Fitts & Posner - Stages of Motor Learning

1. Performance of the skill in the cognitive stage is characterised by a lot of these.
6. When the performer enters the associative stage, they have already acquired the basic ________ of the skill.
7. Skills in the autonomous stage can be performed without thinking regarding their ________ ________.
8. These are eliminated in the associative stage as the performer's skill level improves rapidly.
10. The coach should introduce practices in the autonomous stage that replicate a ________ ________ and limit the amount of time and space available for skill execution.
13. As kinesthetic feedback becomes more established, there is less reliance by the performer on ________ ________.
16. If a person doesn't have enough of this with regard to learning, they may not progress past the cognitive stage.
17. Skill performance in the autonomous stage is characterised by a high degree of consistency, ________ and reliability.

2. Performers can focus their attention away from the execution of skills and more on tactics and ________.
3. This is an essential feature of the cognitive stage so the performer can see what the skill looks like.
4. In the cognitive stage the emphasis is on ________ or getting a mental picture of the whole skill.
5. In the autonomous stage, performers can ________ and correct their own errors with minimal input from the coach.
9. This type of feedback (from within the body) takes on a greater role in the associative stage.
11. Feedback becomes increasingly more ________ from the coach or teacher in the associative stage.
12. This is required as soon as possible and regularly throughout the first practice sessions after learning a new skill.
14. The emphasis in the associative stage of learning is the correct timing and ________ of the movement patterns.
15. Extensive ________ of the skill is a major feature of the associative stage.