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Skills Acquisition Flashcards

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Massed Practice

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Continuous practice without rest (free throws in basketball).

Positives: Promotes fitness and motor skills
Negatives: Fatigues and bad for beginners

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Distributed Practice

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Practice with breaks in between repetitions (rugby player practicing phases of play).

Positives: Good for cognitive performers as time for visualization and extrinsic feedback.
Negatives: Not time effective especially for autonomous performers.

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Varied Practice

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Changing the practice type and practice drills (passing drill into possession drill)

Positives: Fun and good for open and complex skills.
Negatives: Too demanding and risk of negative transfer.

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Mental Practice

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Athletes go through movement in their mind (visualizing a free kick).

Positives: Improves confidence, lowers anxiety and can help with decision making.
Negatives: Poor visualization can lower confidence and may not calm you down.

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Whole Practice

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Complex skill is performed in its entirety without any attempts to break it down into sub-routines.

Good for fast, highly organized, complex skills like shooting in basketball as it helps to gain kinesthesis.

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Whole-part-whole Practice

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Skill is performed in entirely then broken down for practice then put back as whole practice.

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Progressive-part Practice

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A method where the skill is broken down into parts and the sub-routines are practiced individually.

Eg. layup in basketball divided into smaller parts

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Positive Transfer

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Previously learner skill aids the development of another.

Tennis hat aids the learning of a hit in squash

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Negative Transfer

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A previously learnt skill hinders the learning of a new skill.
(Tennis serve and badminton serve)

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Zero Transfer

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No effect on current performance from previously learnt skill.
(Swimming and snooker)

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Bilateral Transfer

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Involves the transfer of learning from one limb to another.

Passing with your left foot

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Characteristics of a Skill

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Learned
Aesthetic
Controlled
Efficient
Fluent
Accurate
Consistent
Goal Directed
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Learned

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Significant time has been spent practicing. (A football player spends 30 minutes after every training session practicing free kicks)

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Aesthetic

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It is pleasing to observe.

Basketball player able to shoot in motion

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Controlled

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Every part of the skills is coordinated to be executed effectively and in time. (Swimmer can breath while maintaining momentum from strokes)

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Efficient

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Actions are performed with precision using a minimum output of energy.
(Midfield spreads the ball around the pitch with little touches)

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Fluent

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Actions flow naturally and are not forced

Tennis player is always in movement, anticipating the return

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Accurate

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The skills is executed with precision.

A volleyball player can serve directly to its intended target

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Consistent

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Repeatable with a high success rate after time.

Basketball player has a high free throw percentage

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Goal Directed

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There is a clear aim in mind before the skill.

Judo wrestler goes for a takedown with intention already sorted

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Continuum 1: Open or Closed

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Open: Constantly changing surroundings and environment
Closed: Same environment every time

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Continuum 2: Gross or Fine

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Gross: Using large muscle groups
Fine: Small muscled with precise execution

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Continuum 3: Self-paced or Externally paced

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Self: Can perform the skills when desired
Externally: You act depending on your environment in the moment

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Continuum 4: Discrete, Serial or Continuous

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Discrete: Clear beginning and end of skill
Serial: Discrete skills linked together
Continuous: No clear beginning or end

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Continuum 5: High Organized or Low Organized

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Low: Easily broken into sub-routines
High: Not easily broken down

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Continuum 6: Simple or Complex

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Simple: Required minimal decision making when being performed
Complex: Requires decision making using information.

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Definition of learning

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Learning is a permanent change in behavior that occurs as a result of practice

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Cognitive Stage of Learning

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  • Performer has to think through their actions and may be trying to copy a demonstration
  • Base actions off extrinsic feedback received
  • Slow decision making leads to influential actions
  • Motor programmed are not developed yet
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Associative Stage of Learning

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  • Achieved through practicing the skill repeatedly
  • Feedback becomes a mix of external and internal
  • Performers may model their performances to elite athletes
  • Skills becomes fluent and more aesthetically pleasing
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Autonomous Stage of Learning

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  • The performer has practiced effectively for a long time
  • Motor programs are fully developed
  • All feedback is intrinsic except for tactics
  • Performers can now visualize elite performance
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Importance of feedback

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1) Information to aid error correction
2) There to improve performance
3) Correct feedback is vital

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Positive Feedback

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Positive feedback tells player what they did well and aims to increase effort and motivation for them to repeat actions

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Negative Feedback

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Tell player what they have done the wrong to correct errors with it more useful to experienced players.

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Extrinsic Feedback

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Given by an outside source like a coach and it is usually used for cognitive learns from experienced sources

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Intrinsic Feedback

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Feedback from within the performer using the use of kinesthesis and is used by autonomous performers.

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Knowledge of Results

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Feedback given by the result of the action and whether the skill was successful or not. Mostly used by cognitive performers.

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Knowledge of Performance

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Giving feedback to themselves via how they felt while acting out the skill. Used by mostly autonomous performers.

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Drive Reduction

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Where performer’s drive to success has been lost after gaining success.

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Causes of plateaus

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  • Lack of motivation
  • Boredom
  • Poor coaching
  • Limit of ability
  • Targets set too low
  • Fatigue
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Insight Learning

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Using experience and existing knowledge to form ideas on how to effectively deal with situations within the game

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Observational Learning (Bandura)

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1) Attention: Performer watched a suitable demonstration performed by a MKO done accurately
2) Retention: Performer mentally rehearses the movements after the demonstration
3) Motor Production: The physical movement is recreated by the performer
4) Motivation: The performer must be motivated to develop the skills

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Constructivism

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The construction of new skills by building upon what you already know

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Using the zone of proximal development

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1) What can I do alone?
2) What can I do with help?
3) What can I not do yet?

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Social development - Vgotsky

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Skills learned from MKO is developed and used in sport

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Trait Theory

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Tray theory states that people are born with characteristics and personalities which remain consistent throughout their life

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Social Learning Theory

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Argues that personality is learned and we learn our characteristics from the significant others around us as we grow up and certain moments in their life

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How is behavior learned according to Social learning theory?

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1) Observed
2) Identified
3) Reinforced
4) Copied

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Interactionist Theory

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A theory which says that both born traits and developed characteristics combine to form our personality

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Lewin’s formula

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Behavior = Function of (Personality Traits x Environment)

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Hollander’s Model (Circle)

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Centre: Phycological Core
Middle: Typical Response
Outer Circle: Role Related Behaviour

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Cognitive Dissonance

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Situation is adjusted to change the thinking of the performer, adjusting their attitude.

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Competitive Trait Anxiety

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A player feels nervous before most games no matter the situation they find themselves in

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Competitive State Anxiety

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Temporary anxiety which occurs due to the situation and environment they find themselves in

A-level PE (10 decks)

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