Skill Transfer

Question 1

What is a motor skill?

Answer 1

A movement series learnt and stored in long term memory

Question 2

What is positive transfer?

Answer 2

The two skills are similar and having already mastered one of the skills, its easier to learn the second skill easier

Question 3

What is negative transfer?

Answer 3

Familiar stimulus creates a different response (e.g. different tennis court could create different bounce)

Question 4

What is bilateral transfer?

Answer 4

Transfer of learning from one limb to another -> only occurs through gaining a cognitive understanding of the skill

Question 5

What is proactive transfer?

Answer 5

A skill learned previously affects a skill to be learnt in the future

Question 6

What is retroactive transfer?

Answer 6

Learning a new skills affects a skill learned previously

Question 7

How do you optimise positive transfer?

Answer 7

Offer variable practices which imitate a game
Make performer aware of transferable elements
Clear demonstrations
Identify when negative transfer occurs