Hey guys... there is a dogma in motor learning that it'll take X amount of repetitions to learn a movement but Y*X repetitions to correct a faulty movement.
Does someone have a referance to the origin and maybe some new articles on the matter?
And yes, I already googled like 10 minutes. Do not have a motor learning handbook available to me in next 2 days.
But it is referred to in handbooks isn't it? And taught in universities as a part of motor learning theory?
Yeah that's what I would like to do. I have read the dogma countless times yet have seen no studies. I got curious about that and wanted to see where the origins of that dogma are.
And yes, thanks for input but I am fairly familiar already with scientific methodology and experiment design.
It would be my guess that those numbers are not meant to be taken literally, but rather to emphasize the importance of learning a movement correctly the first time. Kind of like the saying that an ounce of knowledge takes a pound of common sense to apply. Obviously not to be taken literally, just to make a point.
First thing I found. I keep digging.
Motor Learning research shows that it takes 300-500 repetitions to learn a new movement, however, it takes 3000-5000 repetitions to correct a faulty movement
(Motor Learning and Performance, Schmidt,1941).