SKILL ACQ Flashcards
Massed practice
continious practice without rest periods
when to use massed practice
- discrete skills
- closed skills
- self paced skills
- simple skills
distributed practice
practice with rest periods
when to use distributed practice
- continous skill
- complex skill
- serial skill
- low organisation skill
- dangerous skill
- externally paced
- open skill
variable practice
practicing skills in a constantly changing environment
when to use variable practice
- open skill
- externally paced skill
- complex skill
mental practice
going over a skill in the mind without moving internal and external
when to use mental practice
- complex skill
- serial skill
cognitive stage of learning
performer begins to create clear mental image, many mistakes are made through trial and error, movements are uncoordinated and jerky, has to think about skill
cognitive stage feedback
- reliant on extrinsic feedback
- should be positive
- knowledge of results so actions are repeated
associative stage of learning
makes fewer mistakes, movements smoother and more coordinated, focus on finer aspects of skill, motor programmes are developing, some never past this stage
associative stage feedback
- begins to develop kinaesthesia uses intrinsic
- extrinsic to refine mistakes
- knowledge of performance
autonomous stage of learning
movements are fluent, efficient and habitual. Executed automatically and motor programmes fully formed.
autonomous stage feedback
- intrinsic
- extrinsic
- knowledge of performance to know why an action was unsuccessful
learning plateaus
period during performance where there is no improvement.
causes of learning plateaus
- loss of motivation
- fatigue
- limit of ability reached
- poor coaching
- incorrect goal set
solutions of learning plateaus
- set new challenges
- use variable practice
- offer rewards
- allow rest
- compete against others of same ability
- variety of coaching methods
- set goals using smarter principles
open skill
when the environment is stable so skill performed same way everytime
closed skill
environment unstable and changing so player adapt to situation.