Learning and Performance - Skill acquisition

Define the term performance

• The effectiveness in which an athlete performs specific skills

• The more or less permanent change in behaviour that is reflected in a change in performance

• A period during training or learning of a skill when there is no apparent improvement in performance

Define the term learning

• A period during training or learning of a skill when there is no apparent improvement in performance

• The effectiveness in which an athlete performs specific skills

• The more or less permanent change in behaviour that is reflected in a change in performance

A coach measures learning by a combination of observing and _______

How should a coach measure performance?

• Teach the skill and ask the athlete to perform it

• Observe the execution of a skill over a period of time

How many learning curves are there?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

What learning curve is this?

'When an athlete spends more time on a specific skill, their level of performance will increase at a steady rate consistently'.

• S shaped

• Linear

• Negatively accelerated

• Positively accelerated

What learning curve is this?

'This learning curve shows a combination of positive and negative performance curves. Learning starts slowly, accelerates, slows again and then accelerates'.

• Linear

• Negatively accelerated

• Positively accelerated

• S-shaped

What learning curve is this?

'A person takes a long time to learn the basics of a skill but once they master it they are quickly able to build on it'.

• Positively accelerated

• Negatively accelerated

• S-shaped

• Linear

What learning curve is this?

'This learning curve shows rapid early learning which slows as time increases, possibly because the skill becomes more complex'.

• Linear

• Positively accelerated

• Negatively accelerated

• S-shaped

Identify the learning curve in the picture

• Linear

• S-shaped

• Negatively accelerated

• Positively accelerated