Abstract
Background: A general viewpoint on contextual interference shows that a blocked practice schedule facilitates the acquisition of a skill while a random practice is more useful in the retention and transfer of that skill. Objective : The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of gradual increase in contextual interference upon acquisition, retention and transfer of volleyball skills. Methods : For this purpose, 45 participants were randomly selected from male students at Shiraz University-Iran. After pre-test, the participants were equally distributed in three experimental groups: blocked (low CI), random (high CI) and percentile gradual increase. After nine training sessions and recording the scores, the students were tested for acquisition, retention and transfer. p ≤0.05 was considered as significance level in all the tests. Results : There was significant difference between the groups in acquisition sessions in favor of the blocked group. Retention and transfer test results also showed a significant difference between the groups in favor of random training and gradual increase groups compared to blocked training group .However no significant difference was observed between random with gradual increase training groups . Conclusion : According to the findings of this research, it can be concluded that random and gradual increase in contextual interference training methods may increase the performance of subjects in terms of volleyball skills in retention and transfer tests. Keywords: Gradual Increase of Contextual Interference, Blocked, Random, Volleyball, Acquisition, Retention, Transfer
Highlights
Education and training conditions are among the most important topics in learning the motor skills
When you are trained in a skill by IJKSS 4(2):72-77, 2016 blocked training method, contextual interference is minimal but there is a high level of contextual interference when several different skills are trained in a randomized training session (Schmidt & Lee, 1988)
This study aims to evaluate the effect of gradual increase in contextual interference on acquisition, retention and transfer of volleyball skills in three levels of blocked, random and gradual increase
Summary
Education and training conditions are among the most important topics in learning the motor skills. When you are trained in a skill by IJKSS 4(2):72-77, 2016 blocked training method, contextual interference is minimal but there is a high level of contextual interference when several different (but interrelated) skills are trained in a randomized training session (Schmidt & Lee, 1988). A general viewpoint on contextual interference shows that a blocked practice schedule facilitates the acquisition of a skill while a random practice is more useful in the retention and transfer of that skill. Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of gradual increase in contextual interference upon acquisition, retention and transfer of volleyball skills. Conclusion: According to the findings of this research, it can be concluded that random and gradual increase in contextual interference training methods may increase the performance of subjects in terms of volleyball skills in retention and transfer tests
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