PE sports psychology (skills)

Question	Answer
Ability	Something U can't learn and will stay with you for your whole life. Born with
Skill	Something you learn. E.g. Kicking a ball
Open skill	A skill that is effected by the environment e.g. A defender stoping u from running
Closed skill	Skill that isn't effected by the environment e.g. A shot put throw
Self paced skill	A performer decides how quickly they will perform the skill e.g. A penalty kicker will decide how hard to kick the ball
Externally paced skill	The environment decides when the skill will start eg a badminton player will have to wait for the opponent to make a shot and then the performer will have to react the play it back
Gross skill	A big movement that involves big muscle movements eg butterfly stroke is a big movement
Fine skill	Smaller movements that use smaller muscle groups. They normally achieve more accuracy. Eg a flick of the wrist in darks is a fine movement
Basic skills	They are simple skills that don't require a lot of information to be processed eg throw and catch
Complex	Harder movements that need higher levels of co ordination and concentration. There is a lot of information to be processed eg a running throw

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	Created by Sam Gunnell almost 10 years ago