The Amount of Practice Really Matters: Specificity of Practice May Be Valid Only after Sufficient Practice
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| Title: | The Amount of Practice Really Matters: Specificity of Practice May Be Valid Only after Sufficient Practice |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Krigolson, Olav E., Tremblay, Luc |
| Source: | Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport. Jun 2009 80(2):197-204. |
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| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
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| Page Count: | 8 |
| Publication Date: | 2009 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Vision, Task Analysis, Feedback (Response), Exercise, Correlation, Adults, Statistical Analysis, Physical Education |
| ISSN: | 0270-1367 |
| Abstract: | Studies investigating the specificity hypothesis have not always demonstrated that reliance on a specific source of feedback increases with practice. The goal of the present study was to address this inconsistency by having participants practice a throwing task with or without vision at incremental levels (10, 50, 100, or 200 acquisition trials). Following acquisition, all participants in the present experiment performed 10 trials in a no-vision transfer condition. Our results demonstrated that, given a sufficient number of acquisition trials, feedback reliance increased as a function of time engaged in practice. Our results also suggest that increased reliance on a specific source of feedback occurs only after the control strategy for a task is optimized. (Contains 1 table, 3 figures and 3 notes.) |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Number of References: | 31 |
| Entry Date: | 2010 |
| Access URL: | https://www.aahperd.org/rc/publications/rqes/Indexes.cfm |
| Accession Number: | EJ870163 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Studies investigating the specificity hypothesis have not always demonstrated that reliance on a specific source of feedback increases with practice. The goal of the present study was to address this inconsistency by having participants practice a throwing task with or without vision at incremental levels (10, 50, 100, or 200 acquisition trials). Following acquisition, all participants in the present experiment performed 10 trials in a no-vision transfer condition. Our results demonstrated that, given a sufficient number of acquisition trials, feedback reliance increased as a function of time engaged in practice. Our results also suggest that increased reliance on a specific source of feedback occurs only after the control strategy for a task is optimized. (Contains 1 table, 3 figures and 3 notes.) |
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| ISSN: | 0270-1367 |
