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Area of Science:

  • Sports Science
  • Motor Learning
  • Skill Acquisition

Background:

  • Contextual interference (CI) is a learning principle where practice schedule impacts skill acquisition.
  • Blocked practice (BP) involves repeating one skill before moving to another, while random practice (RP) alternates skills.
  • The effectiveness of CI in sports skill learning, particularly snowboarding, requires further investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the impact of contextual interference on learning snowboarding turns.
  • To compare the effects of alternating (random) versus blocked practice on skill acquisition and retention.

Main Methods:

  • Twenty participants were divided into two groups: one with alternating turn directions (random practice) and one with blocked turn directions (blocked practice).
  • Acquisition involved approximately 2 hours of practice.
  • Retention was tested one week after the acquisition phase, measuring turn arc and form.

Main Results:

  • Alternating practice resulted in superior performance during both acquisition and retention phases.
  • Performance was assessed based on the arc and form of snowboarding turns.
  • The observed results differed from typical CI findings, suggesting task-specific factors may be influential.

Conclusions:

  • Alternating practice enhances the learning and retention of snowboarding skills.
  • The similarity between snowboarding turn directions might explain the deviation from standard CI effects.
  • Negative transfer in blocked practice and increased task comparison in alternating practice could be linked to skill similarity.