Information-movement coupling: implications for the organization of research and practice during acquisition of self-paced extrinsic timing skills

DAVIDS, K, KINGSBURY, D, BENNETT, S and HANDFORD, C (2001). Information-movement coupling: implications for the organization of research and practice during acquisition of self-paced extrinsic timing skills. Journal of Sports Sciences, 19 (2), 117-127.

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Abstract

Information-movement coupling is a fundamental concept, integral to theorizing on the coordination of goal-directed activity in ecological psychology. In this paper, we examine the implications of this concept for the design of experimental research and the organization of practice during the acquisition of movement coordination in sport tasks. The task vehicle for our analysis is interceptive actions, in particular self-paced extrinsic timing tasks exemplified by serving in sports such as volleyball. Recent research highlighting the relevance of information-movement coupling for the process of practice in sport is discussed. We conclude that information-movement coupling represents an important principle for the structural organization of research and practice in self-paced extrinsic timing tasks and that further work is required to verify its significance across a range of sport movements

Item Type:	Article
Research Institute, Centre or Group:	Centre for Sports Engineering Research
Identification Number:	10.1080/026404101300036316
Depositing User:	Carole Harris
Date Deposited:	04 Apr 2011 10:28
Last Modified:	04 Apr 2011 10:28
URI:	http://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/3283

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