The Variability of Practice Hypothesis: Further Tests and Methodological Discussion

Autor: Craig A. Wrisberg, Jolynn S. Kuhlman, Timothy P. Winter
Rok vydání: 1987
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Zdroj: Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport. 58:369-374
ISSN: 2168-3824
0270-1367
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.1987.10608114
Popis: In the present study experimental subjects practiced variations in movement distance and/or movement time during training trials on a closed timing task. Control subjects trained with single distance-time combinations. During transfer trials all subjects attempted (without knowledge of results) a distance-time combination that was different (except in the case of one control condition) from any performed during training. The results revealed that the timing accuracy of the two experimental conditions that practiced a variety of times was significantly poorer than that of most of the other conditions during the training phase. However, transfer analyses revealed several significant differences between the performance of variable-trained and constant-trained conditions, in all cases favoring the former. It was concluded that the transfer benefits of variable practice are (a) not due to the particular movement component selected for variation during training, and (b) to some extent always determined...
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