Classify the sport's skills in detail.
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A skill is an ability to perform an activity in a competent manner. Skills can be classified into three main types: Transferable/Functional, Personal Traits/Attitudes, and Knowledge-based. The table below provides a description and examples of each skill type.
This continuum is concerned with the effects of the environment on skills (Knapp 1967)[1]
Open skills: sports such as Netball, Football, and Hockey involve open skills. The environment is constantly changing, and so movements have to be continually adapted. Skills are predominantly perceptual and externally paced, for example, a pass in football.
Closed skills. These skills take place in a stable, predictable environment and the performer knows exactly what to do and when. Skills are not affected by the environment and movements follow set patterns and have a clear beginning and end. The skills tend to be self-paced, for example, a free throw in Basketball and serving in Squash or Tennis.
Knapp (1967)[1] suggests that skills can fit on a continuum between open and closed.
The External and Internal Paced Continuum (Galligan 2000)[2]
This continuum is concerned with the timing of movements (often used with the open-closed continuum) - internal and external paced skills.
Internally paced or self-paced skills: the performer controls the rate at which the skill is executed. These skills are usually closed skills. i.e. javelin throw, discus.
Externally paced skills: the environment, which may include opponents, controls the rate of performing the skill. The performer must pay attention to external events to control his/her rate of movement. These skills involve reaction and are usually open skills. i.e. in ball games, the performer must time his actions with the actions of other players and the ball.
The Discrete, Serial and Continuous Continuum (Galligan 2000)[2]
This continuum is concerned with how well defined the beginning and end of the skill are - discrete, serial and continuous skills.
Discrete skills are brief, well-defined actions that have a clear beginning and end. They are single, specific skills, which make up the actions involved in a variety of sports such as hitting and throwing. Hockey. i.e. a penalty flick in.
Serial Skills are a group of discrete skills strung together to make a new and complex movement. i.e. the sequence of skills for the triple jump.
Continuous skills have no obvious beginning or end. The end of one cycle of movements is the beginning of the next, and the skill is repeated like a cycle. These skills could be stopped at any moment during the performance of the skill. i.e. Swimming, Running, Cycling.