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Motor Learning in Practice
A Constraints-Led Approach
- Edited by Ian Renshaw, Keith Davids and Geert J.P. Savelsbergh.
Published December 2011
Motor Learning in Practice explores the fundamental processes of motor learning and skill acquisition in sport, and explains how a constraints-led approach can be used to design more effective learning environments for sports practice and performance. Drawing on ecological psychology, the book…
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Paediatric Biomechanics and Motor Control
Theory and Application
- Edited by Mark De Ste Croix, and Thomas Korff.
Published October 2011
Paediatric Biomechanics and Motor Control brings together the very latest developmental research using biomechanical measurement and analysis techniques and is the first book to focus on biomechanical aspects of child development. The book is divided into four main sections – the biological…
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Cognitive Development
An Advanced Textbook
- Edited by Marc H. Bornstein, and Michael E. Lamb.
Published March 2011
This new text consists of parts of Bornstein and Lamb’s Developmental Science, 6th edition along with new introductory material that as a whole provides a cutting edge and comprehensive overview of cognitive development. Each of the world-renowned contributors masterfully introduces the…
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Skill Acquisition in Sport
Research, Theory and Practice
- Edited by A. Mark Williams, and Nicola J. Hodges.
Published March 2004
Success in sport depends upon the athlete's ability to develop and perfect a specific set of perceptual, cognitive and motor skills.
This book examines how we learn such skills and, in particular, considers the crucial role of practice and instruction in the process. Leading authorities within the…
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Visual Perception and Action in Sport
- Edited by Keith Davids, A Mark Williams and John G. Williams.
Published January 1999
Athletes are dependent upon a constant supply of accurate and reliable information from the environment whilst performing complex movements.
Visual Perception and Action in Sport examines the information which is perceived by the human visual system and the way it is utilised to support actions…
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