💎 2.1 Skill Characteristics & their Impact on Transfer & Practice: Types of Practice Flashcards
What is massed practice
Continuous
Complex
Low organised
Serial
Externally paced
When is massed practice best suited
Skill is discrete and simple
When the environment is closed
Highly organised
Self paced
5 Advantages of massed practice
- Promotes fitness
- Makes the skill become almost automatic, becomes habitual
- Can be repeated consistently
- Motor programmes can be stored easily
- Time efficient
3 Disadvantages of massed practice
- Produces fatigue
- Danger of negative transfer unless made conditions close to real game
- Demands are high so must be kept simple and motivation must be kept
What is distributed practice
Practice that involves intervals between sessions
When should distributed practice be used
Continuous
Complex
Low organised
Serial
Externally paced skills Complex
4 Advantages of distributed practice
- Takes pressure of performer, allows recuperation
- Good for beginners as allowed controlled progression to be made at pace of performer
- Allows mental practice during break
- Reduces danger
Disadvantages of distributed practice
Time consuming
May cause negative transfer
What is varied practice
When the skills, drills and types of practice are changing
When to use varied practice
A complex skill, start with easy part then add
Open skills
Externally paced skills
3 advantages of varied practice
Builds a schema
Gives motivation
Allows adaptation
4 disadvtanges of varied practice
Time consuming
Possibility of negative transfer
Fatigue
Too demanding
What is mental practice
Go over the skill in the mind without movement
When should mental practice be used
Serial
Complex
Used by novices and experts
Advantages of mental practice
Improves reaction time
Builds motor programmes
Builds confidence
Controls anxiety
Disadvantages of mental practice
Must be correct
Environment must be calm
Example of massed practice
Basketball player practising a free throw
Example of distributed practice
A swimmer practicing a stroke technique in training
Example of varied practice
Player practising a football pass
Example of mental practice
A performer on the trampoline going over the routine before competition
