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- The study investigated how contextual interference affects learning the cartwheel in gymnastics with 32 participants aged 17 to 26.
- Participants practiced the cartwheel in two variations (leading with the left or right hand) either in a blocked or alternating order across 192 trials.
- Results indicated that alternating practice led to poorer outcomes in skill acquisition, retention, and transfer, likely due to the complexity of the tasks and interference from practicing them simultaneously.
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This investigation examined the generalizability of contextual interference to learning the cartwheel in gymnastics. 32 participants ages 17 to 26 years completed five stages of practice of two versions of the skill, one in which the left hand led and one in which the right hand led, providing a total of 192 practice trials. Practice of these two versions of the task was completed in either a blocked or alternating order. Tests of retention and transfer were completed 20 min. and 1 wk. after acquisition. Outcome (errors) and form scores were derived from participants' performance. Alternating practice resulted in poorer acquisition, retention, and transfer per-generalize to this task, a finding which is attributed to task complexity and the interference associated with practicing the two tasks together.
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