Changing coordinative structures in complex skill acquisition

Vereijken, Beatrix; Emmerik, Richard E.A. van; Bongaardt, Rob; Beek, W.J.; Newell, Karl M.

doi:10.1016/s0167-9457(97)00021-3

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“…Whereas the ski-task involves both whole-body coordination and an exploration of the dynamical characteristics of the body -platform system (Vereijken, Van Emmerik, Bongaardt, Beek, & Newell, 1997;Vereijken, Van Emmerik, Whiting, & Newell,1992), bimanual coordination tasks represent inter-limb coordination in a more pure form and have become the subject of intensive investigation in recent years (Swinnen & Wenderoth, 2004). The effects of pure observational practice, however, have not yet been studied in such tasks.…”

Section: Inter-limb Coordinationmentioning

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From visuo-motor interactions to imitation learning: Behavioural and brain imaging studies

Vogt

Thomaschke

2007

Journal of Sports Sciences

143

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We review three areas of research and theory relating to the involvement of motor processing in action observation: behavioural studies on imitation learning, behavioural work on short-term visuomotor interactions, and related neurophysiological and neuroimaging work. A large number of behavioural studies now indicate bi-directional links between perception and action: visual processing can automatically induce related motor processes, and motor actions can direct future visual processing. The related concept of direct matching (Rizzolatti et al., 2001) does not, however, imply that observed actions are transduced into a corresponding motor representation that would guarantee an instant and accurate imitation. Rather, studies on the mirror neuron system indicate that action observation engages the observer's own motor prototype of the observed action. This allows for enhanced action recognition, imitation recognition, and, predominantly in humans, imitation and observational learning. Despite the clear impact of action observation on motor representations, recent neuroimaging work also indicates the overlap of imitation learning with processes of non-imitative skill acquisition.

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Section: Inter-limb Coordinationmentioning

confidence: 99%

From visuo-motor interactions to imitation learning: Behavioural and brain imaging studies

Vogt

Thomaschke

2007

Journal of Sports Sciences

143

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“…We assumed that ball displacement trajectory on the playing field might yield information about success in attacking phases-of-play in a rugby union match. In a previous analysis of neurobiological system coordination, Vereijken and colleagues (Vereijken, van Emmerik, Bongaardt, Beek, & Newell, 1997) analyzed the dynamics of a single variable (i.e., centre of mass) regarding it as an encompassing measure to reflect the global dynamics of motor system degrees of freedom during a dynamic balancing task. Using similar experimental logic, in the present study we assumed that distance gained might be a variable capable of capturing the collective actions of the agents (e.g., players) in social neurobiological systems exemplified by rugby union matches.…”

Section: Dynamics Of Territorial Advantage In Rugby Union Second Phasmentioning

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“…The achievement of a more advanced position in the field can be simply understood as successful performance and can be evaluated by the degree of territorial gain by assessing the position reached with the ball and its behaviour over time, i.e., its dynamics. Other studies have also shown that the analysis of the dynamics of a single variable could reflect the global dynamics of an entire neurobiological system (e.g., Vereijken et al, 1997) and of the dyadic interactions between team games players (e.g., Passos et al, 2008). Previous studies on the dynamics of decision making behaviours in sport have been mainly focused on team sports, typically in 1vs1 interactions (e.g., Araújo, Davids, Bennett, Button, & Chapman, 2004;Davids et al, 2006), or in dyadic sports (e.g., squash by McGarry et al, 2002).…”

Section: Collective Behaviour Conveyed By Distance Gained Dynamicsmentioning

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Territorial gain dynamics regulates success in attacking sub-phases of team sports

Correia¹,

Araújo²,

Davids³

et al. 2011

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

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a b s t r a c tBackground and objective: Field invasion games, such as rugby union, can be conceptualised as dynamic social systems in which the agents continuously interact to contest ball possession and territorial gain. Accordingly, this study aimed to identify the collective system dynamics of rugby union phases-of-play near the try line by investigating whether ball displacement trajectory on the playing field provides insights on successful team performance. Methods: Five rugby union matches were videotaped involving teams at a national league performance level. From these matches, 22 second phases-of-play were selected and digitized for analysis. The variable "distance gained" was investigated as a potential coordination variable describing functional coordination between players and teams. This variable concerned the distance between ball initial position and ball current position over time and was used to define the degree of territory gained by an attacking team. Results: Analysis of distance gained dynamics in attacking sub-phases demonstrated the intermittent character of rugby union performers displacement trajectories on the playing field. Amplitude of ball movements was revealed as a distinguishing feature related to attacking effectiveness. Successful attacking phases displayed lower distances of positional retreat, with the maximum retreat distance achieved sooner in successful compared to unsuccessful phases-of-play. Autocorrelation and ApEn analyses suggested low system variability within time series data concerning both performance outcomes. However, evidence of less regularity and more complexity was found in unsuccessful phases-of-play. Conclusion: Results suggested that distance gained dynamics manifests a characteristic collective behaviour pattern that captures the macroscopic functional order of multi-player attackedefence systems in team sports like rugby union.

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“…The first stage is characterized by first preferred coordination mode that is persistent and stable [6]- [7]. Practice is a major parameter to observe change in behaviour.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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“…On the other hand, it was observed a final stage characterized by the linearization of stiffness and a van der Pol damping function. The decrease of non-linear stiffness reveals a better storing energy in the rubber belts and a van der Pol damping allows subjects to adopt high frequencies and large amplitudes that characterize skilled performance (expert behaviour in skisimulator) [7].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%