Journal of Sports and Motor Development and Learning
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The Effect of Self-Talk and Feedback on Acquisition and Retention of Basketball Chest Pass

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Authors

Mina Emami Arandi 1
Ali Akbar Jaberi Moghaddam 2
Ahmad Farokhi 3

1 M.sc in Motor Behavior, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

2 . Assistant Professor, Department of Motor Learning and Control, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

3 Associate Professor, Department of Motor Behavior, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22059/jmlm.2018.103986.823
Abstract
The aim of this study was to compare the effect of self-talk (ST), feedback (KP) and their interaction (STF) on acquisition and retention of basketball chest pass. 120 adolescent girls were selected and randomly assigned to 4 groups: KP, ST, ST + KP and control. This study was semi-experimental and pretest-posttest design with a control group. Instructional self-talk and knowledge of performance feedback were used in this study. After the pretest, each group had 4 practice sessions in the acquisition phase; then, they had posttest and 72 hours later they had retention test. One-way ANOVA and Tukey post hoc test were used to analyze data. Results indicated those subjects who used ST achieved better acquisition and retention scores than the other groups (P<0.05). ST was more effective than KP in the acquisition of chest pass skill. ST and KP can lead to a better and faster development of learning in the early phases

Keywords

Chest pass
fine skill
instructional self-talk
knowledge of performance feedback
self-talk and feedback
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Journal of Sports and Motor Development and Learning
Volume 10, Issue 1
Spring 2018
Pages 37-59

  • Receive Date 24 July 2014
  • Revise Date 19 June 2018
  • Accept Date 26 July 2015

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