Week 3 (ML) - Building Blocks of Movement Skill Acquisition Flashcards
What are the components of the Skill Acquisition Periodisation (SAP) framework?
Acronym - SPORT
S- Specificity
P - Progression
O - Overload
R - Reversibility
T - Tedium
What is Specificity?
The extent to which the practice (training) prescribed reflects the behavioural demand of the task
- How well does it replicate the performance condition
What is Progression?
The athlete/learngers ability to complete and tolerate an increase in skill load
e.g. increased repetitions, technical demand or mental exertion
Practice situations where set goals exceed a learner’s current level of performance
What is Skill load?
Skill Load = Frequency x complexity
What is overload?
Refers to the incremental increase in the complexity, difficulty, or intensity of practice conditions to promote skill development. Overload in this context is about challenging the learner to progress by gradually increasing task demands, requiring them to refine their skills and adapt to new or more difficult scenarios
Define cognitive effort?
The mental work involved in decisions that underscore movement
Cognitive effort and working memory capacity are linked
What is mental fatigue?
How does it affect performance?
Prolonged periods of demanding cognitive activity
Increased cognitive fatigue –> decreases skill performance
Functional VS Non Functional Overreaching
Functional
- Reversible fatigue + No Negative Consequences
Non Functional Overreaching
- Recovery does not solve fatigue or performance decrements
What is Reversibility?
- It is the degree of learning achieved in a particular practice phase
- Reversibility reflects retention capability
- Retention & transfer testing are effective skill- learning assessment methods
- Retention testing examines the skill following a period of no practice (i.e. a retention period)
What is Tedium?
A state of boredom due to monotony
- This is deterimental to quality of practice
How do you know when a learner needs to progress?
When they are showing signs of increased ease and decrease exertion
Tips for preventing Tedium?
- Allow the learner to explore
- Invest in cognitive effort
- Dont fit the learner to the movement pattern fit the movement pattern to the learner
