Motor Skill

Specialised Motor Skills

Advanced/combinations of the fundamental
skills that can be applied to a specific sport/task

Fundamental Motor Skills

Foundational skills learned through
the lived experience

Performed for the sake of achieving
a specific goal

Voluntarily and deliberately
performed

Learned through practise
and application

Requires Body Movement
to be executed

Is not a inherent ability or reaction

Can be modified to fit the task required

Discrete

A movement with a specified
beginning and ending. Short
in duration

Examples:
-Shooting a basketball
-Throwing a punch
-Kicking a soccer ball

Serial

Several individual discrete
actions linked together in
a specific order

Examples:
-A drive into a shot in
basketball
-A 1-2 punch combination
-Dribbling and kicking the
ball into a net

Continuous

A repeated movement with an
unclear beginning and ending.
Longer in duration

Examples:
-Running
-Swimming

Closed

A self paced skill performed
in a stable environment.

Examples:
-Tennis Serve.
-Dart Throw.
-Baseball pitch.

Open

An adaptable skill performed in an
unstable environment that is not self paced

Examples:
-A football tackle
-Throwing a punch in a
boxing match
-Batting in baseball

Goal Directed Activity

Can be practised

Requires movement of the body

Referrers to a task you perform and the
quality of the task

Reliability of the skill

The Time it takes to perform the skill

The amount of energy/effort used when
performing the skill

Gross

Uses large muscle groups

Generates large power/force

Example:
-Jumping
-Sprinting
-Throwing a ball

Fine

Uses small muscle groups

Precise smaller movements

Examples:
-Throwing a Dart
-Writing
-Typing