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Seeing that my big issue is the fact that I can't process information quickly

enough it makes sense that a suitable correction for my weakness would be


to be able to take in information more effectively, this could be done through
chaining information. That is linking small pieces of information that are
broken down from complex skills, such as me breaking the gain line, so that
when the required motor program is needed I will be able to execute it
without much information processing involved, which will decrease my
reaction time.
Similarly chunking is another technique that aims to generate an effective
response, it is done by forming clusters of responses which if properly
rehearsed will be stored in the LTM as a motor programme.
Both techniques seem to work by making the complexity of skills to decrease,
once that is done a proper motor programme that must be stored in the LTM,
avoiding too much attentional narrowing to the point where I miss out of
important cues.
For example, if I broke down the situation I encoutered when I attempted to
break the gain line, in small chunks and made practised skills such as: my
running line, timing my run, how to receive the pass, carry the ball and what
to do after I got possesion of the ball, separately during a training situation, I
would be able to generate an effective responsive.
On the other hand sub routines are also a focal point if I intend to improve my
reaction time.
These are divisions of the motor programme and they focus on very specific
components of the overall response, people on the autonomous stage of
learning have very effective motor programmes because the sub routines
that composes it were well learnt, so that when they face a situation they can
easy generate a response with out much thinking.
Motor programmes are stored in the LTM, as it was explained once the
receptor system detects cues in the environment perceptual mechanisms are
used to decide the best response, hence it will look for a motor programme in
the LTM. Due to that experienced athletes are able to execute a response
quicker because their is not much delay to make a decision to transfer a
never impulse from the CNS to the effector cells.
While that is true for people on the autonomous stage, performers on the
cognitive and associative stage struggle to respond quickly because they do
not have a motor programme stored that is as effective as autonomous stage
learners, the decision making process takes longer which results in a delay in
response time affecting reaction time.
However a way of developing a motor programme is by practising sub
routines, they allow the coach to pinpoint exact weaknesses on the
performance which will have the biggest impact on the response overall.
For instance, I believe I was not sucessful in breaking the gain line because I
didn't time my run correctly, so working on that during training would mean

my motor programme would be enhanced.

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