Key term
WJEC A-Level Physical Education 601-8485-1
Performance Analysis and Fitness Testing
Levers and Movement Analysis
Joints and the Musculo-Skeletal System
Components of Fitness and Methods of Training
Energy Systems and Principles of Training
Fatigue, Recovery and Rehabilitation
Diet, Nutrition and Hydration
Personality
Stress, Arousal and Anxiety
Motivation and Self-Efficacy
Skill, Ability and Skill Classification
Learning Curves, Theories and Stages
Transfer, Practice, Guidance and Feedback
Sport, Culture and Society
The Emergence of Modern Sport
Social Differentiation in Sport
Short-Term Responses to Exercise
Long-Term Adaptations to Exercise
Carbohydrate Loading and Supplements
Biomechanical Principles
Linear and Angular Motion
Projectile Motion and Fluid Mechanics
Attitudes
Aggression
Social Facilitation
Group Dynamics and Leadership
Attribution Theory
Information Processing and Memory
Ethics, Deviance and Doping
Sport and the Mass Media
Commercialisation and Globalisation
Skill, Ability and Skill Classification
- 3 subtopics
- 9 things to know
- AS Unit 1
What Skill, Ability and Skill Classification covers
Skill, Ability and Skill Classification is examined in AS Unit 1, Exploring physical education. It covers skill, ability, learning and performance, gross motor and psychomotor abilities and Classifying skills on continua.
Where it is assessed
AS Unit 1
Exploring physical education, a 1¾ hour paper worth 24% of the A level.
Check the WJEC specification ↗The 3 subtopics
Each one has its own page.
- Skill, ability, learning and performanceSkill and ability, learning and performance, the efficient and consistent features of skilled performance, the novice and expert tennis serve, and why coaches need to know what skill looks like.Open →
- Gross motor and psychomotor abilitiesGross motor and psychomotor abilities with sporting examples, why abilities are specific, how abilities underpin skills, talent identification, fast and slow learners, and the claim that success depends mainly on ability.Open →
- Classifying skills on continuaWhy skills sit on continua, the pacing, difficulty, organisation, continuity, muscular involvement and environmental influence continua, the basketball free throw and the triple jump, and variable practice for open skills.Open →
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
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Give sporting examples of gross motor and psychomotor abilities.
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What is performance, and how does it differ from learning?
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What is a skill in sport?
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What are gross motor abilities?
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Why are skills classified on continua rather than into fixed categories?
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What is an ability?
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What are psychomotor abilities?
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What is the pacing continuum?
Take Skill, Ability and Skill Classification further
The same content, four other ways.
Commonly confused
Pairs that lose marks when they are blurred together.
Skill vs Ability
Skill: a learned capacity to produce a set result efficiently. Ability: an inherited, stable trait underpinning movement.
Learning vs Performance
Learning: a lasting change in behaviour due to practice. Performance: what a person does at one particular time.
Gross motor ability vs Psychomotor ability
Gross motor ability: a physical proficiency such as strength or stamina. Psychomotor ability: a capacity for processing information and making decisions.
Questions from this topic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
- 1
What is a skill in sport?
Model answer
A skill is a learned ability to bring about a set result with maximum certainty and minimum outlay of energy. A skill must be learned through practice.
- 2
What is an ability?
Model answer
An ability is an inherited, stable trait that underpins the learning of skills. Abilities are largely fixed from birth.
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How does a skill differ from an ability?
Model answer
Skills are learned, whereas abilities are mostly inherited. A skill is built from several underlying abilities.
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What is learning?
Model answer
Learning is a relatively permanent change in behaviour that results from practice or experience. Learning is inferred from repeated performances.
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What is performance?
Model answer
Performance is what a performer does at one particular time. Performance can vary from day to day.
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How does learning differ from performance?
Model answer
Learning is lasting, while performance is temporary. A single good performance does not prove a skill has been learned.
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Skill, Ability and Skill Classification revision questions
- What does Skill, Ability and Skill Classification cover in WJEC A-Level Physical Education?
- 3 subtopics: skill, ability, learning and performance, gross motor and psychomotor abilities and classifying skills on continua. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.
- How is Skill, Ability and Skill Classification organised?
- By the WJEC 601-8485-1 specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.
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