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PSY 710 Skill Acquisition Nina Ferreri
Week 15: The Final Evaluation
After all of these weeks, I definitely have seen improvement and believe that I have acquired some level of skill in Rocket League. I...
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May 3, 20213 min read
Week 14: Coming to a Close
This week I continued working on my aim when shooting on net. I think even in the week I have been practicing I have gotten better. There...
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Apr 27, 20212 min read
Week 13: Take a Shot
As we draw nearer to the end, I decided to take this opportunity to be a bit reflective this week. I started by watching the matches I...
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Apr 19, 20212 min read
Week 12: Reset
With the momentum from last week, climbing up the ranks and improving my dribbling mechanics, I planned to continue with the same...
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Apr 12, 20212 min read
Week 11: A New Approach to Dribbling
After last week’s refresher with the basics, I took a some more time this week to focus on dribbling. I was still feeling like I wasn’t...
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Apr 6, 20212 min read
Week 10: Back to the Basics
After struggling a bit last week worrying about rank and focusing too hard on dribbling, I decided to go back to the basics. I had...
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Mar 31, 20213 min read
Week 9: One Step Forward, Three Steps Back
This week I’ve hit a few familiar hurdles that I experienced earlier in training. Since I’ve been doing really well in my competitive...
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Mar 22, 20213 min read
Week 8: Slowly But Surely
This week I continued with the same plan as last week to work on my dribbling. I did up the difficulty a bit by playing in some casual...
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Mar 16, 20212 min read
Week 7: On to the Next Sub Skill
This week I started training a new subskill: Dribbling. Since I’ve been fairly consistently placed in the low Silver rank, it’s safe to...
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Mar 9, 20212 min read
Week 6: New and Improved
After last week’s revelation that patience is a virtue, my practice and progress this week has been going very well! My new training plan...
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Mar 2, 20214 min read
Week 5: The Cold Hard Truth
This week the frustration really started to sink in. I wasn’t feeling like I was seeing any progress of what I was practicing in...
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Feb 22, 20213 min read
Week 4: More of the same
Not much new to report for this week. I spent most of the week reviewing last week’s matches and training sessions to take note of what I...
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Feb 17, 20211 min read
Week 3: Training
This week I started training and it was quite a roller-coaster. I’m still working out the kinks of how exactly to set up my training...
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Feb 16, 20214 min read
Week 2: Baseline Measurement
So, this week’s task was to take a baseline measurement to figure out my starting Rocket League skill level. To do this I had to reach...
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Feb 10, 20212 min read
Week 1: Choosing a Skill
The phrase: “So much to do, so little time” comes to mind whenever I think of the new skills I wish to learn. Even with quarantine I was...
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Feb 2, 20212 min read
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