Starter quiz
- What is defined as the ability to use two or more body parts together?
- agility
- balance
- coordination ✓
- reaction time
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- Match these movements to their definition.
- agility⇔dribbling around an opponent with a basketball ✓
- balance⇔remaining upright with a dance motif ✓
- coordination⇔throwing a ball in dodgeball ✓
- Which of the following is a skill associated with badminton?
- serve ✓
- smash ✓
- catch
- dribble
- tackle
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- Which sport would we associate the skills of catch, rebound, interception and shooting?
- rugby
- netball ✓
- tennis
- diving
- rock climbing
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- Balance is defined as maintaining the centre of ______ over a base of support.
- 'mass' ✓
- Agility is the ability to move and change ______ whilst keeping control of the body.
- 'direction' ✓
Exit quiz
- Which of the following terms are in the definition of ability?
- inherited ✓
- learned
- results
- stable ✓
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- Innate refers to a characteristic existing in a person from ...
- 'birth' ✓
- Which of the following terms are in the definition of skill?
- maximum certainty ✓
- maximum energy
- maximum time
- minimum time ✓
- minimum energy ✓
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- Match the sporting examples to an ability the skill could have developed from.
- agility⇔dribbling in and out of players in basketball ✓
- balance⇔landing precisely when catching a netball with good footwork ✓
- coordination⇔a tennis serve ✓
- Skill is a ______ action or behaviour.
- 'learned' ✓
- Skill is an action with the intention to bring about ______ results.
- 'predetermined' ✓
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Key learning points
- Skill refers to the learned ability to bring about predetermined results with maximum certainty.
- Ability refers to the inherited, stable traits that determine an individual's potential to learn or acquire skills.
- Unlike skills, abilities are not learned but can influence the ease and speed of skill acquisition.
Common misconception
Skill and ability are interchangeable.
They are not interchangeable. Skill is learnt and developed through practice, while ability is a natural and inherited trait often considered innate. An ability provides an opportunity or the potential to develop a skill.
Keywords
Ability - inherited, stable traits that determine an individual's potential to learn or acquire a skill
Skill - a learned action/behaviour
Predetermined - an outcome that is decided in advance or predictable
Innate - existing in a person from birth
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