Methods Of Practice Flashcards
What is fixed practice?
Specific movement patterns are repeated in the same environment e.g. drills. Involves repeatedly practicing the skill to improve the motor programme. Common with closed or discrete skills.
What is massed practice?
Practicing continually without any breaks or rest. Advantages include - packing more into your training session developing the motor programme, good for simple discrete skills of a short duration disadvantages - hard for beginners concentration and can cause fatigue
What is distributed practice?
When you have a training session with rest intervals included to help mental rehearsal best used in difficult dangerous or fatiguing skills or young/lowly motivated individuals. Can allow time for extrinsic feedback from coaches
What is varied practice?
When a skill is performed in many different environments can help to develop individual schema. Will be useful for open skill sports e.g. football but can also be used in closed skill sports
What is whole part practice?
Skill is demonstrated by being practiced as a whole from start to finish and helps the learner to get a feel for the skill, correct timing and end product. Usually used when the skill cannot be broken down into sub-parts
What is part practice?
The skill is practiced in isolation which can be useful for complex and serial skills and can be good for motivation alongside specific aspects of the skill
What is the whole-part-whole method?
When the whole skill is first demonstrated before being broken down into its constituent parts to practice each elements before putting the skill back together again. Can be useful when skills can be broken down into parts but learning the whole skill is complex.
