Classification Of Skill Flashcards
What are the 6 classifications of skill?
Environmental influence
Pacing
Organisational
Difficulty
Muscular involvement
Continuity continuum
Environmental influence
Open skills
Closed skills
Pacing
Externally paced skills
Self paced skills
Organisational
Low organisational skills
High organisational skills
Difficulty
Simple skills
Complex skills
Muscular involvement
Fine skills
Gross skills
Continuity continuum
Discrete
Serial
Continuous
Open skills
Skills that are affected by the environment
E.g. receiving a pass in football/ rugby/ netball
Closed skills
Skills that are not affected by the environment
E.g. shot putt/ free throw
Externally paced skills
Environment controls the timing of skills
E.g. receiving a pass in football/ rugby/ netball
Self paced skills
Performer controls the timing of skills
E.g. shot putt/ free throw
Low organisational skills
Skills that can be broken into subroutines
E.g. triple jump
High organisational skills
Skills that can not be broken down into subroutines
E.g. gold swing/ shot putt
Simple skills
Skills that have low levels of decision making
E.g. shot putt/ sprinting
Complex skills
Skills that have high levels of decision making
E.g. somersault/ passing
