Citation

Ste-Marie DM, Vertes K, Rymal AM, Martini R. Front. Psychol. 2011; 2: 155.

Affiliation

Psychomotor Learning Laboratory, School of Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa Ottawa, ON, Canada.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Frontiers Research Foundation)

DOI

10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00155

PMID

21779270

PMCID

PMC3133863

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to examine whether children would benefit from a feedforward self-modeling (FSM) video and to explore possible explanatory mechanisms for the potential benefits, using a self-regulation framework. To this end, children were involved in learning two five-skill trampoline routines. For one of the routines, a FSM video was provided during acquisition, whereas only verbal instructions were provided for the alternate routine. The FSM involved editing video footage such that it showed the learner performing the trampoline routine at a higher skill level than their current capability. Analyses of the data showed that while physical performance benefits were observed for the routine that was learned with the FSM video, no differences were obtained in relation to the self-regulatory measures. Thus, the FSM video enhanced motor skill acquisition, but this could not be explained by changes to the varied self-regulatory processes examined.

Language: en