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EXSS 6310 Final Exam S21

This test is open note, open web, open research, but it is not open partner. Please do not discuss this test with your fellow classmates.

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Please answer each question thoroughly. Justify your answer with information from your notes or my powerpoints, citations articles we have read, or peer reviewed articles that you look up (if you look up an article-cite and put a reference list at the end of the paper). You may answer each question under the question. Put your answer in bold and double space

1. Explain what primary information is gained from the following afferent inputs:

a. Vision (explain both focal and ambient)
b. Vestibular(explain the different components and what they detect)
c. Muscle Spindles (tell what is detected and what is the actions created)
d. Golgi Tendon Organs(tell what is detected and what is the actions created)
e. Which of the above has the greatest effect on motor control?

Answer here set to double space…..

2. Watch the video on front flip progression:

a. Do you consider this part teaching of a skill (as in whole vs part). Why or why not?

Answer here set to double space…….

b. From and
dynamic systems perspective
, explain the strengths and weaknesses of this training progression. Make sure to use appropriate terminology.

3. Watch the video on tackling progression.

a. Is tackling in football and open or closed skill. Justify your answer.
b. Does this progression seem appropriate from what we have talked about in class? Why or why not?
c. What would you add/remove to make this progression more appropriate? (Again try justify using a dynamic systems justification).

4. Explain the following models/theories of arousal/anxiety and performance (graphs, if prudent, would be beneficial)
a. Drive Theory
b. Individual Zones of Performance
c. Inverted U Theory

5. You have a basketball team that is slightly over-aroused. You believe in the catastrophe model of arousal/performance. Explain how much of a concern this is for you when
a. the team has low cognitive anxiety and
b. when they have high cognitive anxiety. Justify your answer thoroughly (graphs would be beneficial, but written explanations must be provided).

6. Coaches have access to technology today that was not as easily available in the past. Videography (taking videos with phone, tablets, etc.) and apps that allow the coach to draw or assess (much like dartfish) the video are now readily available. From what we have discussed in class, what are the benefits and disadvantages of access to this ability (again address the motor learning issues of technology).

7. We performed a variable practice lab with a closed skill (i.e., the bean bag lab.)
a. Quickly define a closed skill, acquisition and retention.
b. Explain why it is important to understand the difference between acquisition and retention.
c. Explain how the use of variable practice is supposed to improve learning (hint it is an information processing concept).
i. Do you believe that this is a viable means of improving learning? Why or why not?
d. If you were forced to use variable practice for teaching a closed skill (lets say bowling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTbWfPu2GIc)
What would you vary and why might this be of benefit?

8. You are in charge of teaching/coaching the field goal kicker on a football team (If you are not familiar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk968VCdxXY )
You will have your kicker perform 100 attempts per week (5 day week, don’t worry about games etc. or weekends)
Explain how you would distribute those attempts per day, when in practice, and what conditions (e.g., position on field, vs scout team or on air (no competition such as the video)) for:
a. A junior beginner (age 14)
b. A high school athlete (age 17, 2 years experience)
c. A college athlete (age 22, 12 years experience)

9. Answer the following
a. Explain the difference of knowledge of results (KOR) and knowledge of performance (KOP).
b. Which has a greater impact on learning?
c. Provide examples of KOR and KOP that a coach can provide that an athlete would not be able to get from their senses.
d. Explain what problem(s) can arise from a coach/teacher providing KOR/KOP and what can be done to prevent these problem(s) from happening.

10. Explain how a pianist can have both hands performing different tasks, but if I ask you to draw two different shaped lines at the same time with both hands, you can’t?

11. Discuss whether you would use visualization with your athletes. Provide justification for your answer.

12. What was the ratio of positive feedback to negative feedback suggested in the class? What is your opinion on this ratio and why? Give an example of a feedback sandwich for an athlete of your choosing.

13. Provide an outcome, performance, and process goal for an athlete of your choosing (provide details about the athlete-sport, sex, age, etc.). Make sure the goals adhere to the SMART principle.

14. Start the following video at the 14 min mark and watch to the 16 min mark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW2DSzQ44bY
a. Does what he is explaining about shooters match what we have talked about in class? Why or why not?
b. What are the strengths and weaknesses of his device from a motor learning standpoint?

15. What can you take away from this class that will be applicable to your chosen profession?