Skill Acquisition and Biomechanics Flashcards
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Skill
The ability to be able to do something well
Gross Motor Skills
Involve the recruitment of large muscles group with less emphasis on precision
Fine Motor Skills
Involve the recruitment of smaller muscles group involved with movements requiring precision
Discrete Motor Skills
Have an obvious beginning and end
Serial Motor Skills
The conmbination of multiple discrete skills
Continuous Motor Skills
No definite beginning or end point
Closed Motor Skills
Those which the performer has the greatest control over the environment
Open Motor Skills
Motor skill performed in a less predictable envrionment
Stability Skills
Involve balance and control of the body
Locomotor Skills
Enable us to run and walk through spaces
Manipulative Skills
Involces control of an object
Cognitive Stage
Performer is mentally trying to comprehend the movement requirements of the skill
Associative Stage
The performer is beginning to
refine their technique/ movement pattern. They are more consistent and make fewer errors.
Autonomous Stage
The skill is largely automatic; the performer no longer consciously thinks about the skill
Distributed Practice
Involves shorter but more frequent training session
Massed Practice
Involves less frequent training sessions for longer periods of time
Blocked Practice
Involves practising the same skill continuously without changing to a different task
Random Practice
Is the varied sequencing of different motor skills in the same
training session
Transfer of Practice
Practice that closely resembles the game will result in a greater transfer of skills from training to game.
Intrinsic Feedback
Is when performers use their own senses to assess performance,
including visual, auditory, proprioception and touch
Augmented/External Feedback
Feedback that comes from a coach. Feedback during an activity is called concurrent feedback
Knowledge of results
Refers to specific feedback about the outcome of the task, as opposed to
feedback relating to performance characteristics
Knowledge of performance
Relates to the characteristics of performing a task, as opposed to
the specific outcome of the task
External Feedback 3 purposes
1 fixing errors as a result of either knowledge of results or knowledge of performance
2 motivation through feedback that shows progress
3 reinforcement through positive feedback (e.g. ‘You’ve got the ball toss right’).