Motor Learning Skills Flashcards
What is the definition of motor learning?
A set of internal processes, associated with practice or experience, leading to relatively permanent change in the capability for skilled movement behavior.
Motor learning is developed through____.
Practice
What is this: once a skill is learned the athlete shows a high likelihood of exhibiting the same skill performance in a consistent manner
Capability
Name the three phases of cognitive learning
Cognitive, associative, and autonomous
This phase focuses on getting an understanding of the skill
Cognitive
What is the dominant sense in the cognitive phase
Sight
The cognitive stage role of the coach is?
To communicate skills to athletes
How long does the cognitive stage last?
Only a few minutes
This is controlling movements through feel?
Propioceptive control
This is known as the skill learning phase
Associative phase
What is the goal in the associative phase?
To perform the skill more accurately
What is a closed skill?
Something that’s performed in a stable environment
What is an open skill?
A task or sport that is done dynamically
What is the role of the coach during the associative phase?
To design effective practices to optimize the skill
What is the duration of the associative phase?
Years
This phase is automatic and requires little to none effort in performing the task?
Autonomous
What is the role of the coach in the autonomous phase?
To be a motivator and make sure the athlete is on task
What is integral for an effective practice?
Motivation to learn
This combines tasks of appropriate difficulty, information, and sufficient opportunities for repetition
Deliberate practice
This type of practice is when all trials are completed of that certain task before moving onto the next
Blocked
I’m this type of practice trials for a given task are in random order
Random practice
What type of practice is better for competitions?
Random
This is maintaining a constant environment. This can sometimes mess up their routine if the athlete is put into a different one
Constant condition
Exposing your athlete to multiple environments
Variable condition
This is the method where you practice in game like conditions
Whole method
This is the method that you practice in only parts of the performance in a game situation
Part method
This is the method that the part and whole methods are practiced separately but in the same practice
Progressive part method
Feedback can be used as a _____ or a ______.
Reinforcement or punishment
Feedback can be taken by an athlete in two ways
As motivation or as error correction information
What is the kiss approach.
Means keep it short and simple don’t throw too many things at them at once. And be general with tips to improve
This type of feed back is you receive as a natural consequence. You experience that you did the task right
Intrinsic feedback
This type of feed back is watching your form on video and your coach is telling you what you did wrong
Augmented feedback
How long does it take to become an elite athlete?
10 years
Who came up with the law of effect?
Throndike 1972
