PE: Characteristics of skills and stages of learning
Fundamental Movement Skills:
Fundamental movement skills are the foundational movements or building blocks, to the more specialised and complex skills used in games and specific sports benefits include greater confidence, adaptability and resilience
4 early fundamental skills:
Object control
Kicking and throwing
Body control:
Balancing and Climbing
Locomotive skills
Running and Jumping
Aquatic skills
Floating and Early swimming strokes
Sport Specific Skills:
Sport specific skills are voluntary, coordinated tasks with sport-specific goals.
Open skills
Open skills are performed when the athlete has to react what happening in the environment. Players may respond to the movements of an opponent, the speed, and direction of an oncoming ball.
closed skill
athletes doesn’t need to focus on outside forces. athlete can concentrate on executing the movement
Gross movement skills
Gross movements are those that involve large muscle groups . Running, jumping
Fine movement skills
involve precise control of small muscles. Tasks such as spin bowling or throwing a dart are sporting
Discrete motor skills
Have an obvious beginning and end
Serial motor skills
Performed in a sequence
Continuous motor skills
No definite beginning or end point