Practice makes perfect?
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18th Feb '05, 11:14pm
I have seen on the net many times mentioned that "scientific studies" showed that repeating a given movement thousands of times "programs" this movement into the brain, and apparently makes subsequent repetition of this movement more fluid and natural. Of course, everyone offers a different multiple of thousand as a golden number, the most common being 6,000.
Now, it makes sense to me, but that's not what I'm interested in.
What I would like to discover is: Was there any actual scientific study that examined this and who did it and when? Or is this just a myth?
And of course only perfect practice makes perfect. :)
Practice makes perfect?
20th Feb '05, 7:36pm
If you can get on to EBSCO - sports discus or medline, look up motor learning, motor control. Or find the book by Schmidt - Motor Control and Performance,. Will give you a better insight into the research you are looking for.
Also the book by Maguil is very good
Practice makes perfect?
22nd Feb '05, 12:35am
That first book, is it
Thanks, I have access to this one.
The author "Maguil" I cannot find, is it spelled correctly? Do you know the title?
Thanks 1000+ times! ;)
Practice makes perfect?
22nd Feb '05, 10:56am
Motor Learning: Concepts and Applications - Richard Magill
Practice makes perfect?
24th Feb '05, 7:05pm
Thanks!
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4th Mar '05, 6:24pm
PS I found the book via interlibrary loan - very interesting work, thanks!
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6th Mar '05, 8:50pm
Was looking for my copy but think someone has forgotten to give it back to me last year. Did you looking for it from a local or uni library?
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7th Mar '05, 11:00pm
Mine came from the Long Beach California University library.