured
    Leader is not respected by group
    Low ability group
    No discipline structure
    Leader's authority questioned
  • Fiedler's Contingency model-Person Orientated leader

    Is friendly
    Limited resources and facilities
    Limited support
    Moderate motivational levels
    No definite task outcome
  • Leadership Styles
    Autocratic - Hitler

    Democratic- Woody
    involves a team guided by a leader where all individuals are involved in the decision- making process to determine what needs to be done and how it should be done. The group's leader has the authority to make the final decision of the group.

    Laissez- faire
    Very little guidance from leaders
    Complete freedom for followers to make decisions
    Leaders provide the tools and resources needed
    Group members are expected to solve problems on their own
  • Chelludurai's multidimensional model of leadership
    Actual behaviour= is the way a leader goes about the role in a specific situation
    Required behaviour = is the expectation that the management has on the leader
    Preferred behaviour= is the way the athletes like their leader to relate to them

    An ideal situation that leads to high levels of arousal is when all three behaviours are concurrent.