Skills Acquisition Chapter 7

Skills Acquisition Chapter 7

1. Ability

   • Inherited - Have the potential to acquire skills
   • Gross Motor Abilities (Involve movement)
     • Static strength
     • Dynamic Flexibility
     • Extent Flexibility
     • Gross body coordination
     • Gross body equilibrium
     • Stamina
     • Trunk strength
     • Dynamic Strength
     • Explosive Strength
   • Perceptual Motor Abilities
     • Aiming
     • Multi-limb coordination
     • Control Precision
     • Response Orientation
     • Reaction Time
     • Speed of Movement
     • Rate control
     • Finger dexterity
     • Manual Dexterity
     • Hand-arm Steadiness
     • Wrist-finger Speed

2. Skill

   • This is the learned ability to bring about predetermined results with maximun certainty
   • Skilled performance
     • 1) A single Act 2)Series of actions 3) Quality of performance
     • *Consistency *Recognisable *Aesthetics *Efficient *End result *Learned *Fluent
   • Types of skill
     • *Cognitive (thought process e.g. tactics) *Motor skills (physical movement) *Perceptual skill (interpretation of stimuli) *Psychomotor skill (perceptual+motor e.g. receiving a pass, then making a pass)
   • Skill Classification
     • Gross - Fine
       • Gross - Large muscle group. Fine - Small movements, accuracy+precision is vital.
     • Open - Closed
       • Open - Environment changes not predictable, skills require constant change. Closed - Environment is stable and predictable, skills are repeated e.g 100m runner.
     • Self paced - Externally paced
       • Self paced - Performer chooses when the skill is executed e.g javelin throw. Externally paced - There is a set time for execution.
     • Discrete - Serial - Continuous
       • Discrete - Clear beginning and end. Serial - Group of discrete movements together e.g Triple jump. Continuous - No obvious beginning or end.