Chapter 1- Characteristics of Skills and Stages of Learning

Fine motor skills involve the recruitment of

• large muscle groups

• smaller muscles associated with precision

• all muscle groups for maximal performance

• large muscle groups for a short period of time

Fitts and Posner categorise skill learning into three stages. These stages are

• beginner, intermediate, and master coach

• cognitive, intermediate, and associative

• cognitive, associative, and autonomous

• associative, autonomous and progressive

Distributed practice involves

• longer but less frequent training sessions

• shorter but more frequent training sessions

• shorter and less frequent training sessions

• longer and more frequent training sessions

What type of skill involves several discrete skills in a sequence?

• Continuous

• Discrete

• Serial

• Sequential

What classification is given to a skill that is highly influenced by changes in the environment?

• Fine

• Closed

• Gross

• Open

The foundation skills that provide the basis for the development of more sport-specific movement skills are known as:

• Fundamental movement skills

• Foundation level skills

• Core skills

• Foundation movement skills

The most appropriate type of practice for athletes at the cognitive stage of learning is

• Distributed

• Blocked

• Random

• Open

Which of the following is not a characteristic of someone at the cognitive stage of learning?

• Improvements occur at a faster rate

• Performers can anticipate what is likely to occur next

• Improvement requires large attention demands

• Performers find it difficult to detect skill errors

Typically, distributed practice sessions

• are used by amateurs

• have long rest periods between tasks during the session

• end because of psychological fatigue

• have lots of variety

During a 45 minute training session, a swimming coach holds up split times on a whiteboard at the side of a pool for the trainee to see. This is an example of

• Proprioception

• Kinaesthetic feedback

• knowledge of performance

• concurrent feedback