PEDS203 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Object Manipulation, Motor Skill, Motor Learning
19 Oct 2017
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Things covered in this note package: definition of a skill, characteristics of skill performance, relationship between motor performance and motor learning, situation-based approach to motor performance and learning. What is a motor skill: a skill for which the primary determinant of success is the quality of the movement that the performer produces, a motor skill is a task, i. e. Spiking a volleyball: using this definition a motor skill can be classified by key characteristics, could also be defined as the proficiency a person demonstrates when preforming a movement, i. e. Michael jordan shooting a basketball: the movement is shooting the basketball and the proficiency is the accuracy at which he preforms this movement. What are the 3-components/classification systems/ dimensions of to classifying a motor skill: the way the task is organized, relative importance of motor and cognitive elements, motor-cognitive system, level of environmental predictability during performance, open-closed system.
