Types of practise Flashcards
What is massed practise
Continuous practise with no rest intervals
What is Distributed practise
Involved test intervals
What is varied practise
Changing the practise type and practise drills
What is mental practise
Going over the skill in the mind without movement
Benefits of massed
Forms motor programmes
Increase fitness
Good for habitual response
Efficient
Fast
develop kinaesthetic sense
Drawbacks of massed
No time for feedback
Fatigue
demanding
Negative transfer as may not be realistic
Advantages of Distributed
Recover and rest
Less mental pressure
Allows feedback + imagery
Reduces danger of injury
Drawbacks of distributed
Time consuming
Negative transfer if improvements not integrated during rest period
Advantage of Varied practise
Builds schema (knowledge of existing skills to adapt)
Motivates and prevents boredom
Allows adaptation due to appropriate to open skills
Drawbacks of varied
Fatigue
May produce negative transfer unless changing drills are integrated into sessions aim
Time consuming
Demanding
Advantages of Mental
Improve reaction time - muscle receptors stimulated
Motor programme formation
Confidence
Reduce anxiety
Can be done during injury
Drawbacks of mental
Must be practised and learned
Environment must be calm
When should massed be used
Discrete
simple
closed
high organised
self paced
When should distributed be used
Continuous or serial
Complex
Low organised
Externally paced
When should varied be used
Complex- easy first then progress to hard
Open
Externally paced
