pe paper 2

• skill


  a specific and defined task that can be learned and practiced
• subroutine


  one of many parts of a movement that makes a motor programme
• motor programme


  a series of subroutines organized into the correct sequence to perform a movement
• environment


  factors that surround a performer as they execute their skill
• difficulty


  considers how complicated skills are and how much concentration and attention is needed to complete them
• organisation


  considers how tightly knitted together the subroutines are
• basic skill


  a simple skill requiring little concentration
• complex skill


  a skill requiring a lot of concentration
• closed skill


  a skill performed in a predictable environment
• open skill


  skills performed in an unpredictable environment where the performer has to react to the changing environment
• high organisation skill


  a skill that cannot be broken down easily and practiced separately
• low organisation skill


  a skill that can be broken down easily and practiced separately
• massed practice


  practice that occurs without rest between trials
• distributed practice


  intervals between skills practice in a training for rest and mental rehearsal
• variable practice


  a training session that includes frequent changes of task so that the skill can be repeated in different situations
• fixed practice


  repeatedly practicing the whole skill within a training session
• advantages of massed practice

  promotes fitness, allows the skill to become automatic
• disadvantages of massed practice

  boredom / demotivation, fatigue
• advantages of distributed practice

  delay onset of fatigue, feedback made in break
• disadvantages of distributed practice

  time consuming, break prevents overlearning skills
• advantages of variable practice

  allows players to adapt to changing environment, maintain interest
• disadvantages of variable practice

  time consuming
• advantages of fixed practice

  forms motor programmes, increases fitness
• disadvantages of fixed practice

  fatigue, boredom
• goal setting


  process of setting down target that a performer will aim to accomplish
• SMART


  Specific Measurable Achievable Realistic Timebound
• guidance


  information to aid the learning of a skill
• visual guidance


  information given that they can see
• verbal guidance


  information given that they can hear
• manual guidance


  information given that involves them being moved
• mechanical guidance


  information given that involved equipment to aid learning
• feedback


  information received during or after a performance about the performance
• intrinsic feedback


  information a performer receives that comes from within and involves kinaesthetic awareness and how a skill feels
• extrinsic feedback


  information a performer receives that comes from another person i.e. a coach, teammate
• concurrent feedback


  information a performer receives during a performance
• terminal feedback


  information a performer receives after a performance
• psychological warm up


  a performer gets mentally ready to try their best
• mental rehearsal


  practicing the skill in your head before actually doing it
• disability


  A term used when impairment adversely affects sports performance.
• stereotyping


  A set idea that people have about what someone/something is like, affecting sports involvement.