Types Of Practice

Question 1

Whole practice

Answer 1

• entire task performed from beginning to end

- task not practiced in separate segments

Question 2

Blocked-order practice

Answer 2

• same task or series of exercises or tasks performed repeatedly under same conditions and in predictable order
• task does not change from one repetition to the next

Question 3

Random-order practice

Answer 3

• slight variations of same task carried out in unpredictable order
• task changes with each repetition

Question 4

Random/blocked-order practice

Answer 4

• variations of same task performed in random order, but each variation of task performed more than once

Question 5

Physical practice

Answer 5

• movements of an exercise or functional task are actually performed

Question 6

Mental practice

Answer 6

• cognitive rehearsal of how a motor task is to be performed occurs prior to actually executing the task
• “visualization” and “motor imagery practice” used synonymously

Question 7

Part practice

Answer 7

• task broken down into separate dimensions

- usually individual and more difficult components