CHOW, J-Y, DAVIDS, K, BUTTON, C and KOH, M (2007). Variation in coordination of a discrete multiarticular action as a function of skill level. Journal of Motor Behavior, 39 (6), 463-479.
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The authors investigated coordination modes that emerged as a function of the interaction between skill level and task constraints in a multiarticular kicking action. Five skilled, 5 intermediate, and 5 novice participants attempted to satisfy specific height and accuracy constraints in kicking a ball over a barrier. Skilled and intermediate groups demonstrated a functional coordination mode involving less joint involvement at the proximal joints and greater joint involvement at distal joints, mimicking a chip-like action in soccer. Conversely, the novice group tended to produce larger ranges of motion throughout the kicking limb in a driving-like kicking action. Key differences were also found for task outcome scores, joint angle-angle relations, and ball-trajectory plots between the skilled and intermediate groups and the novice group. Findings from this study demonstrated that joint involvement during this discrete multiarticular action is a function of skill level and task constraints rather than a consequence of a global freezing-freeing strategy suggested in some previous research. The authors also highlight the merit of using a model of the acquisition of coordination in examining how coordination modes for multiarticular actions differ as a function of skill
Item Type: | Article |
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Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: | Centre for Sports Engineering Research |
Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.3200/JMBR.39.6.463-480 |
Page Range: | 463-479 |
Depositing User: | Carole Harris |
Date Deposited: | 05 Apr 2011 08:42 |
Last Modified: | 19 Mar 2021 00:45 |
URI: | https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/3298 |
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