KSR 786 - Motor Learning and Performance in Sport

Course Career Graduate
Units 3
Approved Hours 3-0-0
Fee index 6
Faculty Kinesiology, Sport, & Rec
Department Kinesiology, Sport, & Rec
Typically Offered either term

Description
This course will explore recent and seminal research in the field of motor learning and performance in sport. A number of current theories and models will be discussed as well as the experimental literature concerned with the learning and performance of skilled movement across a diverse range of sport contexts. Also covered in this course will be various issues concerning the `nature’ of motor skills, transfer of practice and feedback, as well as their integration with the retention of motor skills with specific application to the practice of coaching as a complex and highly integrated act. Note: Credit will be granted for only one of KSR 786 or KSR 586. Sections may be offered at an increased rate of fee assessment; refer to the Tuition and Fees page in the University Regulations sections of the Calendar.