Skill Continuum

Question 1

What are the 6 skill continua?

Answer 1

Continuity, complexity, environmental influence, organisational, muscular influence and pacing

Question 2

What are the two sides of the muscular influence continuum and describe them?

Answer 2

Fine = small muscles groups and a high level of accuracy
Gross = large muscles groups and associated with power

Question 3

What are the two sides of the environmental continuum and describe them?

Answer 3

Open = changeable, decisions to make
Closed = predictable, fixed, few decisions

Question 4

What are the two sides of the organisational continuum and describe them?

Answer 4

Low = simple, can easily be split up into sub routine
High = usually complex and cannot be split up into subroutines

Question 5

What are the two sides of the pacing continuum and describe them?

Answer 5

self = closed skill and timing/speed is under the athletes control
externally = timing dictated by someone else/environment

Question 6

What are the two sides of the complexity continuum and describe them?

Answer 6

simple = few decisions
complex = lots of decisions with coordination being important

Question 7

What are the three parts of the continuity continuum and describe them?

Answer 7

discreet = clear beginning and end
serial = multiple discreet skills put into one
continuous. = no clear beginning or end, end of one movement starts the next