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Effect of specific versus variable practice upon overhead throwing speed in children.

Roland van den Tillaar¹, Mário C Marques

¹Research Centre in Sports, Health, and Human Development, Department of Teacher Education of Nord Trøndelag University College, Norway. roland.tillaar@hint.no

Perceptual and Motor Skills

|November 2, 2013

Summary

Children

Area of Science:

Pediatric sports science
Motor learning in children

Background:

Understanding optimal training methods for skill acquisition in children is crucial.
The specificity principle and variability of practice are key concepts in motor learning theory.

Purpose of the Study:

To compare the effectiveness of specific versus variable practice conditions on throwing performance in children.
To investigate the impact of practice workload on performance enhancement in young athletes.

Main Methods:

Forty-one primary school children were randomly assigned to specific (soccer ball or 1 kg) or variable (0.35-1 kg) throwing practice groups.
Training occurred twice weekly for six weeks, with varying workloads across groups.
Throwing speed and distance were measured pre- and post-intervention.

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Main Results:

All practice groups demonstrated statistically significant improvements in throwing performance.
No significant performance differences were observed between specific and variable practice groups.
Increased practice workload appeared to be a more influential factor than practice type.

Conclusions:

Both specific and variable throwing practice enhance performance in children.
The volume of practice may be a more critical determinant of skill improvement than the variability of training stimuli in this age group.