Physical Education GCSE
Simple to complex skills (difficulty continuum)
What Simple to complex skills (difficulty continuum) means in Physical Education GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Simple to complex skills (difficulty continuum)
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A sliding scale where a simple skill has few parts and little decision-making, while a complex skill has many parts and demands coordination and decision-making.
Topics that use Simple to complex skills (difficulty continuum)
- Sports psychology - Classification of skills (OCR GCSE)
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- Continua
- Justifying classification using features of the skill
- Justifying classification with practical examples
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