Preface
Dedication
UNIT ONE Introduction to Motor Skills and Abilities
1 The Classification of Motor Skills
2 The Measurement of Motor Performance
3 Motor Abilities
UNIT TWO Introduction to Motor Control
4 Neuromotor Basis for Motor Control
5 Motor Control Theories
6 Sensory Components of Motor Control
7 Performance and Motor Control Characteristics of Functional Skills
8 Action Preparation
UNIT THREE Attention and Memory
9 Attention as a Limited Capacity Resource
10 Memory Components, Forgetting, and Strategies
UNIT FOUR Introduction to Motor Skill Learning
11 Defining and Assessing Learning
12 The Stages of Learning
13 Transfer of Learning
UNIT FIVE Instruction and Augmented Feedback
14 Demonstration and Verbal Instructions
15 Augmented Feedback
UNIT SIX Practice Conditions
16 Practice Variability and Specificity
17 The Amount and Distribution of Practice
18 Whole and Part Practice
19 Mental Practice
Glossary
References
Name Index
Subject Index