ACQUIRING MOVEMENT SKILLS Classification of Motor Skills and Abilities Name: _______________________ Tutor Group:_______ AS PHYSICAL EDUCATION 2012/13 1 BOOKLET 1 DTA CLASSIFICATION OF MOTOR SKILLS AND ABILITIES (developing an awareness of factors affecting involvement in physical activity) Learning Objectives At the end of this booklet you should be able to: Notes Learning Objective Classify movement skills by placing them on a variety of continua Describe methods of manipulating skills practice to facilitate learning and improve performance Evaluate critically these methods and their effectiveness in the learning of movement skills Define and identify the characteristics of gross motor abilities and psychomotor abilities 2 Learnt As a sporting performer, you will have developed numerous skills and experienced a variety of practice methods to refine those skills in a sporting situation. Additionally in everyday life we have learned and developed a wide range of skills which we use without consciously thinking about it. Task 1 With a partner make a list of the following: 1. five skills that you use daily; ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ 2. five skills commonly used in many sports (generic skills); ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ 3. five skills required for a specific sport. These need to be really specific skills that allow us to immediately know which sport you are referring to. SPORT: _____________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ Compare your lists with another pair. Discuss any similarities and differences . 3 Task 2 Select two well known sports performers from different sports and list five words to describe the athlete’s performance. Sports Performer 1:______________________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ Sports Performer 2:______________________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ Now consider your own performance compared to those you have analysed above. What are the differences? Are they more skilled than you? Justify your answer. ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ Defining Skill ‘The learned ability to bring about predetermined results, with maximum certainty, often with the minimum outlay of time energy or both.’ Barbara Knapp 4 Task 3 Once you have highlighted those characteristics, add to the mind map below the ones that you feel are most important CHARACTERISTICS OF SKILL. CHARACTERISTICS OF SKILL 5 Types of Skill Task 4 Below explain what is meant by these different types of skill. Ensure that you back up your explanations with examples. Intellectual skills or cognitive skills _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ Perceptive skills _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ Motor skills _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ 6 Classification of Motor Skills In order to maximise the opportunity for learning and refining skills, classification systems are often used to group together different types of skills with similar characteristics. This will allow the most appropriate training or practice method to be used. Classification Systems Several different ways of classifying or grouping skills have been developed to assist in our understanding of motor skills. It can be difficult to be specific about the characteristics of a skill because many of them can change depending on the situation in which the skill is being performed. Many skills also have elements of all characteristics. To try and overcome this problem skill classification uses ‘continuums’. CONTINUUM ‘an imaginary line between two extremes which shows a gradual increase/decrease in a number of characteristics’ Below we are going to look at the different classification continuums used. * EXAMINER’S TIP: When classifying skills always use a specific example, e.g. do not just say ‘Hockey,’ name the actual skill, such as a penalty flick. Additionally when answering an exam question it is not enough to simply state where you think the skill should be placed on the continuum, you will need to say why and justify your answer. Next we are going to look at the most commonly used classification continua. Muscular Involvement – GROSS-FINE Continuum This classification is based on the degree of bodily involvement, or the precision of movement needed to execute the skill. GROSS SKILLS _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ Examples:_____________________________________________________________________ FINE SKILLS _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ Examples:_____________________________________________________________________ 7 GROSS______________________________________________________________________________FINE On the continuum above place the following sporting activities where you believe they should be classified. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Triple jump Ten pin bowling Golf putt Netball chest pass Weight lifting Javelin throw Snooker shot Then below select two motor skills from the above list and justify why you have placed them where you have on the continuum. Motor Skill 1:__________________________ Justification:____________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Motor Skill 2:__________________________ Justification:____________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Environmental Influence – OPEN – CLOSED Continuum This classification is based on the stability of the environment or situation in which the skill is being performed. Remember when we refer to the environment it can not only mean the effects of the weather but also team mates, opponents etc. OPEN SKILLS _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ Examples:_____________________________________________________________________ 8 CLOSED SKILLS _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ Examples:______________________________________________________________________ OPEN_____________________________________________________________________________CLOSED On the continuum above place the following sporting activities where you believe they should be classified. