Performing well is about the mind as much as the body. This unit covers how skills are classified, how we process information to make decisions, the types of feedback and guidance that help us learn, and key psychology ideas: SMART goal setting, motivation, and how arousal affects performance through the inverted-U theory.
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Classifying skills
Skills sit on continuums rather than in fixed boxes.
Basic (simple) skills need little thought; complex skills need more decisions and attention.
Open skills are affected by a changing environment (a pass in football); closed skills are not (a free throw).
Gross skills use large muscle groups; fine skills use small, precise movements.
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1. A basketball free throw, taken in the same way each time with no interference from opponents, is an example of which type of skill?
2. Which of these is an example of intrinsic feedback?
3. According to the inverted-U theory, performance is at its best when arousal is:
4. In the SMART goal-setting model, what does the M stand for?
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