Practice Strategies to Improve Movement Skills

Question 1

What is part practice?

Answer 1

Breaking the skill into smaller ‘sub-routines’ and practicing them individually.

Question 2

What is whole practice?

Answer 2

Practicing the entire skills, as an entire skill.

Question 3

What is the difference between ‘distributed’ and ‘mass’ practice distribution?

Answer 3

‘Distributed’ refers to having shorter but more frequent training sessions, whereas ‘mass’ refers to having longer but less frequent training sessions.

Question 4

What is the difference between ‘blocked’ and ‘random’ practice variability?

Answer 4

‘Blocked’ refers to spending significant periods of time focussing on the development of a particular skill, whereas ‘random’ refers to only working on the development of a particular skill for a short period of time, before having a rest break, or moving to the development of a different skill.