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Instant Notes in Motor Control, Learning and Development
Instant Notes in Motor Control, Learning and Development provides an overview of how the brain and nervous system control movement
Instant Notes in Motor Control, Learning and Development provides an overview of how the brain and nervous system control movement, and how new movements are learned and improved, relating each topic to particular sports. Key theories, definitions, and methods of measurement are all explained, along with physiological aspects and the implications that the knowledge about motor control and development have for coaching.
Additional Information
This text has activities to test and strengthen knowledge with examples from sport, activity, and the clinical setting.
Chapters on development discuss development in the context of motor control and sports. It is appropriate for students, coaches, teachers and therapists involved in sport, activity, and rehabilitation
The early chapters set the scene by defining the field and discussing the measurement of movement. This leads to chapters that explain how we control movement and learn to control movement. The final section considers the development of motor skills. The topics covered in this text provide foundation knowledge that is vital for any individual who is working in the movement context as a teacher, coach, or therapist. Each chapter can be read in isolation but links are made and related topics highlighted.
Due to the wide range of information contained in the book, it will be relevant to students studying all sports-related courses, including sport coaching courses.
Contents:
A. What is Motor Control?
B. Classification of Skill
C. Measurement in Motor Control
D. Theories of Control
E. Information Processing
F. The Central Nervous System (Neurological Issues)
G. Sensory Contributions to Control
H. Theories of Motor Learning
I. Stages of Motor Learning
J. Memory
K. Implications for Practice
L. The Role and Function of Feedback
M. Theories of Motor Development
N. Development of Fundamental Movement Skills
Developer / Author(s)
Andrea Utley and Sarah Astill
Editor(s)
| Product Code / ISBN |
0415391393 |
| ISBN13 (if applicable) |
9780415391399 |
| Issue / Publication Date |
7 Feb 2008 |
| Product / Publication Type |
Paperback |
| Developer / Lead Author |
Andrea Utley and Sarah Astill |
| Model / Edition |
1 |
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