The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of visual pretraining on coincident-timing skill acquisition and retention. Two groups received varied visual pretraining experiences by viewing three different stimulus velocities on a Bassin Anticipation Timer runway before being transferred to active timing performances (acquisition, and retention phases) with the same stimulus velocities (12.8, 17.6, 22.4 k/h). A third group served as a control (NP group) and received no pretraining experiences. The blocked pretraining group (BP) received visual pretraining experiences at all stimulus velocities before being transferred to the active condition. The paired pretraining-acquisition group (PPA) also received pretraining experiences at the same three stimulus velocities. However, active performance trials immediately followed pretraining at each stimulus velocityThe results demonstrated that the PPA group performed with less absolute timing error and was less variable in traversing the second half of the movement during the acquisition phase. However, these results were not apparent during the retention phase. Overall, it was concluded that a trend existed for visual pretraining to be effective in fostering coincident-timing skill acquisition. / School of Physical Education
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BSU/oai:cardinalscholar.bsu.edu:handle/183918 |
| Date | January 1990 |
| Creators | Pellett, Tracy Lee |
| Contributors | Ball State University. School of Physical Education., Weeks, Douglas L. |
| Source Sets | Ball State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Format | x, 160 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm. |
| Source | Virtual Press |
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