self-directed practice

Relations between skill assessments of youth players, practice & play, and success in men's soccer

Submitted by nicolah on 4. May 2018 - 9:45

Academy, male youth soccer players were evaluated at different time points by coaches and rated in terms of technical, tactical, physical and creative skill. These players also provided estimates of hours accumulated in soccer activities that were either coach-led (practice) or self-led (what we term play). Coaches assessment of players at ~14 years was related to whether they would be offered youth professional contracts (at age 16 yr), but not adult contracts at age 19 yr.

Author:

Nicola Hodges

Reference:

Coach ratings of skills and their relations to practice, play and successful transitions from youth-elite to adult-professional status in soccer

Peer-guided practice of motor skills

Submitted by nicolah on 17. October 2017 - 13:37

If you were asked to organize a partner’s practice, how would you choose to do it? Would you use the same strategies you would use for yourself? In this study, we wanted to explore how people organize practice for a partner of equal (low) skill and compare this to how they choose to organize practice for themselves. Participants practiced 3 different tasks (involving timed sequences on a keypad).

Author:

April Karlinsky

Reference:

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Peer-Scheduled Practice on Motor Learning