Practices

• List two of the common practice methods (2)

  - Part

  - Whole

  - Progressive part

  - Whole-part-whole
• List one advantage and one disadvantage of mental practice (2)

  AD:

  - Reduces anxiety

  - Increases concentration

  - Aids preparation

  - Can be done during injury

  
  

  DIS:

  - Can't replace physical practice

  - Requires effort

  - Requires belief

  - Not effective for simple skills
• Identify four advantages of mental practice when improving a skill in sport (4)

  - Can reduce anxiety

  - Helps clarify goals

  - Stimulates nerve reactions in muscles

  - Aids psychological preparation
• Explain the use of fixed structure for team games (4)

  - Demands a set response from set stimulus

  - Coach can condition environment to produce desired outcome

  - Preferable for closed skills

  - Effective at early stages of learning

  - Useful for penalty situations with an element of danger
• Explain what is meant by fixed practice and distributed practise with sporting examples (4)

  Fixed:

  - Set circumstances and conditioned response

  - Sometimes known as drills and involves repeatedly practising a whole skill

  - E.g. cricket bowling machine

  
  

  Distributed:

  - Practice session punctuated with breaks for analysis/recovery

  -Best in fatiguing sports or complex skills

  - E.g. tennis swings split into distinct sessions