CZYŻ, Stanisław Henryk, Martin ZVONAŘ and Elric PRETORIUS. The Development of Generalized Motor Program in Constant and Variable Practice Conditions. Frontiers in Psychology. LAUSANNE: FRONTIERS MEDIA SA, 2019, vol. 10, No 2760, p. nestránkováno, 11 pp. ISSN 1664-1078. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02760.
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Original name The Development of Generalized Motor Program in Constant and Variable Practice Conditions
Authors CZYŻ, Stanisław Henryk (616 Poland, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Martin ZVONAŘ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Elric PRETORIUS (710 South Africa).
Edition Frontiers in Psychology, LAUSANNE, FRONTIERS MEDIA SA, 2019, 1664-1078.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 30306 Sport and fitness sciences
Country of publisher Switzerland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 2.067
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14510/19:00112621
Organization unit Faculty of Sports Studies
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02760
UT WoS 000504284900001
Keywords in English practice conditions; variability of practice; specificity of practice; especial skill; generalized motor program; motor learning
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Abstract
The main objective of our study was to determine whether constant and variable practice conditions lead to the development of different memory representations (GMP) and as a result, they benefit performance of a skill differently. We compared one of the Generalized Motor Program (GMP) invariant features, i.e., relative timing, of the same variation of skill developed in constant and variable practice conditions. In two experiments, participants, naive to the basketball, were practicing free throws, receiving the same amount of practice. In constant conditions they practiced at one distance only (4.57 m), whereas in variable conditions they practiced at seven (2.74, 3.35, 3.96, 4.57, 5.18, 5.79, and 6.4 m) and five (3.35, 3.96, 4.57, 5.18, and 5.79 m) distances, in Experiments 1 and 2, respectively. We found that relative timing of skills developed in constant and variable practice conditions is the same, confirming that these practice conditions form the same memory representation. However, we also observed that constant practice (CP) conditions resulted in overall shorter movement time as compared to the skill practiced in variable conditions. We hypothesized that it may be due to the facilitation of parameters assignment as it takes place in especial skill.
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