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A constraints-led perspective to understanding skill acquisition and game play: a basis for integration of motor learning theory and physical education praxis?

Renshaw I., Chow J.Y., Davids K., Hammond J.

Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy · 2010

External published research · Published literature

Research type

Narrative review

Discipline

Learning Sciences

Level of evidence

Conceptual review

DOI

10.1080/17408980902791586

Topics

Coaching

What the study reports

A conceptual account of the constraints-led approach, arguing that skill emerges from the interaction of performer, task and environment rather than from copying an ideal technique.

The PROMACHOS reading

Technique is not one shape. Designing the environment so that the correct solution emerges is a more durable instructional method than correcting posture repetition by repetition.

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