Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 667 views

    Classification of Motor Skills 1st Lecture PDF

    Uploaded by

    Victor Petcu
    This document discusses the classification of motor skills. It identifies four main ways that motor skills can be classified: [1] gross vs fine motor skills, depending on the size of the primary muscle groups involved; [2] discrete vs serial vs continuous skills, depending on whether the skill has a clear beginning and end or involves repetitive movements; [3] open vs closed skills, depending on whether the environment is stable or changing; and [4] practical vs impractical skills. Understanding how to classify motor skills helps practitioners like therapists, coaches and teachers to better understand the demands on the performer and tailor their instruction appropriately.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Classification of Motor Skills 1st Lecture PDF

    Uploaded by

    Victor Petcu
    667 views15 pages
    This document discusses the classification of motor skills. It identifies four main ways that motor skills can be classified: [1] gross vs fine motor skills, depending on the size of the primary muscle groups involved; [2] discrete vs serial vs continuous skills, depending on whether the skill has a clear beginning and end or involves repetitive movements; [3] open vs closed skills, depending on whether the environment is stable or changing; and [4] practical vs impractical skills. Understanding how to classify motor skills helps practitioners like therapists, coaches and teachers to better understand the demands on the performer and tailor their instruction appropriately.

    Original Title

    Classification of Motor Skills 1st lecture.pdf

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    This document discusses the classification of motor skills. It identifies four main ways that motor skills can be classified: [1] gross vs fine motor skills, depending on the size of the primary muscle groups involved; [2] discrete vs serial vs continuous skills, depending on whether the skill has a clear beginning and end or involves repetitive movements; [3] open vs closed skills, depending on whether the environment is stable or changing; and [4] practical vs impractical skills. Understanding how to classify motor skills helps practitioners like therapists, coaches and teachers to better understand the demands on the performer and tailor their instruction appropriately.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    667 views15 pages

    Classification of Motor Skills 1st Lecture PDF

    Uploaded by

    Victor Petcu
    This document discusses the classification of motor skills. It identifies four main ways that motor skills can be classified: [1] gross vs fine motor skills, depending on the size of the primary muscle groups involved; [2] discrete vs serial vs continuous skills, depending on whether the skill has a clear beginning and end or involves repetitive movements; [3] open vs closed skills, depending on whether the environment is stable or changing; and [4] practical vs impractical skills. Understanding how to classify motor skills helps practitioners like therapists, coaches and teachers to better understand the demands on the performer and tailor their instruction appropriately.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    of 15

    Motor Learning

    Classification of Motor Skills


    Concept:

    Classifying skills into general categories


    helps us to understand the demands those
    skills place on the performer/learner

    2
    Overview of motor learning
    Motor learning involves the study of:

    • The acquisition of motor skills


    • The performance enhancement of learned or highly experienced
    motor skills
    • The reacquisition of skills following injury or disease
    • Changes that occur as a person learns a motor skill and that
    variables that can influence those changes
    3
    “I think everyone is a teacher.
    Everyone! Maybe it’s your children,
    maybe it’s a neighbor, maybe it’s
    someone under your supervision in
    some other way. In one way or
    another, you’re teaching them by
    your actions.”
    (J. R. Wooden, personal interview, February 12, 2002)

    4
    Skill
    • Tasks or activities that have specific goals to achieve (action
    goals)

    • An indicator of the quality of performance

    • Require voluntary control over movements of the joints and


    body segments

    5
    Task
    Identify 3 movement skills under each of these headings:

    1. Most difficult
    2. Most commonly used

    6
    Classification of motor skills
    Gross and Fine skills
    Dependent on the size of the primary muscle groups required to
    perform the skill

    • Gross motor skill – requires use of large musculature and less


    precision

    • Fine motor skill – requires greater precision and control of small


    muscles

    7
    Gross and Fine skills
    Depends on the primary muscles involved

    Classifications of skill are based on a continuum

    Gross motor skills Fine motor skills

    8
    Discrete, Serial Continuous skills
    Dependent on the specificity of where movement begins and ends

    • Discrete skills have a clear beginning and end, usually consisting of


    one simple movement

    • Continuous skills have an arbitrary beginning and end, usually


    consisting of repetitive movements

    • Serial skills involve a series or sequence of discrete movements


    9
    Discrete and Continuous skills

    Note: Some skills have a distinct beginning and end but are repetitive

    Continuous motor skills Serial motor skills Discrete motor skills

    10
    Open and Closed skills
    Dependent on the stability of the environment

    • Open skills are performed in a moving or changing environment.


    Environment determines when (and often how) the skill is performed.

    • Closed skills are performed in a stationary environment where the performer


    determines when to begin the action.

    Environment has three features: surface, objects involved, other people


    11
    Open and closed skills
    Open skills place more demands on the performer because of the need
    to monitor, process and adjust to the changing environment

    Open Closed

    12
    Practical applications
    Discuss in pairs or groups of three why it is useful for practitioners
    (therapists, coaches, teachers, trainers) to understand skill
    classification.

    Come up with 3 different responses.

    13
    Practical applications
    • Greater understanding of the demands on the performer

    • Rehabilitation of gross (physical therapist) or fine motor skills


    (occupational therapist)

    • For coaches, teachers and trainers – ensure practices meet the


    requirements of the skill

    14
    Further reading
    Magill, R., & Anderson, D. (2016). Motor
    Learning and Control. (11th ed.). Chapter 1.

    15

    You might also like