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To be aware or not aware? What to think about while learning and performing a motor skill

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CONTRIBUTORS:
  Author Singer, R. N. (University of Florida)
  Author Lidor, R. (The Zinman College of Physical Education)
  Author Cauraugh, J. H. (University of Florida)
JOURNAL:
  The Sport Psychologist, 7(1), 19 - 30.
YEAR: 1993
PUB TYPE: Journal Article
SUBJECT(S): motor-skill; learning; strategy
DISCIPLINE: No discipline assigned
HTTP: https://secure.sportquest.com/su.cfm?articleno=323683&title=323683
LANGUAGE: English
PUB ID: 103-341-241 (Last edited on 2005/12/12 13:54:54 US/Mountain)
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ABSTRACT:
The effectiveness of three learning strategies on achievement was compared in the learning and performing of a self-paced motor task. More specifically, investigated was the influence of (a) an awareness strategy (to consciously attend to the act and to what one is doing during execution); (b) a nonawareness strategy (to preplan the movement and perform the task without conscious attention to it; "to just do it"); (c) the Five-Step Approach (to systematically ready oneself, image the act, focus attention on a cue, execute without thought, and evaluate the act and the previous steps); and (d) a control conditon (to use one's own approach). Subjects (N=72) received 250 trials to master a computer-managed ball-throwing task, and 50 more in a dual-task situation. The Five-Step Approach and nonawareness strategies led to the highest achievement, and the three strategies resulted in less radial error in comparison to the control condition.
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