Motor Learning and Performance (2 Revised edition)

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.