Effective motor performance is important for surviving and thriving, and skilled movement is
critical in many activities. Much theorizing over the past few decades has focused on how …

Context Health professions trainees must acquire a vast amount of clinical knowledge and
skills, and a deliberate instructional design approach is needed to provide trainees with …

Objectives The purpose of this study was to examine the combined effects of external focus
instructions and autonomy support on motor performance of children. In addition, we sought …

Objectives According to the OPTIMAL theory of motor learning (Wulf & Lewthwaite, 2016),
autonomy support contributes to successful performance and learning in part by enhancing …

In the OPTIMAL theory of motor learning [Wulf, G., & Lewthwaite, R.(2016). Optimizing
performance through intrinsic motivation and attention for learning: The OPTIMAL theory of …

In the OPTIMAL theory of motor learning (Wulf & Lewthwaite, 2016), three factors are
postulated to facilitate motor performance and learning: Enhanced expectancies (EE) for …

Variability in practice has been shown to enhance motor skill learning. Benefits of practice
variability have been attributed to motor schema formation (variable versus constant …

Based on the OPTIMAL theory of motor learning (Wulf & Lewthwaite, 2016), optimal motor
performance and learning will occur through the influence of the two motivational factors of …

The self-controlled motor learning literature consists of experiments that compare a group of
learners who are provided with a choice over an aspect of their practice environment to a …

Feedback is commonly employed to enhance motor learning and performance. While
numerous studies have investigated the causal effects of feedback on motor learning, an …