Consistency of Response Components as a Function of Selected Motor Variables |
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| Authors: | Dr Richard A Schmidt |
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| Institution: | Department of Physical Education, College of Physical Education, Recreation, and Health , University of Maryland , College Park , Maryland , USA |
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| Abstract: | Abstract The consistency of separate components of a timing response were measured, and the relationship of these consistencies to the changes in distance, speed, and resistance of the movement were determined. The inconsistency of the total response was less than the sum of the inconsistencies of the response components. Factors which increase the movement time (e.g., greater distance or slower speed) tend to decrease the consistency of both movement time and time of initiation of the response, tending to make the total response more inconsistent. There was a tendency for load to have a stabilizing effect on slower movements and to decrease the consistency of faster movements. |
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