Insight (cognitive learning)

Understanding why you do it Developed on criticisms and past experiences (good or bad)

Starts through gaining and insight on how to do the sport. E.G. ‘I kicked that with my laces and I scored, I’ll do that next time.’ Another example is riding a bike, you make error after error and then you just get it and you can ride perfectly.

Insight learning is where you can combine the correct joint position, muscle tension, direction, equipment and basic understanding of the sport.

‘whole is greater than the sum of its parts’ - Gestalt The individual parts make up the whole, but the transitions and timing are another important part.

ADAMS CLOSED LOOP STIMULUS PERCEPTUAL MECHANISM MEMORY TRACE INITIATES MOTOR PROGRAMME MOTOR ACTION (OUTPUT) FEEDBACK DETECTS ERRORS PERCEPTUAL TRACE CONTROLS MOVEMENT

Stimulus initiated, recognise it, remember past experiences, past experiences controls movement, complete movement, feedback.

3 (b) Explain the term insight learning and suggest how this approach could have a positive effect on learning to long jump (3 marks)