Practicing elements versus practicing coordination: Changes in the structure of variance

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 471-478

  Wu, Yen Hsun ^a   Pazin, Nemanja ^a,b   Zatsiorsky, Vladimir M ^a   Latash, Mark L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

coordination; finger; force; practice; uncontrolled manifold; variance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FINGER; HUMAN; KINETICS; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; FINGERS; HUMANS; KINETICS; MALE; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84871448105     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: 19401027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2012.740101     Document Type: Review

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