Practice

🟠 Long periods of practice and limited break time. 

🟠 Practice interval is always longer then the rest interval. 

Example: A gymnast learning a handstand, where drills continue until fatigue or other factors make practice of limited benefit or cram studying the night before an exam.

🟠Massed practice works best when participants are: 

• • • • Highly motivated

      • Experienced

      • Fresh

      • Unable to attend a number of sessions.

      • When the skill is not complex

🟠 Taking frequent breaks or alternating practice between activities.

🟠 For example: Working out at the gym a few days a week or a gymnast would practice the handstand over a number of sessions, or perhaps on different occasions during the one session.

🟠 Distributed practice works best when:

• • • • Performer lacks interest

      • Performer is inexperienced

      • Task is complex/difficult

      • Motivation is low

      • Task causes fatigue

      • Excessive work causes discomfort 

      • Ideal for beginners (those in cognitive stage of skill acquisition)

Sentence starters:

✏️ Heading a soccer ball is benefitical to break down the skill because...

✏️ Taking breaks is beneficial when learning how to head a ball because...

✏️ Distributing practise when learning how to head a ball is important because...

Points to consider:

💡injury

💡control

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🟠Part practice is when the skill is broken down into its smaller parts and each part is practiced in isolation before being joined together. 

🟠 It is often used for teaching serial skills that have smaller skills that make up the larger skill.

🟠For example: learning the steps to a basketball layup, swinging a golf stick or learning a complex dance routine.