KIN 201 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Motor Skill, Motor Learning, Motor Control
Document Summary
How motor skills are learned, controlled, and developed to assist people as they practice and experience physical activity. What are the sub-disciplines of motor behavior. Practice conditions that are similar to actual game performance will bene t performance in athletic contests. Ex: stimulating crowd noise and game situations. How to best learn and improve motor skills. Understand the role of instruction, practice environment, and feedback. Information provided to a performer indicating the quality of their movement: focuses on form/technique. Knowledge of results: extrinsic information provided to a performer after a response, indicating the success of their actions with regard to a goal, one"s score/place. Intrinsic: feedback about performance you can obtain for yourself, personal: that felt good . Mental processes that facilitate the execution of motor skills. Humans and animals use their brain/cognition to activate and coordinate the muscles and limbs involved in the movement. Connection between neurons in the nervous system.
