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- Title
"Amplification of Error": A Rapidly Effective Method for Motor Performance Improvement.
- Authors
Milanese, Chiara; Facci, Gabriella; Cesari, Paola; Zancanaro, Carlo
- Abstract
The aim of the current work was to test the effects of an innovative teaching method in improving motor skills. We evaluated the effectiveness of an error-based instruction method (Method of Amplification of Error, MAE) in increasing the performance of 13-year-old school students in the standing long jump. We compared MAE with direct verbal instruction (DI) and no instruction (Control group). The rationale for the MAE method is that giving a participant the opportunity to experience directly his or her own main movement error will trigger a positive searching strategy that will in turn help him or her to improve performance. The effectiveness of MAE is because of the type of feedback provided, namely the same motor-perceptive language used by the participant. Results showed that for the MAE and DI groups the length of jump increased from pre- to postinstruction, but postinstruction performance of the MAE group was significantly that of both of the other groups. It appears that MAE is an easy-to-use method for rapidly improving motor performance in the school teaching setting.
- Subjects
BROAD jump; TEACHING methods; MOTOR ability; PHYSICAL education; JUMPING training; PHYSICAL fitness testing; EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Sport Psychologist, 2008, Vol 22, Issue 2, p164
- ISSN
0888-4781
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1123/tsp.22.2.164