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Gymnastics forward roll Football goalkeeper save Basketball free throw Tennis serve Sailing Badminton smash Basketball pass Then below select two motor skills from the above list and justify why you have placed them where you have on the continuum. Motor Skill 1:__________________________ Justification:____________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Motor Skill 2:__________________________ Justification:____________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 9 Continuity – DISCRETE – SERIAL – CONTINUOUS Continuum This classification is made on the basis of the relationship between sub-routines, and how clearly defined the beginning and the end of the skill are to observers. DISCRETE SKILLS _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ Examples:_____________________________________________________________________ SERIAL SKILLS ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Examples:______________________________________________________________________ CONTINUOUS SKILLS ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Examples:______________________________________________________________________ DISCRETE______________________________SERIAL________________________________CONTINUOUS On the continuum above place the following sporting activities where you believe they should be classified. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Dribbling in Hockey Through vault in Gymnastics Shooting in Netball High jump Trampoline sequence 1500m run 10 Then below select three motor skills from the above list and justify why you have placed them where you have on the continuum. Motor Skill 1:__________________________ Justification:____________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Motor Skill 2:__________________________ Justification:____________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Motor Skill 3:__________________________ Justification:____________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Pacing – SELF-PACED – EXTERNALLY PACED Continuum This classification is based on the degree of control the performer has over the movement or skill being performed (i.e. not governed by the actions of others). It refers to the amount of control for both the timing and speed of the movement. SELF-PACED SKILLS _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ Examples:_____________________________________________________________________ EXTERNALLY PACED SKILLS _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ Examples:_____________________________________________________________________ 11 SELF-PACED_____________________________________________________________________EXTERNALLY PACED On the continuum above place the following sporting activities where you believe they should be classified. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Shot putt White water rafting Game of Football Receiving a Tennis serve Badminton backhand serve Diving Olympic show jumping Then below select two motor skills from the above list and justify why you have placed them where you have on the continuum. Motor Skill 1:__________________________ Justification:____________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Motor Skill 2:__________________________ Justification:____________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Difficulty – SIMPLE – COMPLEX Continuum This classification is based on the complexity of the movement, depending on the amount of information to process (perceptual load), the time available to make a decision, the number of sub-routines and the use of feedback during performance. *Key Term: SUB-ROUTINE ‘Many MOTOR SKILLS have several parts that are referred to as sub-routines, e.g. freestyle (front crawl) consists of the following: body position, leg action, arm action, breathing. These subroutines together make up the motor skill.’ SIMPLE SKILLS _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ Examples:______________________________________________________________________ 12 COMPLEX SKILLS _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ Examples:_____________________________________________________________________ SIMPLE________________________________________________________________________COMPLEX On the continuum above place the following sporting activities where you believe they should be classified. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Sprinting Throwing a ball Gymnastics floor routine Snooker Gymnastics tumble Javelin throw Then below select two motor skills from the above list and justify why you have placed them where you have on the continuum. Motor Skill 1:__________________________ Justification:____________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Motor Skill 2:__________________________ Justification:____________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 13 Organisational – LOW-HIGH Continuum This classification looks at the relationship between the sub-routines of the skill, how closely they are linked together. LOW ORGANISATION SKILLS ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ Examples:___________________________________________________________________ HIGH ORGANISATION SKILLS _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ Examples:______________________________________________________________________ LOW________________________________________________________________________________HIGH On the continuum above place the following sporting activities where you believe they should be classified. