Dissertations and Theses @ UNI
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Keywords
Basketball--Offense; Free throw (Basketball); Video tapes in sports; Academic theses;
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of a skilled videotape model with or without attention-focusing cues on the performance of a non-dominant hand basketball foul shot. It was hypothesized that attention-focusing cues of a skilled videotape model would have no significant effect on the non-dominant hand basketball foul shot performance of adolescents. Thirty participants (22 male, 8 female) were randomly assigned and stratified by gender into one of two groups: skilled videotape model with cues and skilled videotape model without cues. Each participant completed 22 blocks of 50 trials each, with the first and last block being the pre and posttest with no manipulation (i.e., observing skilled videotape model either with or without attention focusing cues) administered. For the acquisition blocks 2 to 21, manipulation was given after every tenth trial. Performance was assessed with respect to made or missed nondominant hand foul shots. The results indicated that participants who observed the skilled videotape model with attention-focusing cues made more foul shots during the acquisition trial blocks and retention trial block. The findings suggest that a skilled videotape model with attention-focusing cues enhanced adolescent's performance of a non-dominant hand, basketball foul shot, providing support for the observational learning paradigm.
Year of Submission
2005
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
School of Health, Physical Education, and Leisure Services
First Advisor
Mickey Mack
Second Advisor
Nancy P. Hamilton
Third Advisor
Carol L. Phillips
Date Original
2005
Object Description
1 PDF file (54 leaves)
Copyright
©2005 Steven Edward Beard
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Beard, Steven Edward, "Effects of a Skilled Videotape Model with or without Attention-Focusing Cues on the Performance of a Basketball Foul Shot" (2005). Dissertations and Theses @ UNI. 2013.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/etd/2013
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