Principles of Motor Learning in Ecological Dynamics A comment on Functions of Learning and the Acquisition of Motor Skills (With Reference to Sport)

K Davids; I Renshaw; Ross A Pinder; D Araújo; L Vilar

doi:10.2174/1875399X01205010113

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Principles of Motor Learning in Ecological Dynamics A comment on Functions of Learning and the Acquisition of Motor Skills (With Reference to Sport)

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Principles of Motor Learning in Ecological Dynamics A comment on Functions of Learning and the Acquisition of Motor Skills (With Reference to Sport)

K Davids, I Renshaw, Ross A Pinder, D Araújo and L Vilar

The Open Sports Sciences Journal, Vol.5(Special Issue 1), pp.113-117

2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2174/1875399X01205010113

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Human Movement and Sports Science

learning design

functions of learning

ecological dynamics

performance contexts

This paper provides a commentary on the contribution by Dr Chow who questioned whether the functions of learning are general across all categories of tasks or whether there are some task-particular aspects to the functions of learning in relation to task type. Specifically, they queried whether principles and practice for the acquisition of sport skills are different than what they are for musical, industrial, military and human factors skills. In this commentary we ar-gue that ecological dynamics contains general principles of motor learning that can be instantiated in specific performance contexts to underpin learning design. In this proposal, we highlight the importance of conducting skill acquisition research in sport, rather than relying on empirical outcomes of research from a variety of different performance contexts. Here we discuss how task constraints of different performance contexts (sport, industry, military, music) provide different specific information sources that individuals use to couple their actions when performing and acquiring skills. We conclude by suggesting that his relationship between performance task constraints and learning processes might help explain the tradi-tional emphasis on performance curves and performance outcomes to infer motor learning.

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Title: Principles of Motor Learning in Ecological Dynamics A comment on Functions of Learning and the Acquisition of Motor Skills (With Reference to Sport)
Authors: K Davids (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
I Renshaw (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Ross A Pinder (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
D Araújo (Author) - Lisbon Technical University, Portugal
L Vilar (Author) - Lisbon Technical University, Portugal
Publication details: The Open Sports Sciences Journal, Vol.5(Special Issue 1), pp.113-117
Publisher: Bentham Open
Date published: 2012
DOI: 10.2174/1875399X01205010113
ISSN: 1875-399X
Copyright note: Copyright © Davids et al.; Licensee Bentham Open. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited.
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450144902621
Output Type: Journal article

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