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Knowledge and motor performance.

R Kerr1, J L Boucher

  • 1School of Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Perceptual and Motor Skills
|June 1, 1992
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Athletes outperform non-athletes on novel motor tasks due to superior knowledge of their motor capabilities. This expertise, encompassing schema theory and kinetic formulae, enhances performance in related or new situations.

Area of Science:

  • Motor Learning
  • Sports Science
  • Cognitive Psychology

Background:

  • Motor skill acquisition traditionally linked to practice amount.
  • Advanced theories suggest practice yields generalizable knowledge.
  • Knowledge of own motor capabilities can transfer to new tasks.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between motor skill expertise and performance on a novel psychomotor task.
  • To differentiate the contributions of movement control versus decision-making in expertise.

Main Methods:

  • 20 subjects (athletes and non-athletes) performed a novel pursuit/tracking task (1600 responses).
  • Performance was analyzed to compare expertise levels.

Main Results:

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  • Athletes demonstrated significantly better performance than non-athletes.
  • The primary advantage for athletes was enhanced control and speed of accurate movements, not decision-making.
  • Differences attributed to athletes' superior knowledge (schema, kinetic formulae) of their motor capabilities.

Conclusions:

  • Motor skill expertise is influenced by generalized knowledge, not just specific practice.
  • Athletes' enhanced understanding of their motor capabilities facilitates superior performance.
  • This supports the idea that motor skills involve transferable knowledge beyond task specificity.