Motor Development and Learning in Sport Context

Recommended Prerequisites

Motor Development and Adaptation; Auxology Kinanthropometry; Sport for Children and Youth; Physiology; Motor Control and Learning; Biomechanics.

Teaching Methods

The teaching methodology is essentially expository in the beginning of the course and then based on the presentation of projects.

Learning Outcomes

[1] Describe the difficulties inherent in the motor learning of a skill of a specific sport.

[2] Design and implement an intervention program for motor learning of a skill of a particular sport.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Motor Learning: Concepts and applications; Explanatory Models and Theories of Motor Learning; Cognitive Theories and Dynamical Systems Theory  in the context of Sports Training (laboratory and field studies); Variability of Human Movement Systems; The Role of Context Constraints in Sports; Decision Making in Sport: Ecological Approach; Linear techniques (classic) versus non-linear approach; Structure Practice in Context Motor Sports; Contextual Interference Effect; Knowledge of Results; Knowledge of Performance; Instruction; Demonstration; Attentional focus

Head Lecturer(s)

Vasco Parreiral Simões Vaz

Assessment Methods

Continuous
Project: 100.0%

Bibliography

[1] Araújo, D. (2005). O Contexto da decisão – A acção táctica no desporto. Lisboa: Edições Visão e Contextos.

[2] Araújo, D. (2006). Tomada de decisão no desporto. Lisboa: Edições FMH.

[3] Davids, K., Button, C., & Bennett, S. (2008). Dynamics of skill acquisition: a constraints-led approach. Illinois: Human Kinetics

[4] Davis, W.E., & Broadhead, G.D. (2007). Ecological task analysis and movement. Illinois: Human Kinetics

[5] Fairbrother, J.T. (2010). Fundamentals of motor behavior. Illinois: Human Kinetics

[6] Magill, R.A. (2007). Motor learning and control: concepts and applications (8th Eds.). New York: McGraw-Hill

[7] Schmidt, R. & Lee, T (1999). Motor Control and Learning: a behavioral emphasis. Champaign, Illinois: Human Kinetics.

[8] Tani, G. (2005). Comportamento motor. Aprendizagem e desenvolvimento. Rio de Janeiro: Guanabara Koogan.

[9] Williams, A.M. & Hodges, N.J. (2004). Skill acquisition in sport – Research, theory and practice. London: Routledge

[10] Wulf, G. (2007). Attention and Motor Skill Learning. Illinois: Human Kinetics