Motor Learning and Performance - Hardcover

Schmidt, Richard A.; Wrisberg, Craig A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0880115009 ISBN 13: 9780880115001

Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers, 2000

Synopsis

This introductory undergraduate book offers a fundamental understanding of motor performance theory. Revised and updated, this new edition uses a problem-based approach to learning and skill instruction. Students learn the basics of motor performance while, at the same time, developing problem-solving skills through a series of applied exercises. Using examples that are practical rather than abstract, this text leads students to make the connection between theoretical information and real-life appication. Readers learn how to ask the right questions to conceptualize problems in a more effective way. Based on Richard Schmidt's conceptual model of human performance, this text challenges students to think critically across a wide range of applications. They should then be able to: identify the pertinent factors contributing to the problem; provide viable intervention strategies; apply effective motor learning principles; set up effective practice routines; set realistic goals; measure progress; and apply critical thinking skills.

About this title

About the Author

Richard A. Schmidt, PhD, is a principal scientist at Exponent Failure Analysis Associates, Inc., in Los Angeles and a professor of psychology at the University of California. Dr. Schmidt has nearly 30 years' experience in this area and is known as one of the research leaders in motor behaviour. He has served as president of the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity and received the C.H. McCloy Research Lectureship from the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. Craig A. Wrisberg, PhD, is professor of motor behaviour and sports psychology at the University of Tennessee, where he has taught since 1974. A former president of the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity, Dr. Wrisberg is a fellow of both the American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education and the Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology.

Edition details

• Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0880115009
• ISBN 13: 9780880115001
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 352