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Motor Learning and Performance
	Authors: Richard A. Schmidt, Craig A. Wrisberg Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers Category: Book List Price: ~~$69.00~~ Buy Used: $2.90 You Save: $66.10 (96%) New (4) Used (39) from $2.90 Rating: 2 reviews Sales Rank: 499683 Media: Hardcover Edition: 3 Pages: 381 Number Of Items: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.9 Dimensions (in): 11 x 8.7 x 1.2 ISBN: 073604566X Dewey Decimal Number: 152.334 EAN: 9780736045667 ASIN: 073604566X Publication Date: February 2004 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Condition: Highlighting all throughout. Front cover has slight bends and indentations from writing on top of book. Dirt on back cover. Label on back. Fast shipping with USPS tracking.


Editorial Reviews: Product Description The student-friendly fourth edition expands on the fundamentals of motor performance and learning, providing valuable supporting literature and current research results in an accessible and engaging format.This text goes beyond simply presenting the latest research. Instead, the authors challenge students not only to grasp but also to apply the fundamental concepts of motor performance and learning via a unique situation-based approach.By working through situation-based exercises and case studies, students learn how to ask appropriate questions, identify solutions and support their answers with theory or research.More than 76 new references, exercises, updates figures and photos and improved chapter features makes the fourth edition the most user-friendly edition to date.Each chapter is organised to include an outline listing the major topics to be presented, objectives that alert students to key content for mastery, an opening case study that previews the content within the context of a real-life example and research highlight boxes to provide more detailed descriptions of important experiments and concepts. Also included is a running glossary for instant definitions of terms as they are introduced in the text.