LCPE chapter 1
Difference between skills and abilities - correct answer ✔✔Skills are learned abilities - abilities are
inherited and determine a persons potential to learn new skills
What does an athlete need to produce a skilled performance - correct answer ✔✔KACT - kinesthetic
sense, anticipation, consistency, technique
Kinesthetic sense - correct answer ✔✔This requires the use of many sensors in the body - athletes use
many of their senses to position themselves correctly to execute the skill
Anticipation - correct answer ✔✔a skilled performer will be able to predict what may happen in certain
situations in a competitive environment- able to quickly predict the possible movement of an opponent
Consistency - correct answer ✔✔Means being able to perform a skill repeatedly in various conditions
Technique - correct answer ✔✔Good technique consists of carrying out a skill or movement in a way
that's accurate, effective and controlled
How do you identify a skilled performance - correct answer ✔✔ACEFACE - accurate, consistent, efficient,
fluent, aesthetically pleasing, controlled, economical
Open skills - correct answer ✔✔Affected by the environment and usually externally paced
Closed skills - correct answer ✔✔Skills that are not affected by the environment and are self paced.
Same technique every time and athlete is in full control of when to start and end the skill
Self paced skills - correct answer ✔✔Are controlled by the performer- performer decides when to
execute the skill
Difference between skills and abilities - correct answer ✔✔Skills are learned abilities - abilities are
inherited and determine a persons potential to learn new skills
What does an athlete need to produce a skilled performance - correct answer ✔✔KACT - kinesthetic
sense, anticipation, consistency, technique
Kinesthetic sense - correct answer ✔✔This requires the use of many sensors in the body - athletes use
many of their senses to position themselves correctly to execute the skill
Anticipation - correct answer ✔✔a skilled performer will be able to predict what may happen in certain
situations in a competitive environment- able to quickly predict the possible movement of an opponent
Consistency - correct answer ✔✔Means being able to perform a skill repeatedly in various conditions
Technique - correct answer ✔✔Good technique consists of carrying out a skill or movement in a way
that's accurate, effective and controlled
How do you identify a skilled performance - correct answer ✔✔ACEFACE - accurate, consistent, efficient,
fluent, aesthetically pleasing, controlled, economical
Open skills - correct answer ✔✔Affected by the environment and usually externally paced
Closed skills - correct answer ✔✔Skills that are not affected by the environment and are self paced.
Same technique every time and athlete is in full control of when to start and end the skill
Self paced skills - correct answer ✔✔Are controlled by the performer- performer decides when to
execute the skill
