Review the Classification of Skills to Include the Differences Between Individual, Coactive and Interactive Skills.

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Ryan Harrington        Miss Holton        Unit 1

Review the Classification of Skills to Include the Differences

Between Individual, Coactive and Interactive Skills

Skill is:

        “…the learned ability to bring about pre-determined results with maximum certainty, often with the minimum outlay of time or energy or both…’

Knapp, 1963

There are many different types of skill used in different situations. Cognitive is the thinking part of skill so a sport that needs lots of cognitive skill is Snooker. A perceptual skill is where you read the skill to help you and give you time. Such as using the wind when kicking a football. The performance of a skill is known as a motor skill. Skills can be open or closed. An open skill is one that can be affected by the environment or the surrounding conditions and the actions require perceptual monitoring. An example of an open skill would be passing a rugby ball in windy conditions. A closed skill is one that has a predictable environment with no external requirements such as throwing a dart.

A skill is learnt, and this is a relatively permanent change in performance. Performance is only a temporary action. A skill is comprised of technique, quality and ability. Within skill, there are many different types; cognitive, perceptual, motor, psycho-motor / perceptual motor (muscles and brain working together) open and closed plus may others. The concept of ‘skill’ is used in several different ways. We use the word to represent an element of a sport or game such as a pass or a shot. We also refer to sports being skills themselves. It can also be used for praise, for example, when a player has beaten their opponent with good skills, you shout ‘SKILL.’

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There are three main types of the application of skill; individual, coactive and interactive.

An individual skill is one that is completely under the control of the performer and no affect from other competitors. An example of this skill is when a diver gets on to the diving board, performs his dive and gets out of the pool. He has no physical presence from any other person. A javelin thrower performs his or her skill individually. Although there are other competitors present in the area, they don’t perform at the same time. A figure skater can largely distance them ...

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