Skip to content

Sport psychology: skill and ability

Download complete unit ↓(not available yet)

Why this, why now

This unit develops understanding of what skillful movement looks like and how it can be classified on different continua. It builds on the basic understanding that psychological factors can affect sporting performance in the same way physiological factors influence it.

Prior knowledge requirements

  • Ardaydu waa inay yaqaanaan aasaaska maadada.
  • Ardaydu waa inay awoodaan inay raacaan tilmaamo fudud.
Unit 1 / 17

Sport psychology: skill and ability

This unit develops understanding of what skillful movement looks like and how it can be classified on different continua. It builds on the basic understanding that psychological factors can affect sporting performance in the same way physiological factors influence it.

7 lessons
  1. Classification of skills continua
  2. Characteristics of skilful movement
  3. Self-paced/externally paced and gross/fine continua
  4. Classification of skills on a continua
  5. Massed, distributed, fixed and variable practice
  6. Skill and ability
  7. The difficulty and environmental continua