Improving responce time, Single channel hypothesis and PRP Flashcards
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factors affecting reaction time and anticipation
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- implications - team games provide a variety of stimuli which slow reaction time
- previous experiences - if you have reacted to the same stimulus before your reactions are quicker - motor programmes may run automatically
- stimulus-responce compatibility, is stimulus and responce naturaly fit together reaction time will be quicker, E.g. Throw to right, catch with right hand.
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ways to improve reaction time
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- DETECTING THE CUE , work on sorting out the stimulus from the noise. E.g. focusing on the ball in tennis
- DETECTING RELEVANT CUES, pick out relevant stimulus from other possible cues. E.g. focusing on the gun in athletics rather than the crowd.
- DECISION MAKING - work on set pieces so that an ‘automatic’ responce can be made to a stimulus. E.g. practice short corners in hockey
- WARM UP ensuring sense organs and nerve systems are in optimum state to transmit information and muscles to act on it
- CREATING OPTIMUM MOTIVATION - by phyching up E.g. music and team talk.
- CONTROLLING ANXIETY - calming strategies, deep breathing and imagery
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whats the single-channel hypothesis?
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when dealing with stimuli the brain can only handle one stimulus at a time. ‘bottleneck’
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whats the phycological refractory period?
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If the second stimulus follows closely behind the first the reaction time is slowed due to the increased information processing time. (PHYCOLOGICAL REFRACTORY PERIOD)
* this second stimulus could often be DELIBERATE or ACCIDENTAL.
* E.g. a fake pass in rugby or a net cord in tennis
