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Author:   A. Mark Williams (Liverpool John Moores University, UK) ,  Nicola J. Hodges (Liverpool John Moores University, UK) ,  Nikki Hodges ,  Mark Scott
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.816kg
ISBN:  

9780415270748

ISBN 10:   041527074
Pages:   464
Publication Date:   25 March 2004
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Preface 1. A historical perspective on skill acquisition 2. Contextual interference 3. the utilisation of visual feedback in the acquisition of motor skills 4. One trial motor learning 5. Individual differences in skill acquisition of motor skills 6. Decision training: cognitive strategies for enhancing motor performance 7. Understanding the role of augmented feedback: the good, the bad and the ugly 8. Instructions, demonstrations and the learning process: creating and constraining movement options 9. observational leading: is it time we took another look? 10. Implicit motor learning, reinvestment and movement disruption: what you don't know won't hurt you 11. Deliberate practice and expert performance: defining the path to excellence 12. A life-span model of the acquisition and retention of expert perceptual-motor performance 13. Psychological and related indices of attention during motor skill acquisition 14. From novice to expert performance: memory, attention, and the control of complex sensorimotor skills 15. Perceptual and cognitive expertise in sport: implications for skill acquisition and performance enhancement 16. The evolution of coordination during skill acquisition: the dynamical systems approach 17. Perceptual learning is mastering degrees of freedom 18. Musculoskeletal constraints on the acquisition of motor skills 19. Emergence of sports skills under constraints

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A. Mark Williams is Professor of Motor Behaviour. Nicola A. Hodges is a Senior Lecturer in Motor Behaviour. Both have published extensively in the areas of skill acquisition and motor expertise and are based at the Research Institute for Sport and exercise Sciences at Liverpool John Moores University, UK.

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