In the context of skill dimensions, which term concerns how many stages of a skill exist?

• A. Organisation
• B. Muscular Involvement
• C. Continuity
• D. Complexity

Answer: (C)

Continuity focuses on how long a skill lasts and how it’s structured over time. It asks whether a movement is a single smooth action, a sequence of parts, or has a distinct start and end. That’s why it’s tied to how many stages exist: a continuous skill has no clear break, a discrete skill has one defined start and end, and a serial skill is made up of several discrete parts performed in a specific order. So the term that describes how many stages there are is continuity. The other dimensions describe different aspects: organisation looks at how sub-skills are arranged, muscular involvement at how many muscles are used, and complexity at how demanding the skill is overall.