Practice Methods (Book 3)

Question 1

What is whole practice?
(Characteristics)

Answer 1

This is where a skill is learned in its complete form. Its not broken into sub routines. And attempted in its entirety.

Question 2

What are the advantages to whole practice?

Answer 2

It gives an entire view of skill
It saves time
Helps to link sub routines
Good for kinasthetic development
Good for simple skills
Good for high organisation skills

Question 3

What are the disadvantages of whole practice?

Answer 3

Difficult to learn
Lots of information to process
Can be unsafe
Failure can be demotivating for performers

Question 4

What is an example of whole practice being used?

Answer 4

Practicing the golf swing for the action to be effective, the action as a whole must be practiced because each part of the swing interacts closely with the next

Question 5

What is part practice?
(Characteristics)

Answer 5

This is when the skill is broken into sub routines and are practiced separately then put back together again

Question 6

What are the advantages of part practice?

Answer 6

Gives early success
Raises confidence
Motivates
Safer
Helps understanding
Good for closed skills
Good for low organisational skills

Question 7

What are the disadvantages to part practice?

Answer 7

It is more time consuming than whole practice
Limits awareness of overall skill
Gives limited kinaesthetic development
Un suitable for high organisational skills

Question 8

What is an example of using part practice? (Tennis)

Answer 8

When practicing the backswing of a tennis serve, you might practice the backswing action first then after this practice the backswing and hitting the ball

Question 9

What is whole part whole practice?
(Characteristics)

Answer 9

This is where the whole skill is practiced then it is split into its sub routines and practiced individually. Then practice the whole skill again.

Question 10

What are the advantages of using the whole part whole practice method?

Answer 10

Enables entire skill to be practiced
Allows weak parts of sub routines to be isolated and then identified
Flexible method for all abilities
Good for low organisation + serial skills

Question 11

What are the disadvantages of using whole part whole practice?

Answer 11

Lots of information to process this can cause an overload
Can be demotivating to return to sub routines
Unsuitable for skills of high organisation

Question 12

What is an example of whole part whole practice being used?

Answer 12

In basket ball a coach allows a performer to try and complete a whole lay up. Then the coach gives feedback then isolates the run up and take off as separate parts of the whole skill. The players then practice these parts of the skill separately before putting them together to perform the the complete lay up.
The same process can be applied to triple jump

Question 13

What is the progressive part method?
(Characteristics)

Answer 13

This is where part of the skill is practiced separately then combined into bigger parts until the whole skill is achieved.
Eg A-B-AB-C-ABC-D-ABCD

Question 14

What is the progressive part method?
(Characteristics)

Answer 14

This is where part of the skill is practiced separately then combined into bigger parts until the whole skill is achieved.
Eg A-B-AB-C-ABC-D-ABCD

Question 15

What are the advantages of using progressive part method?

Answer 15

Quicker than part practice
Gives chance to recap
Kinesthesis developed more effectively than with part method
Good for low organisational skills

Question 16

What are the disadvantages of the progressive practice method?

Answer 16

It takes time
Limited awareness of overall skill
The transfer to whole skill may remain difficult
Unsuitable for skills which are high organisation

Question 17

What is an example of the progressive part method?

Answer 17

In breaststroke the leg action is a separate movement movement to the arm action. If they are practiced independently then the attention demands are simpler. Once learned the two skills can then be bought together so that the timing between the two can be developed.

Question 18

What is massed practice?
(Characteristics)

Answer 18

This is continuous practice,it is very short and there are no rest periods.

Question 19

What are the advantages of using massed practice?

Answer 19

Ideal for discrete skills
Good for simple or short duration skills
Good for the autonomous phase
Good for experienced performer
Good for motivated performers
Good for developing fitness

Question 20

What are the disadvantages of using massed practice?

Answer 20

Can be tiring
Can be boring
Can cause a lack of motivation
Errors could be increased due to the continuous nature