Methods Of Practice Flashcards
What is Massed Practice?
No breaks or rest
Long sessions
Grooving of habitual skills
Who is massed practice good for?
Experienced and Highly motivated performers
Who is Massed Practice bad for?
Beginners, fatigued, demotivated performers
What is Distributed Practice?
Includes rest and intervals
Allows performer to receive extrinsic feedback
Good for Discrete skills
Who is Distributed Practice good for?
Beginners, low motivated performers
Who is Distributed Practice bad for?
Continuous skills (eg marathon runner)
What is fixed practice?
Specific movement
In the same environment
Repeated actions
Who is Fixed Practice good for?
Closed Skills, overtraining and habituating skills
Who is Fixed Practice bad for?
Open skills where the environment will change
What is Varied Practice?
Practiced in different environments
Allows schema to develop
Improves decision making skills
Who is Varied Practice Good for?
Open Skills where the environment will change, adapting skills
Who is Varied Practice bad for?
Closed skills where the environment will change
What is Progressive-Part Practice?
Part Isolated and Prcaticed
Next part is added to first
A -> B -> AB -> C -> ABC
What is Progressive-Part Practice good for?
Kinesthetic sense, fixing errors in skill
Who is Progressive-Part Practice bad for?
Experienced performers who know the skill
What is Whole Practice?
Coach an entire skill
Not broken into subroutines
What is Whole Practice good for?
All performers, building mental picture, it’s time efficient and fluent
What is Whole Practice bad for?
Dangerous Skills
What is Part Practice?
Skill broken into subroutines
Not processing the skill as a whole
What is Part Oractice good for?
Skills with low organisation, breaking down complex skills for beginners
What is Part Practice bad for?
Not time efficient, lose the kinesthesis of the skill
