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PMID: 20845219 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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To better understand the contextual interference effect, in two experiments we investigated a form of practice schedule that provided novices with systematic increases in contextual interference. This new type of practice schedule was compared with traditional blocked and random scheduling for two types of sports skills. In Experiment 1, we tested the hypothesis that practising variations of the same task with systematic increases in contextual interference would lead to superior performance compared with blocked or random scheduling. Participants practised golf putting tasks following a blocked, random or increasing schedule, which involved initial blocked trials, followed by serial practice trials, and ended with random scheduling. Participants who followed the increasing schedule had superior retention test performance. In Experiment 2, we tested if these learning benefits were observed when learning tasks controlled by different generalized motor programs. Participants practised three different basketball passes (chest, overhead, single arm) in a blocked, random or increasing schedule. Participants practising with gradual increases in contextual interference performed better on retention and transfer tests than participants practising with blocked or random scheduling. The results of these two expe |
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Jared M Porter; Richard A Magill |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Journal of sports sciences Volume: 28 ISSN: 1466-447X ISO Abbreviation: J Sports Sci Publication Date: 2010 Oct |
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Created Date: 2011-04-15 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8405364 Medline TA: J Sports Sci Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1277-85 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Kinesiology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois 62901, USA. jporter@siu.edu |
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