11 PE Motor Learning

Which of the following activities is a motor skill?

• driving a car

• playing the piano

• riding a bicycle

• all the above

Which of the following activities is an example of a fine motor skill?

• Drawing a picture

• Performing a cartwheel

• Throwing a javelin

• serving a tennis ball

Which of the following activities is an example of a closed motor skill

• taking a soccer penalty kick in extra time

• serving a tennis ball at a target on the court

• taking a free hit in a game of hockey

• all the above

Which of the following activities is an example of a discrete motor skill?

• taking a soccer penalty kick in extra time

• jogging around an oval

• performing a dance routine

• riding a bicycle

Which of the following practice sessions focuses on learning in a closed environment?

• a softball coach hits balls to a fielder at second base

• a volleyball player receives an opponent's serve in position 6

• a swimmer practices starts off the blocks

• a hockey player practices shooting for goal against two defenders

Which of these classifications is most accurate for the motor skill of bowling a tenpin bowling ball?

• fine, closed, discrete

• gross, open, serial

• gross, closed, discrete

• gross, closed, serial

Which of these statements is incorrect?

• Motor learning is a change in performance as a direct result of practice

• motor learning is a change in performance as a direct result of maturation

• motor development is a change in performance as a direct result of practice

• motor learning is a change in performance as a direct result of experience

Which of the following statements about performance and learning is incorrect?

• Performance is observable whereas learning is not

• learning is a temporary change in the capability to execute a skill

• performance is about execution of a motor skill at a point in time

• learning suggests that some physiological change has taken place

Which performance characteristic is demonstrated by a cricket player who can score runs on a variety of wickets against a variety of bowlers?

• improvement

• consistency

• persistence

• adaptability

Pressuring the ball carrier to try to regain possession is an example of which of the following types of movement?

• fundamental movement skill

• body and movement concept

• specialised movement sequence

• movement strategy