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Principles of Learning Applied to Basketball
1. Motivation is probably the single most important factor affecting the rate at which players acquire skill and perform well. 2. Positive motivational techniques have greater long term payoffs than do negative motivational techniques. 3. Feedback is a necessary condition for effective learning. 4. Artificial feedback can be effectively used to create a better learning situation. 5. Clear goals are important to effective learning. 6. Practice must be active and purposeful for all participants in order to be effective. 7. Players learn to perform well under the stress of game conditions when some stress is introduced into practice sessions. 8. The length of the practice session, if well planned and not beyond reason, should not affect the amount of learning. 9. Mental practice can improve learning and performance. 10. Skills and strategies should be learned as meaningful wholes. 11. Skills should be learned somewhere near the speed at which they will be performed. 12. Verbalization by the coach is of limited usefulness and should seldom replace active participation. 13. Modeling is a powerful learning method and should be utilized frequently. 14. Practices will be most conducive to learning when clear goals and consequences are stated and utilized. |
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