Whole Practice

• Whole Practice Definition: the learner practices all parts of the skill in the right order from the outset
• Whole Practice Examples:

  • attacking
  • passing a serve
  • game like situations
• Whole Practice is most effective for or when:

  • continuous skills
  • discrete skills that must be performed rapidly, and in which various parts of the body are involved
  • coordination of different parts of the body is important (hand and foot motion)
• Whole Practice is not recommended for or when:

  • the learner cannot yet link critical parts or actions in a complex skill, and this poses safety risks