Sports Psychology

What are the two continua used in the classification of skills?

• Weather / Toughness
• Easy / Hard
• Environmental / Difficulty
• Difficulty / Simple

What are the two parts of the environmental continua ?

• Open / Closed
• Closed / Shut
• Opposite / Simple
• Easy / Closed

What are the two parts of the difficulty continua?

• Open / Closed
• Easy / Hard
• Solid / Simple
• Simple / Complex

What would be the best way to practise an open skill?

• Don't vary the situation
• On a park
• Vary the situation
• On a field

The characteristics of skillful movement are:

• Efficiency/Pre-determined/Co-Ordinated/Fluent/Aesthetic
• Controlled/Fluent/Efficiency/Amazing/Pre-determined
• Efficiency/Pre-determined/Aesthetic/Specific/Visual

A trampolinist knows her routine well before she starts . This is

• Efficiency
• Fluent
• Pre-determined
• Aesthetic

A basketball player shoots the ball using the correct technique that looks good. This is known as:

• Efficiency
• Aesthetic
• Co-Ordination
• Fluency

What does the SMART principle stand for?

• Specific/Measurable/Achievable/Rest/Timed
• Specific/Measurable/Achievable/Recorded/Timed
• Specific/Measurable/Aesthetic/Realistic/Timed
• Short/Medium/Achievable/Recorded/Timed

Why do athletes use goal setting?

• To look good
• Because the have to
• To improve performance
• Their coach said so

Identify the correct types of guidance that can be given to athletes

• Vital/Verbal/Manual/Mechanical
• Visual/Verbal/Manual/Mechanical
• Manual/Mechanical/Virtual/Visual