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Modelling coaching practice: the role of instruction and demonstration.
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In this paper, we review the empirical literature pertaining to the effectiveness of instructions and movement demonstrations. Initially, we examine existing theories and approaches that try to explain the process of skill acquisition so as to determine implications of these theories for instructional provision. This is followed by an evaluation of studies in the motor learning literature in which pre-practice information has been manipulated. Explicit learning strategies are contrasted to implicit and discovery learning methods, and current explanations for instructional effects are discussed in terms of such mechanisms as effects-related attentional focus and movement variability. In the final sections, we review data from our own laboratory where pre-practice information has been manipulated during the learning of a novel bimanual coordination task. From these studies, proposals are made to try and explain how pre-practice information works to effect the process of skill acquisition, including the selection and execution of a response and the processing of associated feedback. An important role is given to the existing skills of the learner in understanding the instructions and performing the desired movement. Finally, we suggest some practical implications of this empirical evidence for the teaching of motor skills.
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Author/s: Hodges, Nicola J (NJ); Franks, Ian M (IM);
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Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Review
Journal: Journal of sports sciences (J Sports Sci), published in England. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2002-Oct; vol 20 (issue 10) : pp 793-811
Dates: Created 2002/10/04; Completed 2003/02/13; Revised 2006/11/15;
PMID: 12363296, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: 18 Feb 2009 00:00:00)
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