Developmental Movement skills

Developmental Movement skills

1. fundamental skills

   • skills that provide the foundation for participation in most sports.

2. negative transfer

   • when your ability to learn a new skill is impeded by your knowledge of and experience in a similar movement skill

3. positive transfer

   • when your proficiency in one movement is enhanced by your previous learning and experience in a similar skill

4. types of movement skills

   • locomotor skills
     • involve moving the body from one point to another
   • non-locomotor skills
     • performed while stationary
   • manipulative skills
     • involve the control of a piece of equipment such as a ball, bat or stick

5. muscular involvement continuum

   • fine skills
     • require motor control of the small muscles of the body to achieve the goal.
   • gross skills
     • involve large muscle movement where precision isn't as important

6. continuity continuum

   • continuous skills
     • no distinct beginning or end. a continuous flow of actions.
   • serial skills
     • several discrete skills put together in a series
   • discrete skills
     • one movement distinct starting and finishing points

7. environmental requirements continuum

   • open skills
     • performed under conditions where the surrounding environment is unpredictable and constantly changing.
   • closed skills
     • performed in predictable environments. the performer decides when to start the action.

8. interaction continuum

   • coactive skills
     • performed at the same time, but competitors cant impact the performance of others.
   • interactive skills
     • performance can be directly influenced by the opposition.
   • individual skills
     • performed in isolation without opposition or the cooperation of team-mates.

9. organisation continuum

   • low organisation skills
     • composed of fewer and less complex components
   • high organisation skills
     • involve closely integrated and difficult subcomponents that need to be combined.

10. practice methods

    • massed practce
      • long, continuous practice sessions
    • distributive practice
      • practice sessions spread out over a set time and are alternated with rest periods
    • whole practice
      • practicing the skill in one complete sequene
    • part practice
      • breaks the task into distinct parts for individual practice

11. stages of proficiency

    • cognitive
      • Beginner. individual needs to learn the basic skills and need to learn how to execute the task
    • associative
      • Intermediate. athlete understands the basic movements, requires coaching still and makes some errors.
    • autonomous
      • Advanced. automated performance of the skill. may be unachievable for some

12. mental rehearsal

    • involves athletes visualising themselves performing a skills before physically performing it