Nurturing Talent through Deliberate Practice and Play

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Pscyhology Flashcards on Nurturing Talent through Deliberate Practice and Play, created by Mark Arsenal on 28/04/2013.
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Define Deliberate Practice: A structured, purposeful form of practice that is highly relevant to improving performance in a given domain.
What characteristics can we use to identify Deliberate Practice Activities? Increased: Relevance, Physical Effort, Mental Effort, Enjoyment.
In football what differences were found between elite and sub-elite players in regard to Deliberate Practice? Both groups started football in a playful sense at a similar age, but elite players began team practice and playing matches earlier than sub-elite.
What are the conclusions in attaining elite level in sport with regard to Deliberate Practice? Practice by itself is not enough to achieve excellence, continuous improvement is possible in skill learning, continuous practice is important, anybody can become an expert, concentration is required for optimal learning, talent ID program should emphasize psychological qualities that will facilitate and sustain requisite regimes of deliberate practice.
What should a 'Deliberate Practice' directed training session consist of? Athletes are optimally challenged, well structured drills and activities with well defined learning goals, provide regular feedback for skill improvement, create opportunities for repetition.
What factors should coaches and athletes keep in mind to ensure Deliberate Practice is achieved?
What can too much Deliberate Practice cause? and what should we do to prevent these happening? Burnout, Drop Out, Injuries, Decreased motivation and enjoyment, Poorer health and well being. We should ensure rest and recovery and playful and fun activities.
Define Deliberate Play: A form of play with 'rules' where the primary objective of the activity is enjoyment and is important to the developmental process of an athlete.
What is the Activity Scale?
What are the characteristics of Free Play: Goal is fun, focus is on the process and it is not monitored. No FB is given. Immediate gratification. Enjoyment is inherent to the activity.
What are the characteristics of Structured Practice? Goal is to improve performance, focus on outcome, monitored by teachers, focus on correction, gratification is immediate/delayed. Enjoyment is predominantly extrinsic.
What are the characteristics of Deliberate Play? Goal is fun, focus on process and experimentation, loosely monitored by teachers and coaches, no immediate FB or correction received, Immediate gratification, enjoyment is predominantly inherent to the activity.
What is the Monotonic Relationship between Deliberate Play and Practice with development in sport excellence?
Do elite athletes specialize earlier than non-elite? Findings are mixed, sports such as gymnastics when peak performance is achieved before puberty specialize earlier.
In sports where peak performance is later how does this effect distribution of Play and Practice? Future elite athletes in these sports engage in more play activities between the ages of 6 and 12 compared to less skilled athletes.
Why is play important in the development of an elite athlete? Game Intelligence, Intrinsic Motivation.
What can we conclude about early play and early specialization (more deliberate practice)?
What are the characteristics of a Deliberate Play training session? Athletes have the chance to learn by discovery, activities are planned with fun and enjoyment in mind, FB from coach is not necessary.
Give some guidelines for coaches in how much play and practice sessions they should run through the stages of participation:
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