Part practice: the way to break down the parts of a complex skill to understand its components and enhance the learning of the complex skill, such as the individual components of shooting in basketball
Whole practice: when the student or athlete practices the entire sequence of events of the performance together, such as a routine for dance or skating
LAB: For this lab, Ehsan was my partner and he was the part practice learner. He gradually improved slowly during the overall individual tasks of the juggling. He showed more improvement on the first two tasks of the one ball toss and catch, and the two ball toss and catch. It was more difficult to add the three ball toss and drop. I was the whole practice learner and practiced three-ball juggling. It was very difficult for me to get past a couple of catches. I hadn't had very much practice with juggling and I do believe that the part practice would have helped me improve.
Evaluation of Conditions:
I really believe if we had more time the part practice would have been clearly distinguished as the best method of practice. Ehsan did show some improvement. The idea of breaking complex things down into individual simply tasks and trying to master those first is the best thing to do when trying to master a complex task such as juggling. The results didn't necessarily match the theory due to other factors. However, I did see some improvement among the individual tasks which did confirm my expectations.
Other factors: individual skills and abilities, distractions such as tennis balls going everywhere, noise, felt pressure for time and feelings of inferiority
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