Acquisition and Performance of Sports Skills

by McMorris, Terry

• ISBN13: 9780470849941
• ISBN10: 0470849940
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-05-21
• Publisher: WILEY

Summary

Acquisition and Performance of Sports Skills provides students with the theoretical and practical background that is necessary for an understanding of the basics of skill acquisition and performance. This understanding is founded on the student's existing knowledge of sport and leads into the subject, using a student centred, problem-solving approach. The first half of the book examines the nature of sports performance and the second skill acquisition. There is a debate among researchers into psychomotor learning: the ecological versus the cognitive approach. Because this book is aimed clearly at students taking a first course in the subject the author includes examples from both schools of thought thus ensuring a balanced approach. looks at skill acquisition firmly within the context of sports performance takes students' practical experience as a starting point then clearly explains the underlying theories presents both cognitive and ecological approaches to the subject to give a balanced view excellent pedagogy including problem-solving tasks, practical experiments and revision notes at the end of chapters Written by an author with many years teaching, research and practical coaching experience, Acquisition and Performance of Sport Skills proves invaluable for students of sport and exercise science taking a first course in skill acquisition, motor learning and/or motor control.This is the second title to appear in the Wiley SportTexts Series that aims to provide textbooks covering the key disciplines within the academic study of sport.

Table of Contents

Series Preface	p. xi
Prologue	p. xiii
Skill, Ability and Performance	p. 1
Learning Objectives	p. 1
Introduction	p. 2
Skill	p. 2
Classification of skills	p. 5
Ability	p. 7
The ability--skill interaction	p. 10
Summary	p. 12
Theories of performance	p. 12
Information Processing Theory	p. 13
Ecological psychology theories	p. 17
Conclusion	p. 21
Key points	p. 21
Test your knowledge	p. 25
	p. 25
	p. 27
Additional reading	p. 29
Perception	p. 31
Learning Objectives	p. 31
Introduction	p. 32
Information Processing Theory and perception	p. 32
Signal Detection Theory	p. 33
Pattern recognition	p. 36
Selective attention	p. 37
Visual search	p. 41
Individual differences	p. 42
Summary	p. 45
Ecological psychology and perception	p. 45
Criticisms of the ecological approach	p. 50
Summary	p. 50
Conclusion	p. 50
Key points	p. 51
Test your knowledge	p. 55
	p. 55
	p. 59
Additional reading	p. 61
Decision Making	p. 63
Learning Objectives	p. 63
Introduction	p. 64
Information Processing Theory and decision making	p. 64
Individual differences	p. 68
Dynamical Systems Theory and goal achievement	p. 69
Research findings and problems with research design	p. 70
Conclusion	p. 73
Implications for coaches and players	p. 73
Key points	p. 74
Test your knowledge	p. 76
	p. 76
	p. 77
Additional reading	p. 78
Reaction Time	p. 79
Learning Objectives	p. 79
Introduction	p. 80
Inter- and intra-individual differences	p. 82
Hick-Hyman Law	p. 84
Probability and choice reaction time	p. 85
Psychological refractory period	p. 86
Arousal and reaction time	p. 87
Stimulus and response factors	p. 88
Reaction-time research findings as evidence for Information Processing Theory	p. 91
Key points	p. 91
Test your knowledge	p. 94
	p. 94
	p. 96
Additional reading	p. 97
Anticipation	p. 99
Learning Objectives	p. 99
Introduction	p. 100
Interceptive actions	p. 100
Information Processing Theory and interceptive actions	p. 100
Action Systems Theory and interceptive actions	p. 102
Perceptual anticipation	p. 104
Information Processing Theory and perceptual anticipation	p. 104
Ecological psychology and perceptual anticipation	p. 105
Research paradigms in perceptual anticipation	p. 105
Conclusion	p. 110
Key points	p. 110
Test your knowledge	p. 113
	p. 113
	p. 115
Additional reading	p. 116
Memory	p. 117
Learning Objectives	p. 117
Introduction	p. 118
Information Processing Theory and memory	p. 118
Sensory information store	p. 118
Short-term memory	p. 119
Short-term motor memory	p. 122
Long-term memory	p. 124
Ecological psychology and attunement to affordances	p. 126
Key points	p. 127
Test your knowledge	p. 130
	p. 130
	p. 132
Additional reading	p. 133
Motor Control	p. 135
Learning Objectives	p. 135
Introduction	p. 136
Information Processing Theory and motor control	p. 137
CNS-PNS interaction	p. 137
Efferent organization	p. 143
Ecological psychology and motor control	p. 148
Visual guidance of movement	p. 150
Discussion	p. 152
Key points	p. 155
Test your knowledge	p. 158
	p. 158
	p. 161
Additional reading	p. 162
Learning	p. 163
Learning Objectives	p. 163
Introduction	p. 164
Measuring learning	p. 164
Information Processing Theory and learning	p. 169
Instruction	p. 171
Cognitivist theories of learning	p. 174
Dynamical Systems Theory and learning	p. 180
Developmental factors affecting learning	p. 182
Cognitive development	p. 183
Motor development	p. 186
Optimal periods of learning	p. 188
Practical implications	p. 189
Key points	p. 191
Test your knowledge	p. 196
	p. 196
	p. 197
	p. 199
	p. 201
Additional reading	p. 202
Practice	p. 203
Learning Objectives	p. 203
Introduction	p. 204
Information Processing Theory and practice	p. 204
Types of practice	p. 204
Transfer of training	p. 211
Feedback	p. 216
Timing and precision of feedback	p. 218
Dynamical Systems Theory and practice	p. 221
Practical implications	p. 224
Key points	p. 228
Test your knowledge	p. 232
	p. 232
	p. 237
	p. 238
Additional reading	p. 239
Arousal and Performance	p. 241
Learning Objectives	p. 241
Introduction	p. 242
Inverted-U theories	p. 243
Yerkes--Dodson Theory	p. 243
Easterbook's cue utilization theory	p. 245
Drive Theory	p. 246
Allocateable Resources Theories	p. 248
Practical implications	p. 249
Warm-up decrement	p. 249
Warm-up	p. 250
Key points	p. 251
Test your knowledge	p. 253
	p. 253
	p. 255
Additional reading	p. 256
Conclusion	p. 257
Introduction	p. 257
State of the art	p. 257
Skill	p. 258
Abilities	p. 258
Perception	p. 259
Decision making	p. 259
Reaction time	p. 259
Anticipation	p. 260
Motor control	p. 260
Memory	p. 260
Learning	p. 260
Practice	p. 261
Information Processing Theory versus ecological psychology theories	p. 261
Writing an Academic Paper	p. 265
Glossary of Terms Used by Ecological Psychologists	p. 269
Test Your Knowledge Answers	p. 271
References	p. 287
Index	p. 293
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