Acquisition of Motor Skills Lecture 2: Classification of Motor Abilities and Motor Skills

These flashcards include key terms and definitions from the lecture on the classification of motor abilities and skills.

Ability

The general capacity to learn and perform skills, which can exist without skill.

Motor Learning

The process through which motor abilities are transformed into motor skills, dependent on experience and neural adaptations.

Talent

The combination of motor abilities and skills that underlie performance, often measured to predict future performance.

Discrete Skills

Motor skills that involve a single movement with a distinct start and end, such as throwing or kicking.

Continuous Skills

Motor skills that involve repeated movements without a distinct start or end, such as swimming or cycling.

Serial Skills

Motor skills that combine multiple discrete and continuous movements, such as gymnastics or typing.

Fine Skills

Motor skills that involve small movements, high precision, and the use of small muscles.

Gross Skills

Motor skills that involve large movements, low precision, and the use of large muscles.

Closed Skills

Skills that are self-initiated in a stable environment, allowing performers to act at any time.

Open Skills

Skills that are initiated in response to changes in the environment, requiring reaction to external stimuli.

Gentile’s Taxonomy

A classification system that combines environmental conditions, body movement, and object interaction to categorize motor skills.