Comparison of constant and variable practice conditions on free-throw shooting

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 94, Issue 3 PART 2, 2002, Pages 1113-1123

  Shoenfelt, Elizabeth L ^a   Snyder, Leslie A ^b   Maue, Allison E ^b   McDowell, C Patrick ^b   Woolard, Christopher D ^b  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0036595582     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2002.94.3c.1113     Document Type: Review

References (24)

1. ACKERMAN, P. L. (1986) Individual differences in information processing: an investigation of intellectual abilities and task performance during practice. Intelligence, 10, 109-139.
2. ACKERMAN, P. L. (1988) Determinants of individual differences during skill acquisition: cognitive abilities and information processing. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 117, 288-313.
3. ADAMS, J. A. (1971) A closed-loop theory of motor learning. Journal of Motor Behavior, 111-149.
4. ADAMS, J. A. (1987) Historical review and appraisal of research on the learning, retention, and transfer of human motor skills. Psychological Bulletin, 101, 41-74.
5. ANDERSON, J. R. (1982) Acquisition of cognitive skill. Psychological Review, 89, 369-406.
6. ANDERSON, J. R. (1995) Learning and memory: an integrative approach. New York: Wiley.
7. BJORK, R. A. (1994) Memory and metamemory considerations in the training of human beings. In J. Metcalfe & A. P. Shimara (Eds.), Metacognition: knotting about knowing. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Pp. 185-205.
8. ERFFMEYER, E. S. (1988) The use of behavioral modeling and goal setting to increase free throw accuracy. (Resources in Education, ERIC Document No. SP029659, Educational Resources Information Center)
9. FARRELL, J. N., & MCDANIEL, M. A. (2001) The stability of validity coefficients over time: Ackerman's (1988) model and the General Aptitude Test Battery. Journal of Applied Psychology, 86, 60-79.
10. FITTS, P. M., & POSNER, M. I. (1967) Human performance. Pacific Grove, CA: Brookes/Cole.
11. GHODSIAN, D., BJORK, R. A., & BENJAMIN, A. S. (1997) Evaluating training during training: obstacles and opportunities. In M. A. Quinones & A. Ehrenstein (Eds.), Training for a rapidly changing workplace. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. Pp. 63-88.
12. HALL, E. G., & ERFFMEYER, E. S. (1983) The effect of visuo-motor behavior rehearsal with videotaped modeling on the free-throw accuracy of intercollegiate female basketball players. Journal of Sport Psychology, 5, 343-346.
13. HENRY, F. M. (1960) Increased response latency for complicated movements and a "memory-drum" theory of neuromotor reaction. Research Quarterly, 31, 448-458.
14. MOXLEY, S. E. (1979) Schema: the variability of practice hypothesis. Journal of Motor Behavior, 11, 65-70.
15. NEWELL, K. M., & SHAPIRO, D. C. (1976) Variability of practice and transfer of training: some evidence toward a schema view of motor learning. Journal of Motor Behavior, 3, 233-243.
16. REINHART, B. (1981) Free throw shooting: a manual for coaches and players. Chicago, IL: Chicago Review Press.
17. ROGERS, W. A., MAURER, T. J., SALAS, E., & FISK, A. D. (1997) Training design, cognitive theory, and automaticity: principles and a methodology. In J. K. Ford (Ed.), Improving training effectiveness in work organizations. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. Pp. 19-44.
18. SANDERFORD, P., & SHOENFELT, E. L. (2001) Women's basketball: inside the practice court. Terre Haute, IN: Wish Publ.
19. SCHMIDT, R. A. (1975) A schema theory of discrete motor skill learning. Psychological Review, 82, 225-260.
20. SCHMIDT, R. A., & BJORK, R. A. (1992) New conceptualizations of practice: common principles in three paradigms suggest new concepts for training. Psychological Science, 3, 207-217.
21. SHEA, C. H., & KOHL, R. M. (1990) Specificity and variability of practice. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 61, 169-177.
22. SHOENFELT, E. L. (1996) Goal setting and feedback as a posttraining strategy to increase the transfer of training. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 83, 176-178.
23. VAN ROSSUM, J. H. A. (1990) Schmidt's schema theory: the empirical base of the variability of practice hypothesis. Human Movement Science, 9, 387-435.
24. WILLIAMS, H. G., & WERNER, P. (1985) Development of movement schema in young children. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 60, 403-410.