Types of Practice

Emily is trying to improve her shooting in basketball. Her coach decides to give her some time to practice her shooting. Her coach gives her clear instructions to shoot from the free throw line 40 times in a row. What type of practice variability is this an example of?

• Blocked

• Random

• Distributed

• Massed

Sam is an elite tennis player. His coach gave him a new training schedule. It involves 6 training sessions a week going for half an hour each. This training schedule is an example of what type of practice distribution?

• Blocked

• Random

• Distributed

• Massed

Tonia is the trainer of a junior netball team. Tonia wants the team to practice on their passing. The team is put into pairs and are instructed to pass a netball to each other. They are to mix it up between a chest pass, lob, bounce pass and shoulder pass. What type of practice variability is this an example of?

• Blocked

• Random

• Distributed

• Massed

James is the coach of a rowing team. He gets them to row consecutively for 20 minutes, then the athletes are given 10 minutes rest and during this time they will talk as a team and discuss any feedback. They complete this cycle 3 times in the one training session. Is this an example of massed or distributed practice?

• Blocked

• Random

• Distributed

• Massed

Mary is beginning to train for her swimming competition. Her coach gives her a training schedule for the next 2 weeks. She will train once the first week for 4 hours and twice the second week for a total of 5 hours. What practice distribution is this an example of?

• Blocked

• Random

• Distributed

• Massed

Mark has just started tennis. He has been training for 4 weeks now. He arrives to this weeks training and his coach gives him a rundown of the first activity Mark will do to practice his forehand. His coach will put dots on the other side of the tennis court at random places. Mark will have to try and hit a tennis ball at each of the dots using a forehand hit.  Which type of practice variability is this an example of?

• Blocked

• Random

• Distributed

• Massed

Alex is a professional golfer. During his practice he is instructed to practice 20 shots on one hole and then move on to the next. He continues to do this the whole training session. The 20 shots takes him 5 minutes. He then has a 30 second rest break between each hole. What type of practice variability AND practice distribution would this be an example of?

• Blocked

• Random

• Distributed

• Massed

This training schedule is an example of what type of practice distribution?

• Blocked

• Random

• Distributed

• Massed

Which training schedule represents the most massed schedule?

• Schedule 1

• Schedule 2

• Schedule 3