Physical Education A-Level
Open skills
What Open skills means in Physical Education A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Open skills
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Reference: AQA
Skills where the environment or opponent changes the required response, needing variability so the performer builds adaptable movement solutions.
Topics that use Open skills
Related terms
- Chaining
- Distributed practice
- Imagery and visualisation
- Massed practice
- Matching practice to skill demands
- Mental practice
- Organisation of skill
- Part versus whole practice
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