Motor Learning And Control For Practitioners: Explore the Role of Attention, Arousal, Vision, and Me

With an array of critical and engaging pedagogical features, the fifth edition of Motor Learning and Control for Practitioners offers the best practical introduction to motor learning available. This reader-friendly text approaches motor learning in accessible and simple terms and lays a theoretical foundation for assessing performance; providing effective instruction; and designing practice, rehabilitation, and training experiences that promote skill acquisition.

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As a complete resource for teaching an evidence-based approach to practical motor learning, this is an essential text for undergrad and post-grad students, researchers, and practitioners alike who plan to work in the areas of motor learning, motor control, physical education, kinesiology, exercise science, coaching, physical therapy, or dance.

Describe the nature of the two possible errors identified in terms of motor learning. How would you diagnose which of the two is the actual cause of the problem observed in order to select the appropriate intervention strategy for its correction?

Cheryl A. Coker is a motor learning specialist who draws from her experiences as a teacher, coach, and athlete to assist practitioners in putting theory into practice. In addition to Motor Learning and Control for Practitioners, she has authored numerous journal articles and book chapters, and has given over 100 presentations throughout the United States and internationally. She is a Fellow of the Research Consortium in the Society of Health and Physical Educators and of the North American Society of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance Professionals. Coker lives in New Hampshire where she teaches in the Physical Therapy program at Plymouth State University, and enjoys outdoor activities and spending time with family, friends, and her Bernese Mountain Dog, Tucker.

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Richard A. Magill holds a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology with a specialization in Motor Learning from Florida State University. He is currently an Adjunct Professor in the Motor Learning and Control graduate program at Teachers College, Columbia University, in New York City. He is also an Adjunct Professor in the Dance Education and Physical Therapy graduate programs in the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development at New York University, also in New York City. He was formerly the Helen "Bessie" Silverberg Pliner Professor in Kinesiology and Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Kinesiology at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. His research focuses on understanding how motor skills are acquired and how practice conditions influence that acquisition. He has authored and co-authored numerous peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and presentations. He is an Active Fellow in the National Academy of Kinesiology, in which he served as President. He also is an active member and former President of the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity. Among his other professional service activities, he was Editor in Chief for Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, and he has served on the editorial boards of several journals focused on motor learning and control.

David I. Anderson holds a Ph.D. in Kinesiology with a specialization in Motor Learning and Control from Louisiana State University. He is the Director of the Marian Wright Edelman Institute for the Study of Children, Youth, and Families at San Francisco State University and the former Chair of the Department of Kinesiology at San Francisco State University. His research centers on understanding how motor skills are acquired, how to promote the development of motor skills, and how motor activity influences psychological functioning and academic performance. He has authored and co-authored numerous peer-reviewed articles, book chapters and presentations, and has received significant funding for his research from the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the Department of Education, and private foundations. Dr. Anderson received the Distinguished Faculty Award for Excellence in Professional Achievement and Growth from San Francisco State University. He is an Active Fellow in the National Academy of Kinesiology and the former President of the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity. Among his other professional service activities he is an Associate Editor for Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport and he serves on the editorial boards of several journals focused on motor learning, control, and development.

Cheryl A. Coker is a professor with the Department of Health and Human Performance at Plymouth State University. She received her undergraduate degree in physical education from Louisiana State University, where she was also an All American and a member of the NCAA Championship Women's Track and Field Team. Upon completion of her Master's and doctorate degrees from the University of Virginia, she joined the faculty at New Mexico State University, where she taught for 14 years.She is a motor learning specialist whose interest in skill acquisition stems from her experiences as a teacher, coach, and athlete. She is a fellow in the Research Consortium of AAHPERD and has given more than 80 presentations throughout the United States and internationally. She has consistently contributed to both scholarly and practitioner journals; in addition to Motor Learning and Control for Practitioners, she co-authored the book Play for Power: Creating Leaders through Sport, has authored numerous articles and chapters, and is perhaps best known for her work conveying theoretical constructs to the practitioner

Fully revised and updated, the fourth edition of Motor Learning and Control for Practitioners offers the best practical introduction to motor learning available. Introducing students to both schema and dynamic systems approaches to motor learning in accessible and simple terms, the book guides readers through behavioral theory and underlying neural mechanisms to practical implications for learning and skill acquisition.

Using critical and engaging pedagogical features to involve students at every stage, the book discusses key factors in motor learning, including the stages of learning, considerations required for individual learners, designing and scheduling practice, and identifying and correcting errors. The book includes access to a fully updated companion website which includes laboratory exercises, an instructors' manual, a testbank and lecture slides.

As a complete resource for teaching an evidence-based approach to practical motor learning, this is an essential text for students taking relevant modules as part of Kinesiology or Sport and Exercise Science programmes, and is important supplementary reading for students of coaching science, physical education, sport psychology and biomechanics interested in the application of theory to practice.

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