(P2.2) How i influenced reaction time in teaching my skill

In order to teach my skill i needed the subject to have a good reaction time in order to complete the movement successfully. I tried to influence their reaction time by using several techniques such as Hick's law, the relevant cue, their motivation, warming up and the change in focus of the movement.

How i used Hick's law to influence reaction time

As i have already discussed Hick's law is when the more stimuli that you are presented with your reaction time will increase due to the added stimuli that you are presented with. So when i was teaching my skill i taught it in an empty dance studio where there was very little or no stimuli in the room. So because there was very little irrelevant stimuli in the room to distract him he only needed to concentrate on learning the skill . So his reaction time would be faster due to the lack of stimuli that he was presented with. This is how i used Hick's law to influence reaction time.

Detecting the relevant cues

Detecting the relevant cues relates to the proformer realising what the stimuli is that they need to react to. When i was teaching my skill i told the subject the cues that he needed to detect and at what time. For example i told him at what point he needed to explosively pull the bar up from the upper thighs. So i affected reaction time when i was teaching my skill because i told the subject what the relevant cue was he knew that to look out for so he would be ready and therefore his reaction time would be quick.

Motivation

Moivation in this context refers to the motivation of the subject to want to learn the skill.  So in odrer for a quicker reaction time the subject needs to be motivated, the less motivated the subject is the slower his reaction time would be. At first it was quite hard for me to create the optimal levels of motiovation. In order to create the optimal level of motivational levels i had to say i would buy him  a drink that night if he would help me out by doing this. So i influenced reaction time because i created higher motivation levels which increasedhisreaction time.

Doing a warm up

It is important to do a warm up before you start any exercise, it can also help your reaction time. If the muscles are warm they will be able to move and react faster. Before i started the session i made sure that we did a through fullbody workout so that the subjects body would be able to react as fast as it can. So by doing a warm up i influenced reation tim by making sure that the subjects body would be ready to react as fast as it can.

The change in focus of the movement

I taught the clean in three distinc phases, the starting position, deadlift and the triple extension. Due to these phases there were times where he need to change his focus quickly. For example the transition from the deadlif to the triple extension. I told the subject that the change in his focus had to be quick and explosive. Due to this direction that i provided the subject knew that his reaction needed to be fast. This is how i used the change in focus of the movement to help  influence reaction time.