Motor Learning and Rythmic Activity

Activities or tasks that require voluntary control over movements of the joints and body segments to achieve a goal.

the acquisition of motor skills, the performance enhanement of learned or highly experienced motor skills, or the reacquisition of skills that are difficult to perform or cannot be performed because of injury, disease, and the like. Of interest are the behavioral and/or neurological changes that occur as a person learns a motor skill and the variables that influence those changes. 

how our neuromuscular system functions to activate and coordinate the muscles and limbs involved in the performance of a motor skill. Researchers may investigate this question while a person is learning a new skill or performing a well-learned or highly exerienced skill. 

Human development from infancy to old age with specific interest in issues related to either motor learning or motor control.

a) an activity or task that had a specific purpose or goal to ahieve

b)an indicator of quality of performance

T- task: too easy/ too hard

I- individual: experience, mentality, DNA, self-confidence, age

E- environment: equipment, $, +/- reinforcemtn, distractions, background

specific patterns of motion among joints and body segments used to accomplish action goals. 

1. There is a goal to achieve

2. the tpe of motor skills of interest in this text are performed voluntarily

3. Motor skill requires movement of joints and body segments to accomplish the goal of the task. 

4. They need to be learned, or relearned, in order for person to ahieve the goal of the skill.