VCE PE Units 3/4 Notes

Summary:

The VCE PE Units 3/4 Notes provide an overview of the characteristics of motor skills and stages of learning. Motor skills are voluntary, goal-directed activities that can be improved through practice and experience. Movement precision, type of movement, and predictability of the environment are factors that influence how motor skills are classified, and there are various stages of learning, including the cognitive stage, associative stage, and autonomous stage. Practice strategies such as part and whole practice, amount, distribution, and variability should be considered when choosing methods for improving motor skills. Additionally, fundamental movement skills are foundation skills that provide the basis for developing sport-specific motor skills.

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VCE PE Units 3/4 Notes

UNIT 3 AOS 1 – How are movement skills improved?
CHAPTER 1 – Characteristics of Skills and Stages of Learning
MOTOR SKILL – A skill is a voluntary, goal-directed activity that we learn through practice and experience

VCE PE Units 3/4 Notes

Classifying movement skills
1. Movement precision
2. Type of movement
3. Predictability of the environment

VCE PE Units 3/4 Notes

Fundamental movement skills
Fundamental motor skills are foundation skills. They provide the basis for developing sport-specific motor skills.

Most skills used in sports are advanced versions of fundamental motor skills. These are all advanced forms of the
overhand throw: e.g. throwing in softball, tennis serve, and javelin throw.

VCE PE Units 3/4 Notes

Fundamental motor skills are classified as:
• Stability skills (involving balance and control of the body)
• Locomotor skills (enabling us to move through space such as walking or running)
• Manipulative skills (involving the control of an object, such as catching or kicking)

Classifying movement skills
1. Movement precision
2. Type of movement
3. Predictability of the environment

STAGES OF LEARNING
• Cognitive stage
• Associative stage
• Autonomous stage

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Practice strategies
Factors to consider when choosing practice methods:
1. Part and the whole practice
2. Amount (more is better)
3. Distribution (massed or distributed)
4. Variability (blocked or random)