time in the magazine have been published online an article about a recent study to test the effect of extensive practice to perfect certain gestures.
Imagine a basketball player who gets to make shots from a certain distance over and over again in order to achieve a perfect shot from that distance. Did you succeed? According to research published in the journal Nature Neuroscience by a team of neuroscientists, no. Or at least the option is not recommended.
In the study, training were compared two groups of athletes. Ones that training based on repetition of the same task (eg pull over and over again to the basket), and others, who had sessions where they practiced other skills variables besides the shot. For example, a session where they practiced the reverse, receiving a service, and a mixture of left with right-wing coup.
The study (after training) through a computer studying the gestures sporting activity in the study in both groups, concluded that those who practice solely dedicated to this task were more successful. In other words, not noticed at all the benefits of developing different performing sports skills training varied.
But 24 hours later performed the same test and the results were quite contrary. That is, the technique of the athletes in the training group different activities in a mixed form was much better.
is, right after training where the brain is processing and retaining the lesson of the day, not noticed at all the benefits of session variables. But the brain retains better learning and, ultimately, improve performance is better and more efficient.
The conclusion is that the monotony is not beneficial for learning sports (and no other) because the brain goes into a state of "auto-mode" that prevents the retention and assimilation of the year. If variety is introduced in practice, the brain is active at all times which makes the information is kept better. I
This conclusion can be extended to all sports and in fact the elite players typically perform a variety in their training practices.
