Transfer of motor skill learning: Is it possible?

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Learning of motor skills through effective practice is critical for successful performance in all sports. Equally critical is the capability to transfer what has been learned during practice (the learning context) to a match. Together, the level of skill learning and the success of skill transfer can have a potent influence on competitive performance. For example, will batting practice against a bowling machine maximise skill learning and will this transfer to an enhancement of batting performance when competing against a bowler in a match? Knowing the factors that can enhance motor skill learning and transfer can have important implications for the investment of time and financial resources in the design of practice by coaches, sports scientists and sport practitioners. In turn, this knowledge is valuable to cricketers across the skill spectrum, but particularly for emerging elite and established elite players as the sport is their profession.

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