Behavioral Repertoire Influences the Rate and Nature of Learning in Climbing: Implications for Individualized Learning Design in Preparation for Extreme Sports Participation

Dominic Orth; Keith Davids; Jia-Yi Chow; Eric Brymer; Ludovic Seifert

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00949

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Behavioral Repertoire Influences the Rate and Nature of Learning in Climbing: Implications for Individualized Learning Design in Preparation for Extreme Sports Participation

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Behavioral Repertoire Influences the Rate and Nature of Learning in Climbing: Implications for Individualized Learning Design in Preparation for Extreme Sports Participation

Dominic Orth, Keith Davids, Jia-Yi Chow, Eric Brymer and Ludovic Seifert

Frontiers in Psychology, Vol.9(JUN), pp.949-949

12/06/2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00949

PMCID: PMC6006010

PMID: 29946284

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intrinsic dynamics

learning dynamics

motor learning

rock climbing

scanning procedure

system degeneracy

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Extreme climbing where participants perform while knowing that a simple mistake could result in death requires a skill set normally acquired in non-extreme environments. In the ecological dynamics approach to perception and action, skill acquisition involves a process where the existing repertoire of behavioral capabilities (or coordination repertoire) of a learner are destabilized and re-organized through practice—this process can expand the individuals affordance boundaries allowing the individual to explore new environments. Change in coordination repertoire has been observed in bi-manual coordination and postural regulation tasks, where individuals begin practice using one mode of coordination before transitioning to another, more effective, coordination mode during practice. However, individuals may also improve through practice without qualitatively reorganizing movement system components—they do not find a new mode of coordination. To explain these individual differences during learning (i.e., whether or not a new action is discovered), a key candidate is the existing coordination repertoire present prior to practice. In this study, the learning dynamics of body configuration patterns organized with respect to an indoor climbing surface were observed and the existing repertoire of coordination evaluated prior to and after practice. Specifically, performance outcomes and movement patterns of eight beginners were observed across 42 trials of practice over a 7-week period. A pre- and post-test scanning procedure was used to determine existing patterns of movement coordination and the emergence of new movement patterns after the practice period. Data suggested the presence of different learning dynamics by examining trial-to-trial performance in terms of jerk (an indicator of climbing fluency), at the individual level of analysis. The different learning dynamics (identified qualitatively) included: continuous improvement, sudden improvement, and no improvement. Individuals showing sudden improvement appeared to develop a new movement pattern of coordination in terms of their capability to climb using new body-wall orientations, whereas those showing continuous improvement did not, they simply improved performance. The individual who did not improve in terms of jerk, improved in terms of distance climbed. We discuss implications for determining and predicting how individual differences can shape learning dynamics and interact with metastable learning design.

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Title: Behavioral Repertoire Influences the Rate and Nature of Learning in Climbing: Implications for Individualized Learning Design in Preparation for Extreme Sports Participation
Creators: Dominic Orth - Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit
Keith Davids - Centre for Sports Engineering Research, Sheffield Hallam University
Jia-Yi Chow - National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University
Eric Brymer - Institute of Sport, Physical Activity and Leisure, Leeds Beckett University
Ludovic Seifert - Faculty of Sport Sciences, Centre d'Etudes des Transformations des Activités Physiques et Sportives, CETAPS EA3832, University of Rouen Normandy
Publication Details: Frontiers in Psychology, Vol.9(JUN), pp.949-949
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A
Identifiers: 991012951098702368
Copyright: Copyright © 2018 Orth, Davids, Chow, Brymer and Seifert. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
Academic Unit: Faculty of Health; Human Sciences
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

Behavioral Repertoire Influences the Rate and Nature of Learning in Climbing: Implications for Individualized Learning Design in Preparation for Extreme Sports Participation

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