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Swimming stroke Netball chest pass Triple jump Sommersault Sprint start Gymnastics floor routine Then below select two motor skills from the above list and justify why you have placed them where you have on the continuum. Motor Skill 1:__________________________ Justification:____________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Motor Skill 2:__________________________ Justification:____________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 14 TASK ANALYSIS It is important for us to be able to analyse different motor skills to gain an understanding of its requirements. This allows us to approach the skill in the best way when trying to teach, practise and improve it. By placing the motor skill on each of the continua and justifying its position will be helpful in deciding how the skill can be practised and improved. This will be helpful to you when you are trying to develop your skills in your evaluation and planning for the improvement of performance response in your practical assessment. Task 5 Taking your main sport into account select 3 motor skills from that sport, then place them on each on the six continua, justifying why you have placed them where you have. (Each skill needs to be thought about in relation to every continua). Sport:_____________________________ Motor skill 1:_____________________________________ Motor skill 2:_____________________________________ Motor skill 3:_____________________________________ GROSS__________________________________________________________________FINE OPEN________________________________________________________________CLOSED DISCRETE_________________________SERIAL_________________________CONTINUOUS SELF-PACED___________________________________________________________EXTERNALLY PACED SIMPLE_____________________________________________________________COMPLEX LOW___________________________________________________________________HIGH 15 For the skills you have just placed on the different continua on the previous page answer the following question. Select two of your motor skills and justify below for three continua why you have placed them where you have on the continua. (6 marks) ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Application of Classification to the Organisation and Determination of Practice Using the classification systems are a good starting point to identify common characteristics when trying to develop particular skills which then helps identify the best method of practice. This will depend on the nature of the skill, its complexity, the relationship of the subroutines, the experience of the performer and the practice environment, which should replicate the competitive environment as closely as possible. Task 6 Underneath the headings below make a checklist of issues a coach would need to consider before coaching a skill in relation to the task and the performer. ‘TASK’ ‘PERFORMER’ A knowledge of the above will allow the coach to decide if the skill is best taught in the ‘whole’ or ‘part’ method. * EXAMINER’S TIP: You should ensure that you are able to critically evaluate each practice method by knowing the advantage and disadvantages of each method and the classes of skills they are best suited for. You should also be able to give practical examples of the application of each type of practice. 16 *KEY TERM: KINAESTHESIS: The awareness of the relative position of the limbs and joints in space and the state of contraction of the muscles. *KEY TERM: POSITIVE TRANSFER: The process of one skill helping the learning and performance of a separate but similar skill. Methods of Manipulating Skills Practice Task 7 There are four main methods of practice that we are going to look at the ‘part’ method, the ‘whole’ method, the ‘progressive part’ method and the ‘whole-part-whole’ method. Your task is to with a partner investigate each method and record the following on the next page: Explanation of the method using two examples of skills and performers that are appropriate to be taught using that method Explanation of at least three advantages and three disadvantages to that method PART PRACTICE Explanation and examples: _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ Advantages Disadvantages 17 WHOLE PRACTICE Explanation and examples: _________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ Advantages Disadvantages PROGRESSIVE PART PRACTICE Explanation and examples: _________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ Advantages Disadvantages 18 WHOLE-PART-WHOLE PRACTICE Explanation and examples: _________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ Advantages Disadvantages Task 8 Explain which method of practice you would use to introduce the skills listed below to a group of inexperienced performers, justifying your answer in each case. Hockey dribble _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 19 Gymnastic vault ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Golf shot _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Triple jump ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Basketball lay-up ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 20 Classification of Abilities Relating to Movement Skills When discussing skills and people that are skilful you have probably used the term ‘ability’. However it is important that we are clear that both the terms ‘skill’ and ‘ability’ are infact different. Definitions and Characteristics of Ability ‘An inherited, relatively enduring trait that underlies or supports various kinds of motor and cognitive activities or skills. Abilities are thought of as being largely genetically determined.’ (R. Schmidt) ‘Motor abilities are relatively enduring traits which are generally stable qualities or factors that help a person carry out a particular act.’ (E. Fleishman) ‘Motor abilities are innate inherited traits that determine an individual’s co-ordination, balance, agility and speed of reactions.’ (R. Arnot & C. Gaines) From the definitions above identify the three main characteristics of abilities. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Types of Ability Numerous attempts have been made to classify abilities. One of the most common is that proposed by E. Fleishmann, who subdivided abilities into two categories. Gross motor abilities Psychomotor abilities 21 Task 9 Gross Motor Abilities These are also referred to as ‘physical proficiency abilities’ which involve movement and are normally linked to fitness. Fleishmann identified nine which are stated below. Dynamic strength Static strength Explosive strength Stamina Extent flexibility Dynamic flexibility Gross body co-ordination Gross body equilibrium Trunk strength Select four of the GROSS MOTOR ABILITIES above that you feel can easily be applied to a variety of physical activities and ones that you are likely to remember! Then below define the ability and link it to a skill, explaining where/why that skill needs that ability to be performed effectively. 1. ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 22 3. ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Psychomotor Abilities These are also referred to as ‘perceptual motor abilities’, which involve information processing and implementing the selected movement. Fleishmann identified eleven which are stated below. For each psychomotor ability explain it and identify an example in sport that underpins that motor ability. Limb co-ordination Control precision Response orientation Reaction time Speed of arm action Rate control Manual dexterity Finger dexterity Arm/hand steadiness Wrist/finger speed Aiming 23 Select four of the PSYCHO MOTOR ABILITIES above that you feel can easily be applied to a variety of physical activities and ones that you are likely to remember! Then below define the ability and link it to a skill, explaining where/why that skill needs that ability to be performed effectively. 1. ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 24 * EXAMINER’S TIP: Be able to define both gross motor ability and psychomotor ability and give a practical example of each. A skill will rely on several abilities to support it. That does not mean that the performer is who has high levels of those abilities is automatically guaranteed success. The performer has to learn to apply and co-ordinate those abilities through practicing the technique of the skill. SKILL = ABILITY X TECHNIQUE Task 10 Using the list of abilities you have described previously, highlight the abilities required for the following activities and explain why or where they are needed. * EXAMINER’S TIP: When asked to outline the abilities required for a specific skill, always justify why they are needed. Badminton Smash Shot ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Dribbling in Hockey ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 25 Weight Lifting ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Front Crawl in Swimming ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ High Jump ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Task 11 * EXAMINER’S TIP: You should know how abilities are developed, particularly those which are applicable to your practical activities. How are abilities developed? Explain below ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 26 Badminton SERVE Within your group you are going to practice to serve in Tennis. Remember the skill classifications we have been looking at? Before you start to practice I want you to in your groups decide on where you would place the skill on each continuum. GROSS_______________________________________________________FINE OPEN______________________________________________________CLOSED DISCRETE____________________SERIAL____________________CONTINUOUS SELF-PACED_______________________________________EXTERNALLY PACED SIMPLE___________________________________________________COMPLEX LOW_________________________________________________________HIGH From classifying the skill you will now have a better understanding of it. You now need to think of an effective way to practice the skill so that the performer gains some type of understanding of the skill and some success. In your groups devise the best way to practice the skill. Record how you did this below. 27 CHEST AND BOUNCE PASS Within your group you are going to practice CHEST and BOUNCE pass in Netball/Basketball. Remember the skill classifications we have been looking at? Before you start to practice I want you to in your groups decide on where you would place the skill on each continuum. GROSS_______________________________________________________FINE OPEN______________________________________________________CLOSED DISCRETE____________________SERIAL____________________CONTINUOUS SELF-PACED_______________________________________EXTERNALLY PACED SIMPLE___________________________________________________COMPLEX LOW_________________________________________________________HIGH From classifying the skill you will now have a better understanding of it. You now need to think of an effective way to practice the skills so that the performer gains some type of understanding of the skill and some success. In your groups devise the best way to practice the skills. Record how you did this below. 28 CARTWHEEL Within your group you are going to devise and practice a Cartwheel Remember the skill classifications we have been looking at? Before you start to practice I want you to in your groups decide on where you would place a Cartwheel on each continuum. GROSS_______________________________________________________FINE OPEN______________________________________________________CLOSED DISCRETE____________________SERIAL____________________CONTINUOUS SELF-PACED_______________________________________EXTERNALLY PACED SIMPLE___________________________________________________COMPLEX LOW_________________________________________________________HIGH From classifying the skill you will now have a better understanding of it. You now need to think of an effective way to practice the skill so that the performer gains some type of understanding of the skill and some success. In your groups devise the best way to practice the skill. Record how you did this below. 29 BASKETBALL LAY UP Within your group you are going to practice performing a layup in Basketball. Remember the skill classifications we have been looking at? Before you start to practice I want you to in your groups decide on where you would place the skill on each continuum. GROSS_______________________________________________________FINE OPEN______________________________________________________CLOSED DISCRETE____________________SERIAL____________________CONTINUOUS SELF-PACED_______________________________________EXTERNALLY PACED SIMPLE___________________________________________________COMPLEX LOW_________________________________________________________HIGH From classifying the skill you will now have a better understanding of it. You now need to think of an effective way to practice the skill so that the performer gains some type of understanding of the skill and some success. In your groups devise the best way to practice the skill. Record how you did this below. 30 References and Resources OCR PE Physical Education (Mackreth et al, Heinnemann) OCR PE for AS (Thompson et al, Hodder Education) OCR AS Physical Education (Atherton et al, Phillip Allan) Sport and PE (Wesson et al, Hodder Education) www.brianmac.demon.co.uk 31 32