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Practice Specificity

Practice Specificity is a theoretical construct in motor learning that denotes the principle that the effectiveness of skill acquisition is determined by the degree of similarity between the conditions of practice and the context of performance.

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2017–2026

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Variants

Specificity Of Practice

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Publications

83

Sport-Specific Practice and the Development of Expert Decision-Making in Team Ball Sports

Joseph Baker, J. Cote, Bruce Abernethy · Journal of Applied Sport Psychology · 2003 · 558 citations · Full text

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Wrestling with the nature expertise: a sport specific test of Ericsson, Krampe and Tesch-Römer's (1993) theory of "deliberate practice".

Nancy J. Hodges, Janet L. Starkes · MacSphere (McMaster University) · 1996 · 215 citations · Full text

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The role of domain-specific practice, handedness, and starting age in chess.

Fernand Gobet, Guillermo Campitelli · Developmental Psychology · 2007 · 214 citations

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Expertise in Ultra-Endurance Triathletes Early Sport Involvement, Training Structure, and the Theory of Deliberate Practice

Joseph Baker, Jean Côté, Janice Deakin · Journal of Applied Sport Psychology · 2005 · 200 citations · Full text

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Specificity and Variability of Practice

Charles H. Shea, Robert M. Kohl · Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport · 1990 · 198 citations

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Authors

222

  1. LP
    Luc Proteau

    Université de Montréal, Canada

    7 publications · 304 citations

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  2. LT
    Luc Tremblay

    University of Toronto, Canada

    5 publications · 227 citations

    5

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  3. DE
    Digby Elliott

    McMaster University, Canada

    3 publications · 67 citations

    3

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  4. DF
    Damian Farrow

    Victoria University, Australia

    3 publications · 225 citations

    3

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  5. TD
    Timothy D. Lee

    McMaster University, Canada

    3 publications · 175 citations

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Institutions

123

  1. Université de Montréal

    Montreal, Canada

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    426 citations

  2. McMaster University

    Hamilton, Canada

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    460 citations

  3. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    166 citations

  4. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    987 citations

  5. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    307 citations

  6. Texas A&M University

    College Station, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    540 citations

  7. University of California, Irvine

    Irvine, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    109 citations

  8. University of Padua

    Padua, Italy

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    263 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Motor Behavior

    JMB · 10 publications · 309 citations

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  2. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

    RQES · 9 publications · 459 citations

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  3. Perceptual and Motor Skills

    6 publications · 274 citations

    6

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  4. Human Movement Science

    4 publications · 138 citations

    4

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  5. Psychological Research

    3 publications · 106 citations

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