Important that the learner is provided with the necessary information, guidance, and time to establish sound fundamentals of movement.

Beginners start to eliminate mistakes and refine skills.

Now capable of attending to and processing other information, such as the position of defensive players, game strategy, or the form or style of movement.

Motor programs start to become more developed.

Characterized as having large gains but still very inconsistent in performance.

Some learners never move past this stage as they cannot eliminate their entire mistakes.

Learner is creating a “mental picture” of the skill to answer the question "I’m supposed to do what?"

Minimal conscious effort is needed to perform the skill.

Become aware of what was performed wrong in order to fix the issue.

Initial phase of learning.

Final stage of motor learning.

Knowing what is performed incorrectly is the "Turning Point" to learning.

Teacher/Coach needs to give small "chunks" of information to allow time to process.

Skill being learned has become "automatic".