Motor learning and Coaching

When teaching a new movement pattern and your participant is in the cognitive stage of learning a task, which strategy is NOT appropriate to use?

• Breaking the task into parts

• Using a blocked practice schedule

• Using demonstration

• Varying environmental conditions

As your patient progresses to the autonomous stage of learning a motor task, which strategies are appropriate to use?

• Removing verbal and tactile cueing

• Putting patient on an unstable surface

• Asking patient to manipulate an object in their hand while performing the task

• Using frequent feedback

This skill is an example of...

• Serial motor skill
• Discrete motor skill
• Continuous motor skill

This skill is an example of...

• Discrete motor skill
• Serial motor skill
• Continuous motor skill

This is an example of a....

• Closed skill
• Open skill

Triple jump is an example of a...

• Discrete motor skill
• Serial motor skill
• Continuous motor skill

Which skill classification relates to the influence of the environmental factors on the skill performed?

• Fine - Gross
• Discrete - Serial - Continuous
• Open - Closed
• Fundamental - Sport-specific
  Fine - Gross
  

A rugby tackle is...

• A fine and open motor skill
• A fine and closed motor skill
• A gross and open motor skill
• A gross and closed motor skill

A cheerleading routine is a good example of...

• Serial and gross motor skills
• Serial and fine motor skills
• Discrete and gross motor skills
• Discrete and fine motor skills

Which of the following skills would sit closer towards the 'open' end of a continuum?

• Tennis serve
• Archery
• Batting in cricket
• Basketball free throw