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Drills and Practice

This lesson focuses on drill and practice as a teaching strategy in physical education and health, defining its types, methods, and the advantages and disadvantages of its use. It highlights the importance of repetition for mastering skills and discusses two main types of practice: massed and distributed. Additionally, it outlines various methods for implementing drill and practice, emphasizing the role of teachers in selecting appropriate activities for skill development.

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Drills and Practice

This lesson focuses on drill and practice as a teaching strategy in physical education and health, defining its types, methods, and the advantages and disadvantages of its use. It highlights the importance of repetition for mastering skills and discusses two main types of practice: massed and distributed. Additionally, it outlines various methods for implementing drill and practice, emphasizing the role of teachers in selecting appropriate activities for skill development.

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LESSON 3

DRILSS AND
PRACTICES
OBJECTIVES:
Objectives
• At the end of the lesson, you will be able to:
• define drill and practice as teaching strategy;
• name the different types of drill and practice;
• identify the methods of drill and practice; and
• enumerate the advantages and
disadvantages of using drils and practice.
INTRODUCTION
There is :a famous saying that practice makes perfect.
This saying tells us the importance of practice for us to
master essential skills. Performances such as dancing,
singing, or doing physical activities like exercises need
drill and practice. In addition, drills and practice
strategies could be effective if an individual wants to
master skills in performing first aid procedures or
master the proper ways of brushing teeth.
These activities are part of the
physical education and health
curriculum. Pupils are taught different
activities that require drill and
practice. Before they learn a game or
an exercise routine, they need to
practice it. Repetition is vital in
teaching this subject, particularly to
young pupils.
in this lesson, a discussion on the
definition of drill and practice as a teaching
strategy in physical education and health
will be done. It will present the different
types of drill and practice, identify their
methods, and enumerate the advantages
and disadvantages of using this strategy in
teaching the subject.
Physical education teachers play an essential role in
developing the motor skills needed to become
physically literate (Silverman and Mercier, 2015).A study
showed that teachers must provide a well-tailored
instructional plan that enhances motor skills. To become
experts at performing the skills, they need to undergo
drills and practice. Hence, drill and practice strategies
should be used by the teachers to achieve this purpose.
Marwan (2018) defines a drill as a method in which the pupil is
invited to skills training to see how to make something, how to
use it, what is it made of, its benefits and others. This method
is anchored in the principle of repetition of motion until the
pupils have mastered the skill. On the other hand, practice is
defined as using an idea to gain familiarity and expertise
(Mohammed, 2020).The teachers should use drill and practice
to help the pupils become experts in performing games or
other physical and health-related activities
The teachers' role in selecting and deciding
on the activities that need to be included in
the instructional plan is essential, as well as
the strategy that they will use in presenting
the activities. The instructional plan should
target and help the pupils achieve the target
skill. In using drill and practice, they need to
familiarize themselves with the types of drill
and practice
There are two types of drill and practice. The first
type is the massed practice This type of exercise
occurs when one skill is continuously practiced in a
session with only a brief rest period or not at all. It
involves a variety of drills to improve a skill
performed after another. Each pupil has different
learning styles and other responses to particular
activities. This type of practice is suitable for highly
motivated pupils o practicing simple discrete skills,
but it is very difficult and may cause fatigue and loss
of motivation.
The second type is the distributed practice. This type of
practice is broken up into several short sessions over a
long period. Pupils distribute their effort in doing an activity
over many relatively short study sessions. It is the opposite
of massed practice wherein pupils are given few exercises
with a long study session. Studies have shown that using
distributed techniques promotes meaningful learning. It
has a long benefit for pupils or athletes who use this type
of practice because they become excellent in performing
the tasks.
There are several reasons why
distributed practice is more effective. In a
sports activity, pupils or athletes become
responsive in the situation. They
unconsciously decide on the skill they
need to use when in a competitive
situation. They recall the skill that they
practiced and send messages to the
appropriate muscles.
Learning, when using this kind of practice,
becomes better, and the knowledge and skills
learned by the pupils will retain longer.
Athletes are performing different skills in
sequence and can compare techniques. With
this, they can acquire a better understanding
of the skills, which leads to better
performance.
Another reason for using distributed practice is
that it can get the attention of the pupils or
athletes. An activity that is done repeatedly and
for an extended period of time can cause
boredom. It takes better focus to adjust the task
continuously and makes practice more
challenging. Lastly, the pupils or athletes
become flexible in applying the skills learned in
the distributed practice. They can adapt to
changes in speed, direction, distance,
sequence, or opposition if needed.
Methods of Drill and Practice
Different types of drills and particular skills can be taught
depending on the type of pupil and the skills taught. The following
are the methods of drill and practice.

Whole Method -This method is done


by demonstrating the skills and
practicing the whole from beginning
to end. This method allows the pupil
to acquire the skills, have timing, and
see the end product. This method is
best used for a fast skill that cannot
be easily separated into subpart
Part Method - It focuses on practicing
parts of the skills in isolation which is
useful in complicated skills and is suitable
for maintaining motivation and
concentrate on specific skill elements. It is
possible that the transfer of skills from part
to the whole may not be effective, and it
may also reduce kinesthetic awareness for
the full skill,
Whole-part-whole Method- The
whole skill is being presented and
broken into constituent parts to
practice and improve it before it is
shown again as a whole. This method
is effective in skills that have easily
recognized parts, particularly if the
whole skill is complex and hard to
learn as a whole.
Progressive Part Method - It is also
called a chaining method. It focuses on
practicing part of the skills individually
and in order before being linked together
and expanded. This method is a slow
process, but it allows pupils to identify
the skills to be targeted and understand
the relationship of the sub-routines.
Advantages of Using Drill and
Practice

The following are some of the advantages of


1.The pupilsusing drill and
can apply practice:
knowledge through interaction.
2. The pupils can learn certain concepts efficiently and effectively.
3. Teaching the pupils various repetitive activities can help them use
them in
different environments and many different ways.
4. It can accommodate the diverse characteristics of pupils.
5. The pupils can acquire and master high-level skills quickly and
effectively.
6. Materials needed can easily be prepared.
7. The teachers can easily monitor the pupils if they can perform the
Disadvantages of Using Drill and Practice
The following are some of the disadvantages of using this
strategy:

1. The pupils who only learn from drills may get easily
bored and distracted.
2. The pupils may merely rely on rote memorization and
remembering without fully understanding.
3. The pupils, as well as the teacher, tend to over-
emphasize technical skills and direct instructions.

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