Abstract des Autors

While ecological psychology exerted a strong influence in the field of motor control during the last few decades, the application of its principles in everyday sport practice is still very limited. This observation is rather surprising, as the application of these principles might produce important benefits for learning sport skills. The purpose of this review is to take a closer look at how the ecological psychology approach can account for learning sport skills. Experiments on the run-up in long jumping and ball catching are discussed to illustrate the functioning of the perception-action cycle in sport skills. From these observations we will focus on how spatial landmarks operate within this framework, to finally explore how these environmental facilitators might enhance learning. Verf.-Referat