This new text provides an applications-based approach to the principles of motor learning and control. The goal of the text is to prepare future practitioners to design experiences that will maximize the skill acquisition and performance potential of their students, athletes, clients, and patients. The text is particularly intended for students of physical education, coaching, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and athletic training.

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Coker, Cheryl A.

COKER, CHERYL

Sports & Outdoors

McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

Motor Learning and Control for Practitioners

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With an array of critical and engaging pedagogical features, the fifth edition of Motor Learning and Control for Practitioners offers the best practical introduction to motor learning available. This reader-friendly text approaches motor learning in accessible and simple terms and lays a theoretical foundation for assessing performance; providing effective instruction; and designing practice, rehabilitation, and training experiences that promote skill acquisition. 
Features such as Exploration Activities and Cerebral Challenges involve students at every stage, while a broad range of examples helps readers put theory into practice. The book also provides access to a fully updated companion website, which includes laboratory exercises, an instructors’ manual, a test bank, and lecture slides. 
As a complete resource for teaching an evidence-based approach to practical motor learning, this is an essential text for undergrad and post-grad students, researchers, and practitioners alike who plan to work in the areas of motor learning, motor control, physical education, kinesiology, exercise science, coaching, physical therapy, or dance. 
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"I have found this text to be helpful in engaging my students and creating a leaning environment that is interactive. As a result I have had a positive interchange between instructor and students." \nCharla Bouranis, Salem State University, USA 
"Within my 17 years of teaching in higher education, I have never adopted another textbook for teaching motor learning because this text is so complete."\nGeorge Walker, Cumberland University, USA 
 About the Author 
Cheryl A. Coker is a motor learning specialist who draws from her experiences as a teacher, coach, and athlete to assist practitioners in putting theory into practice. In addition to Motor Learning and Control for Practitioners, she has authored numerous journal articles and book chapters, and has given over 100 presentations throughout the United States and internationally. She is a Fellow of the Research Consortium in the Society of Health and Physical Educators and of the North American Society of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance Professionals. Coker lives in New Hampshire where she teaches in the Physical Therapy program at Plymouth State University, and enjoys outdoor activities and spending time with family, friends, and her Bernese Mountain Dog, Tucker.

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Exercise & Fitness

Routledge

Motor Learning & Control for Practitioners, with Online Labs, Third Edition, is a reader-friendly text that balances theoretical concepts and their applications. Its practical approach and wide range of examples and teaching tools help readers build a solid foundation for assessing performance; providing effective instruction; and designing practice, rehabilitation, and training experiences. Whether readers plan to work in physical education, kinesiology, exercise science, coaching, athletic training, physical therapy, or dance, this text defines current thinking and trends, blending practical information with supporting research.Cerebral Challenges, Exploration Activities, and Research Notes will help students review and extend their learning and inform them about developments in the field. Marginal website references direct readers to online resources, including videos, web-based activities, and relevant apps.Sixteen online lab experiences allow readers to apply what they've learned; many include videos demonstrating procedural aspects.

Product Description \nMotor Learning & Control for Practitioners, with Online Labs, Third Edition, is a reader-friendly text that balances theoretical concepts and their applications. Its practical approach and wide range of examples and teaching tools help readers build a solid foundation for assessing performance; providing effective instruction; and designing practice, rehabilitation, and training experiences. Whether readers plan to work in physical education, kinesiology, exercise science, coaching, athletic training, physical therapy, or dance, this text defines current thinking and trends, blending practical information with supporting research.Cerebral Challenges, Exploration Activities, and Research Notes will help students review and extend their learning and inform them about developments in the field. Marginal website references direct readers to online resources, including videos, web-based activities, and relevant apps.Sixteen online lab experiences allow readers to apply what they've learned; many include videos demonstrating procedural aspects. 
 About the Author 
Cheryl A. Coker is a professor with the Department of Health and Human Performance at Plymouth State University. She received her undergraduate degree in physical education from Louisiana State University, where she was also an All American and a member of the NCAA Championship Women's Track and Field Team. Upon completion of her Master's and doctorate degrees from the University of Virginia, she joined the faculty at New Mexico State University, where she taught for 14 years.She is a motor learning specialist whose interest in skill acquisition stems from her experiences as a teacher, coach, and athlete. She is a fellow in the Research Consortium of AAHPERD and has given more than 80 presentations throughout the United States and internationally. She has consistently contributed to both scholarly and practitioner journals; in addition to Motor Learning and Control for Practitioners, she co-authored the book Play for Power: Creating Leaders through Sport, has authored numerous articles and chapters, and is perhaps best known for her work conveying theoretical constructs to the practitioner

The second edition of Motor Learning and Control for Practitioners offers an applied approach to the principles of motor learning and control. This user-friendly text--with its wide range of examples and teaching tools--provides future professionals in physical education, kinesiology, exercise science, coaching, athletic training, physical therapy, and dance with the tools they need to build a solid foundation for assessing performance. The text clearly defines current thinking and trends; it blends information for the practitioner with validating research. The book's writing style, readability, and numerous applications make it an appealing text for students. 
New to this edition is a reorganization of several topics, to enhance understanding of concepts; new Cerebral Challenges, examples, and research notes; new online references directing readers to videos, web-based activities, and additional sources of information; and new and expanded topics, including the use of Gentile's taxonomy in developing skill progressions, application of the Constraints Led Approach, and expanded coverage of visual search strategies. 
Key features of the text include Cerebral Challenges that encourage students to engage in higher-order problem-solving activities; Exploration Activities that use typical classroom and other readily available items to illustrate key concepts and translate chapter content into practice; boxed summaries of research conducted on relevant topics; an Epilogue that contains two real-life scenarios and related questions to help students test their ability to put concepts to work in educational and rehabilitation settings; examples using a broad range of contexts and applications; and review questions at the end of each chapter.

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Basic Sciences

Motor Learning &amp; Control for Practitioners, with Online Labs, Third Edition, is a reader-friendly text that balances theoretical concepts and their applications. Its practical approach and wide range of examples and teaching tools help readers build a solid foundation for assessing performance; providing effective instruction; and designing practice, rehabilitation, and training experiences. Whether readers plan to work in physical education, kinesiology, exercise science, coaching, athletic training, physical therapy, or dance, this text defines current thinking and trends, blending practical information with supporting research. Cerebral Challenges, Exploration Activities, and Research Notes will help students review and extend their learning and inform them about developments in the field. Marginal website references direct readers to online resources, including videos, web-based activities, and relevant apps. Sixteen online lab experiences allow readers to apply what they've learned; many include videos demonstrating procedural aspects.

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Motor Learning and Control for Practitioners with PowerWeb Bind-in Passcard

Motor Learning and Control for Practitioners

Motor Learning and Control for Practitioners

Motor Learning and Control for Practitioners

Motor Learning and Control for Practitioners

Motor Learning and Control for Practitioners