The Field of Motor Behavior

•     Motor Control
•     Motor Learning
•     Motor Development

Motor Learning

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Motor Control

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Motor Development

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Motor Skill Acquisition and Performance - interaction of:

• Learner

• Environment

• Task

Skill Classifications (taxonomies)

Fine vs. Gross Motor Skills

 

By Movement Organization

• discrete:  specific beginning and specific ending; usually brief
    examples:
 

• serial skills: a series of discrete movements (must be performed in a specific order)
    examples:
 

• continuous:  movements which are repetitive or linked together with other parts of skills
    examples:
 

Environmental Predictability 

• Closed skills -
 

• Open skills -  

Elaboration of Gentile's model (2000)

• Regulatory conditions
• Moving or Stationary?

deals with movement of the environment or people or objects within the environment
Are these conditions stationary or moving?
 
• Context Variability

the environmental context  from performance to performance
Are they the fixed (No variability) or do they vary (Yes, they are variable)?


• Action Requirements 
• Body Transport

Refers to the body moving or not
 
• Object Manipulation

Refers to manipulating an object or opponent (usually by hand) or not

Be sure to reread Chapter 1 (up through p. 14) and study table 1.1 on p. 12, review your notes and then answer the review questions at the end of the chapter on pp. 21-22.

For Lab this week, bring your textbook along with your written answers to the first page of the Chapter 1 review sheet. (click here)

Based on: Coker, C.A. (2009). Motor learnining & control (2nd ed..). Scottsdale, AZ: Holcomb Hathaway.

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