Reflection Paper On Juggling

1. I have no previous experience in juggling. My performance level is very low; one could say my juggling skills are even non- existent. In reference to Fitts’ stages of learning, I would place myself in the cognitive stage. In this stage, a learner is faced with an unfamiliar task, and for me that unfamiliar task is juggling three items. Within the cognitive stage a lot of self-talk and mental questioning occurs, demanding a lot of attention, preventing the learner from processing outside elements, such as movement elements, perceptual elements and conceptual elements. This activity shows that my performance level is poor and will need as much instruction, demonstrations and video-tutorials as possible, to fully grasp the proper movement patterns needed to successfully juggle three items.

My confidence level is very low, relating to my feelings towards successfully crafting the perfect ball rotation. After reviewing my “Ability Inventory” from a previous lab, I considered myself to have a few good abilities that would in the end transfer to my successfulness in juggling three items.

2. Based off of having no juggling experience by the time I log in 100 minutes of practice, I hope to attain at least 2 complete rounds of rotation without dropping the ball or chasing after it. If I am able to complete one full round I would …show more content…
Prior to this experience, I rated a few of my motor abilities to be medium-high from a previous lab. Those abilities included, reaction time, speed of limb movement, and manual dexterity. With thoughts that if those particular abilities were performed well, then the task of juggling would come easy to me. That didn’t ring true to what I had hoped for. Therefore, I did not improve with my juggling. The only element that I improved on was my ability to mentally practice the correct way of performing the skill. I could visualize maintaining the balls while rotating them, but the automaticity in producing the movement pattern did not