Practice

Question 1

What is whole practice and give an example?

What type of skills is this practice useful for?

Answer 1

teaching/ practicing a skill as a complete action

e.g practicing a golf swing as a whole

suitable for simple, continuous and high organisation skills

Question 2

What are some advantages of whole practice?

Answer 2

• helps fluency
• saves time
• creates a mental image
• gives kinaesthetic feel

Question 3

What are some disadvantages of whole practice?

Answer 3

• lot’s of information to process
• demotivating if no early success
• unsuitable for complex skills

Question 4

What is part practice and give an example?

What type of skill is this practice useful for?

Answer 4

isolating a subroutine for practice often before putting the skill together again as a whole

e.g practicing a subroutine of a tennis serve

suitable for complex, closed, serial and dangerous skills

Question 5

What are some advantages of whole practice?

Answer 5

• reduces amount of info to process
• gains confidence by learning an element separately
• good for cognitive learners

Question 6

What are some disadvantages of whole practice?

Answer 6

• time consuming
• can limit kinaesthetic awareness

Question 7

What is progressive part practice and give an example?

What type of skill is this practice used for?

Answer 7

where subroutines are isolated for specific practice before gradually linking component back together

e.g triple jump

suitable for low organisation and serial skills

Question 8

What are some advantages of progressive part practice?

Answer 8

• allows weaknesses to be targeted
• gives better kinaesthetic awareness

Question 9

What are some disadvantages of progressive part practice?

Answer 9

• can be slow to progress
• can limit kinaesthesis
• can be slow or boring

Question 10

What is whole part whole practice and give an example?

What type of skill is this practice used for?

Answer 10

teaching a whole skill before isolating part of it (often the weakest) then practicing it as a whole

e.g basketball layup

suitable for serial and low organisation skills

Question 11

What are some advantages of whole part whole practice?

Answer 11

• weak parts of subroutine can be isolated and improved
• maintains kinaesthesis
• maintains fluency

Question 12

What are some disadvantages of whole part whole practice?

Answer 12

• ineffective for high organisation skills
• more time consuming than whole practice

Question 13

What is massed practice and give an example?

What type of skills is this practice used for?

Answer 13

when the learner practices continuously without rest intervals

e.g repeating a badminton rally

suitable for discrete and simple skills

Question 14

What are some advantages of massed practice?

Answer 14

• improved fitness
• develop kinaesthesis
• learn skills quickly

Question 15

What are some disadvantages of massed practice?

Answer 15

• fatigue
• demotivation
• requires high fitness levels
• can be boring

Question 16

What is distributed practice and give an example?

What type of skills is this practice used for?

Answer 16

involves practice sessions with rest intervals included

e.g swimmer performing a length of the pool then resting

suitable for continuous, complex and fatiguing skills

Question 17

What are some advantages of distributed practice?

Answer 17

• maintained motivation
• rest breaks allow opportunity for feedback/ mental rehearsal

Question 18

What are some disadvantages of distributed practice?

Answer 18

• can be boring for experienced performers
• may take longer to learn a skill

Question 19

What is fixed practice and give an example?

What type of skills is this practice suitable for?

Answer 19

involves a specific movement pattern being practiced repeatedly in the same environment

e.g badminton player repeatedly practicing a flick shot

suitable for closed, self paced and simple skills

Question 20

What are some advantages of fixed practice?

Answer 20

• habitual movements can be learned effectively
• few irrelevant stimuli to interfere with skill

Question 21

What are some disadvantages of fixed practice?

Answer 21

• can becoming boring
• if skill is performed wrong the first time it may continue to be performed wrong

Question 22

What is varied practice and give an example?

What type of skill is this practice suitable for?

Answer 22

involves skills being practiced in a variety of different environments to develop experience

e.g variety of passing drills in football

suitable for open, complex and externally paced skills

Question 23

What are some advantages of varied practice?

Answer 23

• developed schemas
• developed strategies for different situations
• increased decision making

Question 24

What are some disadvantages of varied practice?

Answer 24

• need to have already grooved in motor programme in a fixed environment
• not suitable for beginners