Practice Schedules 101: What Actually Is a Practice Schedule?

What does it look like practically:

A practice schedule is a very broad term but an example of one is teaching a sport of the course of a unit at school. Say for example say you are allocated 1 hour of practical class time per week, and spent 6 weeks teaching and playing netball within those practical classes. The layout of teaching them the fundamental skills, progressing them and then implementing them in game contexts is a practice schedule.

Theoretical basis: Practice schedule is to perform or work repeatedly so it becomes mastered. The amount of practice a learner engages in is a critical variable, with a strong connection between the amount of practice and the amount of learning (Spittle, 2013). Practice is the most significant factor in motor skill learning. The more learning practices, the more they will learn.

Practice schedules are a crucial element in maximising practice time and effective learning. The most effective practice schedules are those that involve learners spending a large portion of the lesson engaged. Practice sessions can be distributed practice or Massed practice. Two methods that vary in length and work-to-rest ratios. Instructors choose the most appropriate method for effective learning, while also being aware of diminishing returns and overlearning.

For additional reading check out;

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- https://joshgosch.wixsite.com/practiceschedules/single-post/2017/03/14/The-Base-Theoretical-basis-for-practice-schedules

Or our references from the articles) -Chapter 15 of Motor Learning and Skill Acquisition by Spittle, M.