Learning process

• Identification of stimuli 


  Cues or stimuli from the senses

  e.g. Vision, Hearing, Smell, Touch and Balance
• Response identification 


  Procesing of data received by the brain
• Response 


  performance of the necessary movement
• Feedback 


  Information about the performance
• Fittss and Posner learning model has 3 stages
• Congnitive phase of learning 


  The athlete makes many errors, often large in nature

  Great variability between attempts

  They have little ability to correct their own mistakes

  Demonstrations are vital
• Associative phase of learning 


  Characterised by extensive practice

  The athlete is able to perform the basic skill

  Errors become less in number and magnitude

  They are able to used their own feedback (little bit)
• Autonomous phase of learning 


  A high degree of accuracy, consistency and reliability

  The athlete can perform other tasks at the same time as the skill

  Low performance variability

  They can detect their own errors and make adjustments to correct them
• Visual cues 


  Recieved by the performer using their sese of sight

  e.g. demonstration, graphs, pictures
• Verbal cues 


  A short concise phrase that prompts the performer to attend the key components of the skill

  Short and concise

  3-4 Key points of the skill

  Appropriate to the age, comprehension and experience level of the learner
• Proprioceptive cues 


  Perceptions of the body position and movements