Practice Flashcards

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What is whole practice and give an example?

What type of skills is this practice useful for?

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teaching/ practicing a skill as a complete action

e.g practicing a golf swing as a whole

suitable for simple, continuous and high organisation skills

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What are some advantages of whole practice?

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  • helps fluency
  • saves time
  • creates a mental image
  • gives kinaesthetic feel
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What are some disadvantages of whole practice?

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  • lot’s of information to process
  • demotivating if no early success
  • unsuitable for complex skills
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What is part practice and give an example?

What type of skill is this practice useful for?

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isolating a subroutine for practice often before putting the skill together again as a whole

e.g practicing a subroutine of a tennis serve

suitable for complex, closed, serial and dangerous skills

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What are some advantages of whole practice?

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  • reduces amount of info to process
  • gains confidence by learning an element separately
  • good for cognitive learners
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What are some disadvantages of whole practice?

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  • time consuming
  • can limit kinaesthetic awareness
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What is progressive part practice and give an example?

What type of skill is this practice used for?

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where subroutines are isolated for specific practice before gradually linking component back together

e.g triple jump

suitable for low organisation and serial skills

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What are some advantages of progressive part practice?

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  • allows weaknesses to be targeted
  • gives better kinaesthetic awareness
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What are some disadvantages of progressive part practice?

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  • can be slow to progress
  • can limit kinaesthesis
  • can be slow or boring
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What is whole part whole practice and give an example?

What type of skill is this practice used for?

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teaching a whole skill before isolating part of it (often the weakest) then practicing it as a whole

e.g basketball layup

suitable for serial and low organisation skills

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What are some advantages of whole part whole practice?

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  • weak parts of subroutine can be isolated and improved
  • maintains kinaesthesis
  • maintains fluency
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What are some disadvantages of whole part whole practice?

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  • ineffective for high organisation skills
  • more time consuming than whole practice
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What is massed practice and give an example?

What type of skills is this practice used for?

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when the learner practices continuously without rest intervals

e.g repeating a badminton rally

suitable for discrete and simple skills

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What are some advantages of massed practice?

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  • improved fitness
  • develop kinaesthesis
  • learn skills quickly
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What are some disadvantages of massed practice?

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  • fatigue
  • demotivation
  • requires high fitness levels
  • can be boring
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What is distributed practice and give an example?

What type of skills is this practice used for?

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involves practice sessions with rest intervals included

e.g swimmer performing a length of the pool then resting

suitable for continuous, complex and fatiguing skills

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What are some advantages of distributed practice?

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  • maintained motivation
  • rest breaks allow opportunity for feedback/ mental rehearsal
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What are some disadvantages of distributed practice?

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  • can be boring for experienced performers
  • may take longer to learn a skill
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What is fixed practice and give an example?

What type of skills is this practice suitable for?

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involves a specific movement pattern being practiced repeatedly in the same environment

e.g badminton player repeatedly practicing a flick shot

suitable for closed, self paced and simple skills

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What are some advantages of fixed practice?

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  • habitual movements can be learned effectively
  • few irrelevant stimuli to interfere with skill
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What are some disadvantages of fixed practice?

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  • can becoming boring
  • if skill is performed wrong the first time it may continue to be performed wrong
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What is varied practice and give an example?

What type of skill is this practice suitable for?

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involves skills being practiced in a variety of different environments to develop experience

e.g variety of passing drills in football

suitable for open, complex and externally paced skills

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What are some advantages of varied practice?

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  • developed schemas
  • developed strategies for different situations
  • increased decision making
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What are some disadvantages of varied practice?

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  • need to have already grooved in motor programme in a fixed environment
  • not suitable for beginners