Constant Skills Practice is when a participant practices one skill or one movement of a skill repeatedly without practicing any other skill or portion of a skill in between. Varied skill practice however is when the constant practice is altered by a variable. This variable could be distance, velocity, order, or any other factor that may affect the skill in play. Constant practice is better when you are trying to master a single skill however varied practice is more productive in a game or competition setting because it mimics the constant changing that will be happening.
For the lab two people got together and one was assigned to the constant group, the other to the skill group. The partner in the constant group threw a beanbag repeatedly at a target and was graded on where the bean bag landed. Each time the constant partner threw it was from 5 meters. The other partner, the varied partner, however switched meter lines each time the prepped to throw. This created two experimental groups in which you could observe varied and constant practice schemes.
I believe varied skill practice gives you a more well rounded idea of a skill and develops the play of that skill more fully. Constant skill building however gives a person time to master a specific skill in a specific setting; an example of this would be darts. The results of my partner and I were very comparable even though we were in different experimental groups. I was able to be a little more constant at my throws while my partner was able to hit the target from multiple different distances as well and hold a point scale through each change in distance.
The results of this experiment could have been influenced by fatigue, focus, position, or injury. Each person will have different traits that could influence their performance in this specific situation.
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