Self Paced skills are usually
Closed motor skills
-environment is relatively stable and unchanging
-basketball freethrow
Externally paced skills are usually
Open motor skills
-executed in a changing environment
-basketball layup (conditions can constantly change under which it is performed)
When working with closed and self paced motor skills, its important for students to
Learn in a stable movement environment
-archery at a target
When working with open and externally motor skills it is important for students to learn in a
Changing movement environment
-layups always change
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A football field goal is an example of a
Closed and self paced skill
-you practice from the same conditions
-oiled be open as it is a changing distance, changing snap, place holder, etc
Discrete motor skill has
A specific beginning and end
-golf swing
When discrete skills are strung together, they’re called
Serial skills
-catching a ground ball and throwing it to 1st
Continuous skills are
Arbitrary beginning and ending points
-but happen over and over and over
-hockey -skating, stick handling, passing, shooting
Teaching a discrete skill:
Teachers teach in isolation
-nothing coming before or after it
-closed skill environments when its unchanging
Teaching in a serial skill
Mindful of putting the progression of skills together ASAP
-teaching students how to transition from one skill to the next
-slowing it down when introducing prevents overwhelming
Teaching a continuous skill
Open skill instruction
-practice within practice contexts
-making an environment similar to the game
