Gentile's Taxonomy

Use this essay to more deeply and specifically understand motor leaming and control in relation to Gentile's (1972, 1975, 2000) ideas, i.e., to explain how performers act in interaction with the environment (and all of the specificity we discussed in lecture about Gentile's taxonomy regarding pacing of skill, moving objects, and anticipation timing). Your response may focus on any of the specific postulates or ideas related to the relative predictability or unpredictability of the environment, relative stability or change of the body, or body orientation in relation to the environment over a series of trials. Some very interesting ideas have recently been published on movement patterns and variability in response to complex and dynamic environments. These ideas have many implications across the professions.