making decisions and gathering data from the display (senses), prioritising the most important stimuli to make a suitable decision

selection of appropriate response from the short and long-term memory

information sent to the muscles to carry out a response

information a performer receives from self (intrinsic) or others (extrinsic)

Basic information processing

Physical education

This unit develops understanding of how goal setting and SMART targets can be used effectively to improve performance as well as unpicking the different types of guidance and feedback that help us learn sporting skills.

Sport psychology: goal setting, guidance and feedback

Which is the second stage of the basic information processing model?

Which of the following will occur in the input stage of catching a ball?

selecting a response from short and long-term memory

Match the description to the correct stage of the basic information processing model.

Which is an example of extrinsic feedback?

recalling how to catch from the long-term memory

activate arm muscles to provide a catch position with the hands

receive information on the success of the catch

Place the stages of catching a tennis ball in the correct order of the basic information processing model.

Information processing is making decisions and gathering {{ }} from the display and prioritising the most important stimuli to make a suitable decision.

Which sense would be used to follow the flight path of a ball in motion.

Which of the following skills is classified as an open skill?

There are {{ }} senses which are connected to the nervous system to inform the brain.

Which of the following is provided by a coach after performing a skill?

Place in order the sequence of events when catching a tennis ball.

A skill is a {{ }} action with the intention of bringing about predetermined results.

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