We review research related to the learning of complex motor skills with respect to principles
developed on the basis of simple skill learning. Although some factors seem to have …

In this article, the authors review recent studies on 3 factors that have been shown to affect
the learning of motor skills—the performer's attentional focus, self-control, and practice in …

“This tenth edition of Motor Control and Learning extends and updates the major revisions in
the previous edition. The many changes in that edition included new chapters, restructured …

The student-friendly fourth edition of Motor Learning and Performance: A Situation-Based
Learning Approach expands on the fundamentals of motor performance and learning …

The effects of different types of instructions on complex motor skill learning were examined.
The instructions were related either to the participant's own body movements (internal focus) …

Two studies examined whether the number of errors made in learning a motor skill, golf
putting, differentially influences the adoption of a selective (explicit) or unselective (implicit) …

With an array of critical and engaging pedagogical features, the fourth edition of Motor
Learning and Control for Practitioners offers the best practical introduction to motor learning …

Research indicates that effective instructional methods for practicing simple tasks differ from
effective methods for complex tasks. But unfortunately, load‐reducing methods that work …

The field of skill acquisition is in an exciting period owing to the broad interest in learning
processes and their applications across a variety of disciplines and professions (eg …

Motor skill acquisition can be thought of as the gradual harmonizing of a number of
complicated processes in order to achieve a consistent output. Typically, the harmonizer …