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Learning juggling by gradually increasing difficulty vs. learning the complete skill results in different learning patterns

Motor learning is central to sports, medicine, and other health professions as it entails learning through practice. To achieve proficiency in a complex motor task, many hours of practice are required. Therefore, finding ways to speed up the learning process is important. This study examines the imp...

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Autores principales: Geller, Noga, Moringen, Alexandra, Friedman, Jason
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10679398/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38022928
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1284053
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description Motor learning is central to sports, medicine, and other health professions as it entails learning through practice. To achieve proficiency in a complex motor task, many hours of practice are required. Therefore, finding ways to speed up the learning process is important. This study examines the impact of different training approaches on learning three-ball cascade juggling. Participants were assigned to one of two groups: practicing by gradually increasing difficulty and elements of the juggling movement (“learning in parts”) or training on the complete skill from the start (“all-at-once”). Results revealed that although the all-at-once group in the early stages of learning showed greater improvement in performance, the “learning in parts” group managed to catch up, even over a relatively short period of time. The lack of difference in performance between the groups at the end of the training session suggests that the choice of training regime (between all-at-once and learning in parts), at least in the short term, can be selected based on other factors such as the learner’s preference, practical considerations, and cognitive style.
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spelling pubmed-106793982023-11-13 Learning juggling by gradually increasing difficulty vs. learning the complete skill results in different learning patterns Geller, Noga Moringen, Alexandra Friedman, Jason Front Psychol Psychology Motor learning is central to sports, medicine, and other health professions as it entails learning through practice. To achieve proficiency in a complex motor task, many hours of practice are required. Therefore, finding ways to speed up the learning process is important. This study examines the impact of different training approaches on learning three-ball cascade juggling. Participants were assigned to one of two groups: practicing by gradually increasing difficulty and elements of the juggling movement (“learning in parts”) or training on the complete skill from the start (“all-at-once”). Results revealed that although the all-at-once group in the early stages of learning showed greater improvement in performance, the “learning in parts” group managed to catch up, even over a relatively short period of time. The lack of difference in performance between the groups at the end of the training session suggests that the choice of training regime (between all-at-once and learning in parts), at least in the short term, can be selected based on other factors such as the learner’s preference, practical considerations, and cognitive style. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-11-13 /pmc/articles/PMC10679398/ /pubmed/38022928 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1284053 Text en Copyright © 2023 Geller, Moringen and Friedman. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10679398/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38022928
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1284053
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