The document discusses the importance of variability in motor skill practice to improve adaptability and learning. It recommends practicing variations of the same skill (intra-skill variability) as well as different skills together (inter-skill variability). Effective practice is consistent, focused intensely on weaknesses, and targets skills at the edge of one's current ability level.

1. Practice Variability in
training motor skills

2. NIKOLAI BERSTEIN
“Repetition without
Repetition”

3. •“Repetition without repetition”
- is a reminder for me not to engage in crowd
repetitive practice. While it’s crucial to get
repetitions, it doesn’t make sense to repeat
the exact same movement pattern (Effective)
over and over again.

4. Practice Variability
•Variety of
•Skills
•Practice conditions

5. Two different types of
Variability
•INTRA SKILL
•Practicing
variation of the
same skill
•It improves
adaptability of
skills
•INTER SKILL
•Practicing
Different skills
together
•Improves learning
through increase
of cognitive effort

7. HOW TO PRACTICE
EFFECTIVELY?

8. •WHAT IS PRACTICE?
•The repetition of an action
with the
goal of improvement
It helps us to perform with
more ease, speed, and

9. •EFFECTIVE PRACTICE
•Is consistent, intensely
focused, and targets
content for weaknesses
that lies in the edge of
one’s current ability

10. •If Effective Practice is
the key how can we
get the most of our
Practice time?

11. •Focused on the task at hint and
minimized potential destructions
•Start out slowly (or in slow motion);
Coordination is built with repetitions
weather correct or incorrect. Gradually
increase the speed of repetitions
•Avoid frequent repetitionsWITH A LOT
OF BREAKS. Study says once the
physical movement is established it can

13. Focus on skill
development
Guided by the
National Standard
for PE
Open to all
StudentsFocus on
instruction and
development
Focus on skill
enhancement
Guided by the national
standards for coaches
Students try out and /
or are selected
Focus on competition
and winning