Practice

Practice

1. Types of Practice

   • To do with Time, has lots of T's
   • Massed Practice
     • No rest intervals
     • Adv: Promotes fitness, Fixed responses are habitual and fast
     • Disadv: Fatigue, negative transfer can occur and very demanding
   • Distributed Practice
     • Has rest intervals
     • Adv: allows recuperation, good for beginners, safer (clear instructions), increase motivation
     • Disadv: time consuming, danger of negative transfer
   • Varied Practice
     • Teaches players to adapt
     • Adv: decreases tedium, allows players to adapt
     • Disadv: time consuming, danger of fatigue
   • Mental Practice
     • Going over the skill in your mind
     • Adv: can be done when the player is injured, confidence increased, anxiety decreased

2. Presentation of Practice

   • lots of P's
   • Whole
     • The skill is taught in whole
     • Not broken down into sub-routines
     • Adv: makes a specific image, more realistic, make the skill consistent
     • Disadv: unnecessary demands placed on the performer
   • Whole-Part-Whole
     • the performer tries the whole skill, then part of the skill, then the whole skill again
     • used for a beginner trying a difficult skill
     • Adv: provides motivation and immediate feedback
     • Disadv: negative transfer may occur
   • Progressive Part
     • First part of the skill is taught, then the second, then they are linked and so on
     • Adv: The learner can focus on one aspect, the learner can rest so fatigue is reduced
     • Disadv: time-consuming, danger of negative transfer