Motor Learning

• motor learning is the process a person develops, through physical & psychological factors to perform a task
• skill transferability is the ability to apply skills involved in one activity to another
• sport psychology is the study of how people think, feel, and behave in sport situations & the mental processes that govern how athletes behave
• psychological skills training is when psychologists and athletes use tools to imporve performance
• the cognitive stage of motor learning is when individuals gain basic understanding of how to perform a task
• in the associative stage of motor learning individuals begin to refine skills, develop awareness of mistakes leading to fewer errors
• in the autonomous stage the skill becomes automatic and person is able to do activity with ease
• fundamental movement skills are the foundation for physical literacy and are the basis for all other movement skills
• list the 3 categories of fundamental movement skills

  stability, locomotion, manipulation
• explain the preparation phase

  body prepared to perform skill, this phase ensures skill is performed properly
• explain execution phase

  generates momentum and force at critical moment to ensure skill is executed well
• explain follow through phase

  this phase is the key to accuracy and force production and ensures stability is maintained
• KP feedback involves watching an activity or skill performed and suggesting how to correct aspects of it
• KR feedback involved observing and commenting on overall outcome of activity
• individual constraints are factors that are unique to the person
• environmental constraints are factors external to individual
• task constraints are factors related to activity/sport