EPHE 245 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Free Throw, Motor Program, Sport Psychology

• School: University of Victoria
• Department: Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education
• Course: EPHE 245
• Professor: Olav Krigolson

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A: variable parameters do not change from trial to trial, practice the same skill over and over and over again, no novelty. Eg: passing a soccer ball the same distance over and over again. Eg: every trial you change the distance of the soccer pass. A: massed, blocked, constant practice may better at early stages of learning for children or novices. Variable is better except at the beginning of learning a new skill, or for children. A: because of schema theory, develops a better motor schema. Sport psychology benefit players are more interested and participate more when practice is variable. Variable practice is talking about a single skill but if you are switching skills that is random practice. Eg. of random and variable practice is the horrid volleyball drill that we did in class. Variable pracy only works if you do not exceed the parameters of the skill (if the parameters of the motor program are not exceeded)