The influence of chosen aspects of co-ordination on motor learning efficiency

After many years of investigations the question how to coordinate and control successfully new movements is still one of the most challenging problems in movement science. Among many unsolved problems, describing determinants and predicting a result of motor learning occur as a basic one. The main objective of this work was to establish the efficiency of learning of different motor tasks and describing abilities, which allow to posses the high efficiency of that process. The research was conducted on 11 male subjects aged from 20 to 23. Subjects learned three different motor tasks. First, subjects learned to balance on a stabilometer. Then, they learned a 2-dimensional tracking task performed on a computer monitor by means of the “Hand Coordination Test” (2HAND). Finally, on the third stage of experiment, “Three-Dimensional Point Tracking” Test (3PTR) was used to establish the efficiency of learning fine motor movements performed in 3D virtual space. The learning procedure in all cases consisted from 30 to 48 blocked repetitions of a single task. Measurements of coordinative abilities were provided using procedures of the Vienna Test System (Dr Schuhfried GmbH) and stabilometer. Analysis of correlation and backward stepwise regression were the main statistical methods used in this work. The results did not prove the existing in literature (Blume 1981) theory that all coordinative abilities influence motor learning processes. These relations are dependant on performed motor task. Simultaneously it was stated in conclusions that the future development of research in the area of motor control and learning is possible only as a result of improved diagnostic tools to penetrate different human abilities, which underlie these phenomena.