John Lloyd N.

Blazo
BPED 2-B

APPLIED MOTOR CONTROL

FITTS AND POSNER’S STAGES OF LEARNING

Fitts and Posner’s Stages is divided into three stages; which is the cognitive stage,
the associative stage and the autonomous stage. These stages help individual
athletes to serve as their guide for them to develop more and improve. Cognitive
stage, it’s the stage where individuals needs to know what to do or they are just
knowing and learning how to perform a skill. While the Associative stage, it is the
stage where individual athletes or performers adapt and perform the skill that they
learned in cognitive stage. In short, they know how to do it already and lastly, the
autonomous stage is the stage where you don’t need to think about what you are
going to do because you will automatically know how to do it and what to do. You
already know the patterns of your performance or skill. Individual athletes or
performers modify and use the talent they gained in the cognitive stage during the
associative stage. Finally, the autonomous stage is when you don't need to think
about what you are going to do since you will know how to do it and what to do
automatically. In short, they already know how to do it. You are already aware of
your performance or skill patterns.

I wonder if I'll work as a coach or a fitness instructor. I'll use this Fitts and Posner's
Stage to guide my athletes as they gradually improve their performance and talents.
First off, not all of us are familiar with how to do a specific sport; we must learn
and acquire this knowledge. As a coach in the cognitive stage, I will instruct my
athlete on how to go about doing one thing and what to do next. By directing them
and providing them with instructions, you must assist them in carrying out simple
tasks. In the autonomous stage, which comes after the cognitive stage, you can
determine whether your athlete has learned and understood your instructions in
performing that particular sport. Second, once they have a general understanding of
how it works, you should let them adapt and put what they have learned in the
cognitive stage into practice, of course with your supervision. Here, you can judge
whether the athlete has made genuine progress and is proficient. Even when they
have reached the autonomous stage, you as a coach should continue to teach and
mentor them since, if they don't keep up with their training and learning, their
performance may still suffer.