Contents

UNIT I      INTRODUCTION TO MOTOR SKILLS AND ABILITIES
    CHAPTER 1   The Classification of Motor Skills
    CHAPTER 2   Motor Abilities
    CHAPTER 3   The Measurement of Motor Performance

UNIT II      INTRODUCTION TO MOTOR CONTROL
    CHAPTER 4   Motor Control Theories
    CHAPTER 5   Performance Characteristics of Complex Skills
    CHAPTER 6   Proprioception and Vision
    CHAPTER 7   Action Preparation

UNIT III      ATTENTION AND MEMORY
    CHAPTER 8   Attention as a Limited Capacity Resource
    CHAPTER 9   Visual Selective Attention
    CHAPTER 10   Memory Components, Forgetting and Strategies

UNIT IV      INTRODUCTION TO MOTOR SKILL LEARNING
    CHAPTER 11   Defining and Assessing Learning
    CHAPTER 12   The Stages of Learning
    CHAPTER 13   Predicting Performance for Later Learning Stages
    CHAPTER 14   Transfer of Learning

UNIT V      INSTRUCTION AND AUGMENTED FEEDBACK
    CHAPTER 15   Demonstration and Verbal Instructions
    CHAPTER 16   The Effect of Augmented Feedback on Skill Learning
    CHAPTER 17   The Content of Augmented Feedback
    CHAPTER 18   The Timing of Augmented Feedback

UNIT VI      PRACTICE CONDITIONS
    CHAPTER 19   Practice Variability
    CHAPTER 20   Practice Distribution
    CHAPTER 21   The Amount of Practice
    CHAPTER 22   Whole and Part Practice
    CHAPTER 23   Mental Practice

References

Glossary

Credits

Name Index

Subject Index