Kinesiology 3347A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Motor Learning, Motor Skill

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 3347A/B
• Professor: Liardi

Document Summary

Motor development: process of change in movement along with the constraints/factors that drive these changes. Is a change in tennis racket grip motor development: no surface changes are not indicative of underlying motor development, would be considered motor learning. Motor learning: relatively permanent gains in motor skill capability associated with practice or experience. Motor control: the neural, physical & behavioral aspects of movement: more related to motor development than motor learning. Why study motor development: estimates indicate that in many of the larger countries (us, canada, europe, ~15% of the population will be >65 by year 2030. Constraints: discourage or limit certain movements, encourage or permit other movements, (cid:862) hape(cid:863) (cid:373)o(cid:448)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)t, channel away from some movements while towards others. Internal: tru(cid:272)tural: related to (cid:271)ody"s stru(cid:272)ture, height, mass, functional: related to behavioral function, attention, motivation. Properties of the environment: external, global, not task specific, physical, gravity, surfaces (ex: tennis, sociocultural, gender roles, cultural norms.