Practice Flashcards
(15 cards)
What is deliberate practice
Activities that shave men specifically designed to improve the current level of performance
What is the power law of practice ass we practice our performance will improve/error score gets smaller
Rate of improvement proportional to amount left to learn
Picture
What are the types of practice organisation
Part v whole
Massed v distributed
Constant v variable
Blocked v random
Explain part practice
Useful for serial skills
Difficult if there is strong interactions between parts
May lead to loss of fluidity
Breakdown and teach independently
Explain whole practice
Effective for rapid discrete skills where part practice can hinder learning such as a golf swing
 continuous skills with high component interaction
Explain massed versus distributed practice
The ratio between work and rest
Distributed genuinely viewed as more effective the performance of learning
Also helps with retention 
Why may distributed practice be better?
Fatigue
 Reduce cognitive effort in Matt due to less time to think
Better memory consolidation with distributed
What is a potential benefit of massed practice
Fatigue resistance
What is constant v varied practice
Same thing vs different situation e.g angle of a pass
Open skills
What is contextual interference (blocked v random)
When a series of different are practiced within one session
Random forces the learner to perform additional cognitive operations which result in more meaningful storage of information in memory
What must be considered with contextual interference?
Learner needs image of skill first
Cognitive/associative
CI increases as learning progresses
What is Discovery learning?
The hands off approach
 Learner solve own movement problems
Coach does not enforce technique
Don’t teach the skills, teach the rules 
What are the benefits of the hands of approach?
Adaptability, flexibility and persistence 
What are the differences between the traditional approach and hands-off approach?
Both have a demonstration at beginning
Hands off, don’t repeat so much
Believe that demonstrations discouraged discovery learning 
How does discovery learning relate to feedback?
Encourages reliance on intrinsic rather than augmented feedback
Uses fading out feedback such as performance bandwidth and timing
Must resist temptation to instruct as performance may decrease initially 
