Skills n Practice

Question 1

What is an open skill ?

Answer 1

The environment is always changing. It involves decision making

Question 2

Example of an open skill?

Answer 2

Dribbling past a defender

Question 3

What is a closed skill

Answer 3

It is in a stable environment. The skill is habital and it is self paced

Question 4

Example of a closed skill

Answer 4

A penalty in football

Question 5

What is a basic skill ?

Answer 5

It is easy and requires low concentration. There is little information to process and few decisions to make

Question 6

Example of a basic skill

Answer 6

Simple pass in football

Question 7

What is complex skill ?

Answer 7

Lots of information to process, decisions need to made quickly, generally sport specific

Question 8

What is an example of a complex skill ?

Answer 8

Dribbling through many defenders

Question 9

What is a low organisation skill ?

Answer 9

Uncomplicated and simple, involved subroutines that are usually discrete, subroutines can be practised seperately and then integrated into the whole skill

Question 10

What is a high organisation skill ?

Answer 10

Complex and require large amounts of attention, involve closely integrated subroutines that are difficult to seperate, best practised as a whole

Question 11

What is massed practice?

Answer 11

Good for basic skills, the skill is repeated continuously with little or no rest until the skill is developed

Question 12

What is distributed practice?

Answer 12

Good for new or complex skills, the skill is practised in a number of short sessions

Question 13

What is fixed practice?

Answer 13

Good for closed skills, the skill is repeated in a stable environment. It becomes habitual

Question 14

What is variable practice ?

Answer 14

Good for open skills, the environment changes. Decisions have to be made quickly

Question 15

What is visual guidance ?

Answer 15

Practical demonstrations, diagrams and other visual prompts are used to help the learner create a mental image of the skill that needs to be learned

Question 16

Definition of guidance

Answer 16

Information to aid the learning of a skill; can be given vuisually,verbally,manually or mechanically

Question 17

Examples of visual guidance

Answer 17

Show a video
Coach showing the technique or ‘perfect model’
Easy to understand but harder to show difficult skills

Question 18

Examples of verbal guidance

Answer 18

Good for advanced performers
Can be hard to understand, but important for harder skills

Question 19

What is manual guidance

Answer 19

Using physical contact to help a performer complete a skill

Question 20

Example of guidance skill

Answer 20

Helps build confidence

Question 21

What is mechanical guidance

Answer 21

Using equipment to help a performer complete a skill

Question 22

Examples of mechanical guidance

Answer 22

Helps build confidence
effective in the early stages of learning
Skrumm machine

Question 23

Advantages of visual guidance

Answer 23

Guidence through a demonstration
The learner knows what skill they have to perfrom and what it looks like

Question 24

Disadvantages of visual guidance

Answer 24

Learners will not be able to ask questions to clarrify their answers

Question 25

Advantages of verbal guidance

Answer 25

The coach can explain in further detail or emphasise specific points about the skill

Question 26

Disadvantages of verbal guidance

Answer 26

Difficult for beginners to understand especially if its to do with a difficult skill

Question 27

Advantages of manual and mechanical

Answer 27

The coach can help the performer to execute the skill safely and successfully
Feel how the movement should be done

Question 28

Disadvantages of manual and mechanical

Answer 28

This will not be possible for all sports

Question 29

Feedback definition

Answer 29

Information received before,during or after a performance about the performance

Question 30

Definition of intrinsic

Answer 30

Comes from the performer themselves(experienced performers will know when something feels right or wrong)