The document discusses different ways to classify skills. There are four main continua used to classify skills: open-closed, which refers to whether the environment is changing (open) or static (closed); gross-fine, referring to large or small muscle movements; pacing, whether self-paced or externally-paced; and continuous-discrete, skills with no clear start/end or those with distinct phases. Accurately classifying skills allows for more effective training by understanding the characteristics of different types of skills.