Topic 6 - factors affecting learning

continiously practicing the same skill over a period of time - good for discrete skills

involves practicing a skill with rest periods inbetween each practice

involves learning a skill in its whole complete form, useful with simple skills

involves breaking the skill down into smaller parts, learning the parts individually

proprioceptors within the joints where the athletes get a 'feeling' of the movement within the body

involves receiving stimuli from external sources (coach, parents), maintains or modify motor plan.

if a coach can chunk bits of information together, there will be less 'bits' of information to process and the athlete can process more information. eg. take off time, instead of explanation