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As a martial art practitioner (wing chun), I think that one of the most frustrating aspects of learning a multifaceted motor skill can be the quantity of repetition necessary for the skill to move from the incompetent and slow conscious ineptitude stage of skill to the unconscious aptitude stage where...
Learning style refers to how an individual is able to learn and remember information. The easiest way of finding learning styles is by the sensory channels or modalities through which we favor learning: visual, auditory or tactile-kinesthetic. The majority of people uses all modalities in learning but have a preference...
It may take as many as 10 years or 10,000 hours of constant practice to become an expert (Ericsson, 1996). This translates to training for 10 years, 20 hours per week for 50 weeks of the year. This is a very tall order for coaches and teachers of sport. Actually,...
Plyometrics—a type of movement involving the legs, core, or upper extremities—uses a quick, eccentric-concentric phase to harness elastic muscle properties while using neural drive to increase the number of active motor units, thus netting explosive power and acceleration. The plyometric effect of conditioning is intended to help bridge the gap...
Everyone learns in a different way, which is important for becoming an effective coach and instructor. According to Rose and Nicholl (1997), there are three basic learning preferences: visual, auditory, and kinesthetic. Visual learners learn best through seeing the information being taught. Seeing would include actions such as reading text...
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