Practice Design - Structure Flashcards
How do we improve skill through Specificity of Learning?
“The best learning experiences are those that
approximate most closely the movement
components and environmental conditions of
the target skill and target context”
(cf. Schmidt & Wrisberg, 2004)
How do we improve skill through Blocked Practice?
A practice sequence in which individuals
repeatedly rehearse the same task
How is the Generalised Motor Program improved through variability of practice?
“Increasing the … variability of practice such that
previous experiences lead to an increased schema
strength” (Schmidt, 1975)
Describe Contextual Interference Effects
“The interference in performance and
learning that arises from practising one task
in the context of other tasks”
Who studied Contextual Interference Effects
“The interference in performance and
learning that arises from practising one task
in the context of other tasks”
Who investigated Especial skills
Breslin et al. (2012)
What did Breslin et al. (2012) do?
> 20 Novice B-ball Players
Pre/Post-test = shots at 6 Distances (50 Shots each)
Groups practiced 300 basketball shots over 3 days
- Random = 20 practice shots
at each distance each day
- Constant = 100 practice shots
from 15ft each day
What did Breslin et al. (2012) find?
> No significant differences between groups in post-test.
> However, both groups performed above predicted level at free-throw line
What did Breslin et al. (2012) findings imply?
> They imply that constant group better than
random practice group
Despite only practice at one distance, the constant
practice group generally improved all conditions
