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Skill Classification

The document outlines various types of skills in sports, categorizing them into basic vs. complex, open vs. closed, and fine vs. gross skills. Basic skills are simple and require less concentration, while complex skills demand higher coordination and focus. The document emphasizes the importance of mastering basic skills before progressing to complex ones and provides examples of each skill type in different sporting contexts.

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Skill Classification

The document outlines various types of skills in sports, categorizing them into basic vs. complex, open vs. closed, and fine vs. gross skills. Basic skills are simple and require less concentration, while complex skills demand higher coordination and focus. The document emphasizes the importance of mastering basic skills before progressing to complex ones and provides examples of each skill type in different sporting contexts.

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SKILL

CLASSIFICATION
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
•Identify the different types of skills.
•Understand that these can be
placed on a continuum.
•Justify the choice of these skills with
sporting examples.
What is skill: the ability to do something well. Train to do a particular task.

Types of skills
1. Basic and complex skills.
2. Open and close skills.
3. Fine and gross skills.

4. Basic skill: simple skills such as throwing, catching, hitting a ball and running.
Complex skills: more difficult skills that require a high level of coordination and
concentration.

Basic skills tend to need less concentration and coordination to perform ,


compared with complex skills.
A performer’s coordination will develop and improve as they master basic skills.
Typically, they will need to master basic skills before being able to learn and
perform complex ones, as these tend to need more time to learn and perfect.
2. Open and close skills:
Open skills: Skills that are affected by the environment; the performer has to react
and adjust to the situation and this will constantly change.
Close skills: skills that are not affected by the environment or the performers
within it.

Open skills: are most commonly seen in team games such as football, hockey, and
rugby. The environment may change from game to game, or during the game. The
quality and state of the pitch can vary between games, or may change as the game
progresses: for example, if rain makes the field muddy, or slippery.

Closed skill: a close skill is often seen in individual and indoor events. Most
swimming event always require close skills, as the swimming pool is stable and
constant environment. They mostly have the same characteristics. Also, swimmer
have individual lanes and there is no interaction during the race. E.g 100 meter
race etc.
Fine and Gross skills:
Fine skills: precise movements that require high levels of
accuracy and technique; they are often small movements that
require small groups of muscles such as in the fingers.

Gross skill: movements that use large muscle groups to produce


big, powerful movements; gross skills are usually performed by
the arms and legs.

Running, jumping and throwing are examples of gross skills.


Firing an arrow in archery needs precise control and is another
example of a fine skill, as is a backhand topspin in table tennis.
HOME TASK
Think of a sport you regularly play or are
enthusiastic about. How would you classify the
skills involved in that sport? Draw three more
skills continua (basic/complex, fine/gross and
open/close) and on each, place seven aspects of
your sport where you think is most appropriate.

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