4 Practice and Feedback

Question 1

Augmented feedback

Answer 1

Is information about a skill performance that comes from an external source.

Question 2

Blocked practice

Answer 2

Is a type of practice in which each skill component is practised repetitively as an independent block.

Question 3

Concurrent feedback

Answer 3

Is information that is given during a skill performance.

Question 4

Deliberate play

Answer 4

Is a form of sporting activity involving early developmental physical activities that are intrinsically motivating, provide immediate satisfaction, and are designed to maximise enjoyment. They are activities that are regulated by rules adapted from standardised sport rules, which are set up, and monitored by the participants themselves.

Question 5

Deliberate practice

Answer 5

Is any activity that is undertaken with the specific purpose of increasing performance, requires cognitive and/ or physical effort and is relevant to promoting positive skill development in a particular sport.

Question 6

Diminishing returns

Answer 6

States that as a performer becomes more competent in their skill performance and progresses to the latter stages of learning, there is a gradual reduction in the rate of improvement in skill performance in response to practice.

Question 7

Distributed practice

Answer 7

Is a form of practice in which smaller practice time intervals are interspersed with rest periods.

Question 8

Early specialism

Answer 8

Is the participation in a single sport from a very young age, involving a high level of structured practice and a low level of deliberate play in an attempt to fast track skill development and gain a competitive advantage.

Question 9

Feedback

Answer 9

Is information concerning the performance and/ or outcome of a movement skill, including information about errors and how to correct them.

Question 10

Frequency feedback

Answer 10

Refers to how often an external source (e.g. coach) provides feedback to the skill learner.

Question 11

Intrinsic feedback

Answer 11

Is sensory information the learner receives directly from skill execution.

Question 12

Knowledge of performance

Answer 12

Is feedback regarding how a skill is performed; assessing performance on the basis of process and skill technique.

Question 13

Knowledge of results

Answer 13

Is information about the outcome of skill performance; information regarding the relative success or failure in regard to the intended goal of the movement skill.

Question 14

Massed practice

Answer 14

Is a form of practice in which there is little or no rest between repeat performances of a skill.

Question 15

Practice distribution

Answer 15

Refers to the ratio between time spent actively practicing and time spent resting during a practice session.

Question 16

Random practice

Answer 16

Is a form of practice that involves rehearsing a number of different skills in an unpredictable sequence.

Question 17

Serial practice

Answer 17

Is a form of practice that involves rehearsing different skills, but in a fixed and relatively predictable sequence.

Question 18

Timing of feedback

Answer 18

Is information that is given at the completion of a skill performance.

Question 19

Variability

Answer 19

Refers to the amount of change and uncertainty in an environment or in the performance of a skill.