MOTOR SKILLS

MOTOR SKILLS

1. Open and closed environment

2. Fine and gross motor skills

3. Discrete, serial and continuous skills

 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A MOTOR SKILL
AND A PROGRAM MOTOR
MOTOR SKILLS
- The physical execution of a movement

MOTOR PROGRAM
- Skills combined together to make an overall movement
 OPEN ENVIRONMENT SKILL

• A skill performed in a variable or unpredictable environment

influenced by external factors
 CLOSED ENVIRONMENTAL SKILL

• A skill performed in a stable and predictable environment.

 CONTINUUM OF OPEN AND
CLOSED SKILLS

o Determining whether a skill is performed in an open or closed

environment is about the extent to which external factor affect
the performance
 FINE MOTOR SKILLS

• Skills that require the use of small muscle group.

 GROSS MOTOR SKILLS

• Skills that require the use of large muscle groups

DISCRETE, SERIAL AND
CONTINUOUS SKILLS
 DISCRETE, SERIAL AND
CONTINUOUS SKILLS
• Concerned with how well- defined the beginning and the end of a skill are.

DISCRETE
- Have a clear start and a clear finish

SERIAL
- Series of smaller movements combined to make a skill.

CONTINUOUS
- Repetitive and ongoing for a particular period of time
SUMMARY
 MOTOR SKILLS
• OPEN
- A skill performed in a variable or unpredictable environment.
• FINE
- A skill that requires the use of small muscle group.
• DISCRETE
- A skill with a clear start and a clear finish
• CLOSED
- A skill performed in a stable and prediction environment.
• GROSS
- A skill that requires the use of large muscle groups
• SERIAL
- A skill made of a series of smaller movements combined
• CONTINUOUS
- A skill that is repetitive and ongoing for a period of time
• GROUP 9

LEADER- SHELLA JEAN SABANAL

MEMBERS- JUNREY EBAYA
JAMAICA RUIZ
DESIREE ECO
JONALYN GUMATA

REF: https://youtu.be/-hELHdIGmpA