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Ch11.pptxIntroduction
Chapter 01
Key Questions
What role do movement skills play in human life?
What is motor learning?
What is motor control?
How are motor learning and motor control studied?
In what professional fields does knowledge in motor learning and control play a critical role?
Why should you study motor learning and motor control?
Introduction
Motor skills
Make life possible
Underlie human existence
Are ubiquitous
Importance of effective instruction
Need
Ramifications
Acquiring Knowledge Concerning Motor Skills
Experience and tradition
Sometimes first and only method of acquisition
Basis of knowledge
Experience as an appeal to authority
Practice
Most important variable in learning
Scientific method
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Motor Learning
Definition
Process by which the capacity to produce motor skills is changed as a result of instruction, practice, or experience, and of the influences that the learner, task, and environment play on those processes.
Motor Control
Working definition
The study of the mechanisms that underlie and are responsible for human movement and stability.
Factors Influencing the Learning of Motor Skills
The Learner
Previous skill learning
Level of motivation
Age and developmental readiness
Psychological characteristic
Fitness level
Bodily constraints on movement
Factors Influencing the Learning of Motor Skills
Nature of the Skill
Performed in isolation or with others
Executed rapidly or over time
Perceptual demands
Stable or changing conditions
Rules constraining action
Factors Influencing the Learning of Motor Skills
Environment
Predictability of environment
Presence of observers
Light, wind, surface conditions, etc.
Constraints on movement possibilities
Perceptual elements present in environment
Occupational Uses of Knowledge in Motor Learning & Control
Skill movement and human activity
Recreation and leisure
Job skills and rehabilitation
Sports participation and musical expression
Occupational Uses of Knowledge in Motor Learning & Control
Athletic coach
Structuring practice
Understanding performance
Athletic trainer
Dance instructor
Ergonomics designer
Fitness consultant
Teaching of fitness skills
Occupational Uses of Knowledge in Motor Learning & Control
Occupational therapist
Improve ability to perform functions of daily living and work
Physical educator
Safe and effective instruction
Physical therapist
Closing
Skilled movements encompass a wide range of behaviors making human life possible.
Humans adapt to new skills to acquire new ways of living
The study of motor learning and control have evolved through the many different forms of research.
