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Next semester I will be completing my Kinesiology Practicum class with UW Athletics.  I am lucky that I will be able to help elite level athletes better themselves throughout their season.  However, throughout the semester the coaches will eventually expect me to provide feedback to help the athletes better themselves while lifting and within their respective sport.   Due to this class, I will know how to tailor the augmented feedback I give to the elite athletes I work with.

For knowledge of performance augmented feedback, I will not be able to use video feedback, movement kinematics, or biofeedback within the setting.  For the UW Athletics setting, I will be using verbal feedback.  For the verbal feedback I will be using descriptive feedback since the athletes are relatively skilled in the tasks, they will be coached in.  On the ether end for knowledge of results augmented feedback, I will use quantitative feedback for the athletes.  Since the athletes are skilled, they have extra cognitive resources to process the additional bits of feedback, due to the automation of multiple aspects of the skill.  Additionally, I will provide my feedback as terminal feedback that is given after a brief delay in the completion of the skill.  This will allow the athlete to not become dependent on the feedback and think about the performance before the feedback is provided. Lastly, the feedback will not be frequent to provide the best combination of augmented feedback for the athlete to improve their skill.

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On a nice, warm spring or summer day, my roommates and I like to go to the park and play multiple games of spike ball. Spike ball is a game where two teams of 2 go against each other by passing between teammates and then spiking the ball off a 3 foot diameter net that is about 6 to 8 inches of the ground.  If the ball hits the ground after it touches the net, the team that spiked it scores a point. To play you and your partner need to be agile, coordinated, and have proper communication to be successful.

Some of the perceptual abilities that are used while playing spike ball are multi limb coordination, control precision, reaction time, speed of arm movement,  and aiming.  First, multi limb coordination is how well multiple limbs can simultaneously perform a task together.  Multi limb coordination is present in spike ball by having the legs get the individual to the position of the ball while the arms work to hit and pass the ball to your partner at the same time.  Next, control precision and aiming are the measure of exactness and are present while the individual has to spike the ball into the small net to hopefully score a point for their team. Furthermore, reaction time is used during spike ball to return the ball off the net from the opposing team. The opposing team can hit the ball in any direction of the net at any speed. So, reaction time is very important to quickly hit the ball back towards the net or your teammate to prevent the other team from getting points to win. Lastly, speed of arm movement is present in the game of spike ball. It is important to control the speed of your arm to control how hard one hits the ball into the net. Sometimes an individual may need to slowly hit the ball to get a small bounce and score a point or the opposite could be true with a fast hit to get a large bounce to score a point.

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As a student it can be tough to learn loads and loads of information for each individual class. However there are ways as a student to reduce your cranial load and increase the amount of information one can learn. A good way to do this is to switch up the ways you study, or have multiple different variables when one studies.

A good way to use the idea of variability of practice is to use many different modes to study. i use variability of practice a lot when I study, however it is most evident when I study for my anatomy class. When I begin my studying, I reread the lecture slides and decide which information is the most important to learn for the class. I then take that information and rewrite the information down in my notebook for further remember the important information. Next, I will create drawings of diagrams to understand the spatial relationship along with the different components of parts of the body, like muscles and nerves for example. Additionally, I will look at computer cadaver images to get a more realistic look of how all the components of the body (nerves, muscles, organs, etc.) work together to help the human body properly function. Lastly if I still need additional help learning the material, I will create some notecards to further enhance my learning and memory of the subject. So overall, use 5 different ways of practice to enhance my learning for Anatomy and all my other classes. This variability of practice has helped my academics and I will continue to use this method for my future classes.

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I have had a total of 5 broken bones and surgeries to repair these injuries. Each time after surgery, I have required lots of physical therapy to regain strength and movement within the affected areas.  When we were going through class and talking about bilateral transfer, I realized that the physical therapist was using this method for my recent ACL surgery.

Over the last month or so I was cleared to begin jumping activities to begin loading excess forces onto my injured left knee. We tested out jumping on two legs then each individual leg, which obviously showed my left leg couldn't jump or put as much force through it as my right leg could.  My therapist then told me that we were going to do some cross limb education, which I now realize is just bilateral transfer.  In therapy we now do one legged hops on my right leg, which with time and practice will cause bilateral transfer into my left leg for the same one legged hops.  Additionally, we perform a lot of single legged balance exercises to also have balance transfer from my right leg to my left leg. So far it has helped a lot and I believe the bilateral transfer will only become greater and greater with time.

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For as long as I can remember I have always loved and played sports. My favorite sport was always football and in football I always played cornerback on defense and running back on offense.  When we were going through the psychological refractory period module in class, it brought me back to a key part in playing cornerback on the football field.

While playing cornerback, an individual has to have their eyes on the quarterback, but mainly on the receiver to defend a pass. However, trouble occurs when a cornerbacks eyes get too focused on the quarterback. In this situation the quarterback and use a pump fake to get the corner to commit on a short route, while the receiver runs for a long route. Since the corner committed on the break of the short route, there will be a psychological refractory period.   The brain will still be processing the first stimulus, the pump fake, which is why the psychological refractory period will occur.  Once the pump fake clears in the brain,  the refractory period will end and the cornerback can try and catch up to defend the deep route.