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Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport Volume 58, 1987 - Issue 4
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The Variability of Practice Hypothesis: Further Tests and Methodological Discussion

Craig A. Wrisberg Department of Physical Education and Dance, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996-2700, USA
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Timothy P. Winter Department of Physical Education and Health Education, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID, 83209, USA
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Jolynn S. Kuhlman Department of Physical Education and Dance, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996-2700, USA
Pages 369-374 | Accepted 15 Jan 1987, Published online: 22 Feb 2013

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DennisK. Landin, EdwardP. Hebert & Malcolm Fairweather. (1993) The Effects of Variable Practice on the Performance of a Basketball Skill. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport 64:2, pages 232-237.
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Marleen J. Schoenfeld, Jude Thom, Jade Williams, Charlotte J. Stagg & Catharina Zich. (2023) Relationship between skill training and skill transfer through the example of bimanual motor learning. European Journal of Neuroscience 59:1, pages 54-68.
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Thomas E. Gorman & Robert L. Goldstone. (2022) An instance-based model account of the benefits of varied practice in visuomotor skill. Cognitive Psychology 137, pages 101491.
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Matheus M. Pacheco & Karl M. Newell. (2015) Transfer as a function of exploration and stabilization in original practice. Human Movement Science 44, pages 258-269.
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David E. Sherwood & Jessica Fosler. (2013) BLOCKED AND ALTERNATING VARIABLE PRACTICE AND UNINTENDED SPATIAL VARIATIONS IN CONTINUOUS AIMING MOVEMENTS 1 . Perceptual and Motor Skills, pages 130718095826009.
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David E. Sherwood & Jessica Fosler. (2013) Blocked and Alternating Variable Practice and Unintended Spatial Variations in Continuous Aiming Movements. Perceptual and Motor Skills 116:2, pages 611-625.
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Jeffrey T. Fairbrother, Sebastian Brueckner & Joao Augusto de Camargo Barros. (2009) The effects of switching between targets on the performance of a simple motor skill. Human Movement Science 28:1, pages 1-11.
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Khaled Taktek. (2009) Hypothèse de la variabilité de la pratique physique mise en perspective : recension des écrits et discussions méthodologiques. Revue des sciences de l'éducation 35:2, pages 177-197.
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Stavros J. Douvis. (2016) Variable Practice in Learning the Forehand Drive in Tennis. Perceptual and Motor Skills 101:2, pages 531-545.
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Khaled Taktek & Robert Rigal. (2006) Stratégies pédagogiques et apprentissage d’une tâche motrice discrète chez des enfants de huit à dix ans. Revue des sciences de l'éducation 31:3, pages 607-632.
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STAVROS J. DOUVIS. (2005) VARIABLE PRACTICE IN LEARNING THE FOREHAND DRIVE IN TENNIS. Perceptual and Motor Skills 101:6, pages 531.
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Jacques H.A. Van Rossum. (1990) Schmidt's schema theory: the empirical base of the variability of practice hypothesis. Human Movement Science 9:3-5, pages 387-435.
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