cq4; stages of skill acquisition

Question 1

What are the stages of skills acquisition?

Answer 1

• Cognitive
• Associative
• Autonomous

Question 2

What is the cognitive stage?

Answer 2

The initial learning of a new skill

Question 3

What is the associative stage?

Answer 3

Learner has acquired the ides of what the skill is

Question 4

What is the autonomous stage?

Answer 4

Skills come autonomatically

Question 5

What is the nature of mistakes for cognitive stage?

Answer 5

Lots of inconsistencies and mistakes

Question 6

What is the nature of feedback for the autonomous stage?

Answer 6

Kinesthetic sense is well developed thus, feedback is almost entirely internal

Question 6

What is the nature of mistakes for associative stage?

Answer 6

Less errors, less frequently
- continuous improvement means less mistakes

Question 7

What is the nature of mistakes for autonomous stage?

Answer 7

Rarely any mistakes

Question 8

What is the nature of feedback for the cognitive stage?

Answer 8

ONLY external feedback → positive feedback from coach
- athlete is not receiving internal feedback

Question 8

What is the nature of feedback for the associative stage?

Answer 8

Internal feedback + Kinesthetic sense
- Athletes start to understand and improve the movement whilst doing it thus, begins to associate their movement with a positive and negative outcome

Question 9

What is training like for the associative stage?

Answer 9

Repetition comes from working on technicalities (e.g. timing, fluidity, sequencing)

Question 9

What is training like for the autonomous stage?

Answer 9

Mimic pressurised games and competitive situations