Year 11 - Physical education
Classification of skills continua
Sport psychology: skill and ability
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Unit Summary
This unit develops understanding of what skillful movement looks like and how it can be classified on different continua. It builds on the basic understanding that psychological factors can affect sporting performance in the same way physiological factors influence it.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to classify skills based on their characteristics and place them on the basic/complex and open/closed continua.
Key Notes
- Skills can be classified along continua based on their characteristics.
- Skills classification between basic and complex is based on how difficult they are to perform.
- Skills classification between open and closed is based on how stable the environment is.
Vocabulary To Learn
- basic skill: a skill which is quickly learned as there are very few decisions to be made when performing the skill
- complex skill: a skill which requires a lot of decision making, requiring a high level of coordination and thinking
- open skill: a skill which is performed in a certain way to deal with a changing or unstable environment, e.g. to outwit an opponent
- closed skill: a skill which is not affected by the environment or performers within it
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- A very common mistake made when classifying skills is to name a sport without the skill. For example, trying to classify 'rugby' rather than one of the many different skills within rugby.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Skills can be classified along continua based on their characteristics. Skills classification between basic and complex is based on how difficult they are to perform.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'basic skill'
a skill which is quickly learned as there are very few decisions to be made when performing the skill.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: A very common mistake made when classifying skills is to name a sport without the skill. For example, trying to classify 'rugby' rather than one of the many different skills within rugby. Correction: Ensure pupils understand that specific skills are required and that they can name multiple examples of skills from different sports.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Characteristics of skilful movement Study Guide
- Classification of skills on a continua Study Guide
- Massed, distributed, fixed and variable practice Study Guide
- Self-paced/externally paced and gross/fine continua Study Guide
- Skill and ability Study Guide
- The difficulty and environmental continua Study Guide
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