Improved Cueing for Enhanced Skill Acquisition in the Sprints explains how coaches can employ motor learning theory to do a better job, particularly in the area of skill acquisition. The focus is not on what coaches are teaching, but rather how they are teaching it. The DVD reviews how coaches can develop consistency, efficiency, and reliability when teaching skills to their athletes. The DVD details the critical factors involved in skill acquisition, as well as points out the bodily organs that affect skill learning. In addition, the DVD points out the four different stages of learning and discusses the role of coaches in each stage.
Among the topics covered:
• Critical elements of skills
• Discrete vs. continuous skills
• Stroop effect
• Forebrain vs. hindbrain
• Organs affecting skill learning
• Control time
• Stages of learning
• Teaching
• Providing feedback
• Periodization of cues
