Motor Learning and Coaching Quiz

During the quarter-time break, an Australian rules football coach needs to provide feedback for his team out on the ground to make improvements for the second quarter. What type of feedback would most likely be used in this situation?

• video analysis

• kinaesthetic

• coach and peer feedback

• questionnaires

A child who is learning to swim breaststroke is taught the action in three stages: using a flutter/dolphin kick with the correct arm action, a frog kick action using a kickboard and finally, the complete stroke, with the arm and leg action together. This coaching activity is known as

• shaping

• chaining

• simple-complex

• static-dynamic

Which of the following combinations of sports will have no transfer of learning between them?

• tennis and squash

• skateboarding and snowboarding

• swimming and water polo

• cricket and netball

A physical education teacher has her students throw the ball to each other standing on the pool deck before moving into the pool and throwing while treading water. Of what type of coaching activity is this an example?

• shaping

• chaining

• simple-complex

• static-dynamic

John is an 8-year-old boy who has begun swimming lessons. Which type of feedback should his teacher avoid using?

• extrinsic

• knowledge of results

• negative

• positive

A father teaches his son to ride a bike using a 'balance bike'. Once he is confident in balancing on two wheels while moving, the father puts his son on a normal bike to learn to use the pedals. What coaching activity is the father using in this situation?

• simple to complex

• static to dynamic

• shaping

• chaining

An athlete wanting to transfer from snowboarding to skateboarding changes coaches to prepare. What is the correct order of steps the coach would take to analyse the movement of the athlete to improve their technique?

• Evaluate → Prepare → Observe → Feedback

• Observe → Prepare → Evaluate → Feedback

• Prepare → Observe → Evaluate → Feedback

• Prepare → Observe → Feedback → Evaluate

On 30 November 2018, Craig Moller made history when he debuted for the Australian men's basketball team, the Boomers. This was a historic moment, because he previously played Australian Rules football (AFL) for the Fremantle Dockers, making him the first person to have played both AFL and basketball.

Which of the following categories of transfer of learning would Craig have benefited most from in playing for the Boomers?

• skill to skill and theory to competition

• theory to practice and skill to competition

• skill to skill and training to competition

• theory to practice and training to competition

The four stages of a model for qualitative analysis are

• preparation, intervention, evaluation and feedback.

• feedback, preparation, evaluation and observation.

• observation, intervention, evaluation and diagnosis.

• preparation, observation, evaluation and intervention.

When an athlete matches the energy demands, intensity and duration of their sport during practice conditions, which category of transfer of learning is this better known as?

• skill to skill

• training to competition

• theory to practice

• practice to game