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dc.contributor.advisorSouthard, Dan L.
dc.contributor.authorFerrandino, Josephine Helenen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-22T18:48:54Z
dc.date.available2014-07-22T18:48:54Z
dc.date.created2013en_US
dc.date.issued2013en_US
dc.identifierUMI thesisen_US
dc.identifieretd-05232013-090050en_US
dc.identifierumi-10431en_US
dc.identifiercat-001996974en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/4464
dc.description.abstractThis study examined the effects of goal constraints (accuracy, velocity, or both) on the performance and learning of an ontogenetic skill. Participants were undergraduate female college students (N=16), with no prior golf experience. Participants were randomly placed into one of 4 groups - Control, Accuracy, Velocity, or Accuracy and Velocity. Participants in all groups practiced a golf swing for 6 sessions and returned one-week following practice for a retention session. All participants were told that the goal of the golf swing was to hit the ball with both velocity and accuracy. There was no instruction concerning the swing given to participants in any of the four conditions. Participants in the Control group received no augmented information during practice or retention. The participants in the Accuracy condition were reminded to emphasize accuracy during practice sessions. The participants in the Velocity condition were encouraged to increase their velocity of swing during practice sessions. The participants in the Accuracy and Velocity condition were encouraged to focus on increasing both velocity of swing and accuracy during practice sessions. Analysis of motor pattern change indicated that participants in the velocity conditions improved their swing with practice and retained their swing better than those in the Accuracy alone condition and Control condition. It was concluded that scaling up on the constraint of velocity will improve the use of the order parameter (open kinetic chain). Results indicate that complex skills such as a golf swing can be learned without the aid of instruction by scaling up on a constraint that becomes a control parameter.en_US
dc.format.mediumFormat: Onlineen_US
dc.publisher[Fort Worth, Tex.] : Texas Christian University,en_US
dc.relation.ispartofTCU Master Thesisen_US
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dc.titleLearning an ontogenetic skill: a constraints approachen_US
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etd.degree.departmentDepartment of Kinesiology
etd.degree.levelMaster
local.collegeHarris College of Nursing and Health Sciences
local.departmentKinesiology
local.academicunitDepartment of Kinesiology
dc.type.genreThesis
local.subjectareaKinesiology
etd.degree.nameMaster of Science


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