Skill

The quality of performance

Characteristics

max certainty of goal achievement

minimum time

minimum energy expenditure

E.g. Elite basketballer has more skill than beginner

A task that you perform

Characteristics

Goal directed

voluntary

Learnt

E.g. Kicking a ball is a skill

Ability

inherit traits

stable and enduring

influence performance of skills

Skill

developed with practice

modified with practice

depends on abilities

fundamental

foundation skill that provided basis for development of specialised skills

specialised

advanced version of fundamental skills/combinations that apply to specialised skills

easy to understand

difficult to catergorise

insufficient picture of the performance demand of skill

characteristics

allow similar skills to be combined

allow recommendation for skill acquisition (grouped) rather than specialised

gross

large muscles

force/power

e.g. weightlifting

fine

small muscles

precision

e.g. drawing

closed

stable environment

self paced

sterotypical movement

e.g. dart throwing

open

unpredictable environment

externally paced

movement adapted to environment

e.g. passing in netball

transferrable skills

understanding similarities

similar tactical problems

discrete

clear beginning and end

one distinct movement

short in duration

e.g. putting golf

serial

several discrete actions

linked together

specific order

e.g. gym routine

continuous

arbitrary beginning and end

repetitive movement

long in duration

e.g. running

voluntary activity pursued for intrinsic rewards

goal directed activity with rules and limitations

games that require physical skill and wide-following and institutional stability

Primary

identify how a game is played/won

what makes soccer "soccer"

e.g. no handling ball in soccer

secondary

arise form game and can be modified without altering nature of game

open to interpretation

e.g. size of ball in soccer

Invasion

gaining/maintaining possession

attacking and creating space

Net/wall

place ball away from opponent

striking

batters try to git ball away from fielders to maximise time to score runs

target

accuracy in relation to the target produces success