KINS 2204 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Standard Deviation, Approximation Error, Finger Snapping
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Chapter 6: understanding motor skills and motor abilities. Skill- voluntary and purposeful actions requiring body and limb movements to achieve a goal. Ability- attributes that provide the capability to produce motor skills. Can be classified by: precision of movement, stability of movement, and movement continuity. Fine motor skills- use small muscles and are precise, writing and sewing, dart throwing. Gross vs. fine and be described as a continuum. Closed skills- performed in an environment that is stable and predictable: environment wants to be acted upon by the individual, self paced- individual chooses their own pace of action. Open skills- done in an open changing and unpredictable environment: externally paced- environment influences the timing and initiation of the motor skill. Closed v. open- what dictates what the performer does. Self paced v. externally paced- what dictates when the performer does. Most skills are learned in closed environments, then applied to open ones.
