Method for psychomotor training of physical skills

• US 4,508,510 A
• Filed: 12/07/1983
• Issued: 04/02/1985
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/1983
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Mona Clifford
• Original Assignee: Mona Clifford
• Inventors: Clifford, Mona
• Primary Examiner(s): Skogquist, Harland S.
• Application Number:
  US06/559,049
• Time in Patent Office: 482 Days
• Field of Search: 434/247-258
• US Class Current: 434/247
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/00 Training appliances or apparatus for special sports training of parachutists B64D23/00
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0038 Sports

Abstract

A technique for training a subject to successfully perform a physical task and thereby acquire a skill in the performance of that task involves analyzing the action characteristics of the subject and, from that analysis, establishing an optimal sequence of movements to be carried out by the subject that are associated with particular patterning of the subject'"'"'s body parts. In particular, a movement analyst observes the movement of a subject to identify that subject'"'"'s particular actioning modality and, from that identification, develops an action form sequence that is appropriate for the subject'"'"'s psychomotor process. Once the body part for initiating a movement within the action form sequence has been identified, it is coordinated with the effective psychomotor function, so that by training a subject with respect to his/her aligning, contouring or balancing sensibilities, the subject will be able to develop optimal action form sequencing.

Claims

1. A method of training a person to perform a physical task comprising the steps of:

(a) monitoring the patterning of the person'"'"'s body parts as the person executes movement;

(b) identifying a prescribed actioning modality with which the person is associated on the basis of the patterning of the person'"'"'s body parts as monitored in step (a);

(c) establishing a sequence of action forms to be carried out by said person in the course of performing said task in accordance with the actioning modality of said person as identified in step (b); and

(d) causing the person to perform said task by executing the component movements thereof in accordance with the sequence of action forms established in step (c).

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein step (d) includes the steps of sensitizing the person to his/her interoceptive, exteroceptive and proprioceptive sensiblities for the actioning modality identified in step (b), whereby the person is caused to execute said sequence of action forms in accordance with his/her actioning modality.

3. A method according to claim 1, wherein step (a) includes the step of observing the patterning of the person'"'"'s body parts and becoming sensitized to said patterning through kinesthetic empathy.

4. A method according to claim 1, wherein step (b) comprises identifying said actioning modality in accordance with one of the geometric design configured by the person'"'"'s patterning, the shape/contouring of said patterning and the phrasing/tonus effort of said patterning.

5. A method according to claim 1, wherein said actioning modality is one of the crystalline form, the kinespheric form and the kinetic form.

6. A method according to claim 2, wherein step (a) includes the step of observing the patterning of the person'"'"'s body parts and becoming sensitized to said patterning through kinesthetic empathy.

7. A method according to claim 6, wherein step (b) comprises identifying said actioning modality in accordance with one of the geometric design configured by the person'"'"'s patterning, the shape/contouring of said patterning and the phrasing/tonus effort of said patterning.

8. A method according to claim 1, wherein step (c) comprises the steps of

observing a person'"'"'s performance of a physical task and identifying a sequence of activity percepts that occur during the continuum of movement in the performance of the task,

for said sequence of activity percepts, establishing a corresponding sequence of actioner percepts to be carried out by said person,

establishing said sequence of action forms to be carried out by said person that enable said actioner percepts to be executed in the sequence, and

identifying, for each action form, the body part of the subject that is to initiate movement that will accomplish said action form.

9. A method of training a person to perform a physical task comprising the steps of:

(a) monitoring the performance of said physical task and identifying, for a selected actioning modality, a sequence of activity percepts that occur during the continuum of movement in the performance of said task;

(b) monitoring the patterning of the person'"'"'s body parts as the person executes movement;

(c) identifying a prescribed actioning modality with which the person is associated on the basis of the patterning of the person'"'"'s body parts as monitored in step (b);

(d) identifying a sequence of activity percepts associated with the actioning modality identified in step (c) that occur in correspondence with the sequence of activity percepts identified in step (a);

(e) for the sequence of activity percepts identified in step (d) establishing a corresponding sequence of actioner percepts associated therewith;

(f) establishing a sequence of action forms to be carried out by said person that enable said actioner percepts to be executed; and

(g) causing said person to execute the component movements of said task by initiating movements through respectively identified body parts that will accomplish said sequence of respective action forms.

10. A method according to claim 9, wherein step (b) includes the step of observing the patterning of the person'"'"'s body parts and becoming sensitized to said patterning through kinesthetic empathy.

11. A method according to claim 9, wherein step (b) comprises identifying said actioning modality in accordance with one of the geometric design configured by the person'"'"'s patterning, the shape/contouring of said patterning and the phrasing/tonus effect of said patterning.

12. A method according to claim 9, wherein said selected actioning modality is one of the crystalline form the kinespheric form and the kinetic form.

13. A method of training a person to perform a physical task comprising the steps of:

(a) monitoring the performance of said physical task and identifying, for a selected actioning modality, a sequence of activity percepts that occur during the continuum of movement in the performance of said task;

(b) for the sequence of activity percepts identified in step (a), establishing a corresponding sequence of actioner percepts associated therewith;

(c) establishing a sequence of action forms to be carried out by a person having said selected actioning modality that enable said actioner percepts to be executed so as to generate an actioning prototype for the performance of said task;

(d) establishing corresponding sets of activity percepts, actioner percepts and action forms, for actioning modalities when then said selected actioning modality based upon the actioning prototype generated through the performance of steps (a)-(c);

(e) monitoring the patterning of said person'"'"'s body parts as the person executes movement so as to identify the actioning modality with which said person is associated; and

(f) causing said person to execute the component movements of said task by initiating movements through respectively identified body parts that will accomplish the sequence of action forms associated with that person actioning modality for said task.

14. A method according to claim 13, wherein step (e) comprises identifying said person'"'"'s actioning modality in accordance with one of the geometric design configured by the person'"'"'s patterning, the shape/contouring of said patterning and the phrasing/tonus effort of said patterning.

15. A method according to claim 13, wherein said selected actioning modality of step (a) and each of said actioning modalities of step (d) is one of the crystalline form, the kinespheric form and the kinetic form.

16. A method according to claim 13, wherein step (e) comprises observing the patterning of said person'"'"'s body parts and becoming sensitized to said patterning through kinesthetic empathy.