The most notable thing that happens when people practice is that they demonstrate increased proficiency in performance and skill. Motor skill acquisition is a process in which a performer learns to control and intergrate posture, locomotion and muscles activations that allow the individual to engage in a variety of motor behaviour. Bryan and Harter in 1899 were among the first researchers to study skill acquisition. According to Ackerman and Cianciolo (2000), they asserts that before a movement takes place, an individual can use a learned recognition schema to predict the sensory consequences that will occur if the correct movement outcome takes place. These expected sensory consequences are the basis for which to evaluate

movement. Thus, augmented feedback plays a central role in schema development. Ackerman and Cianciolo (2000), assessed procedural skill development via the Kanfer – Ackerman ATC task, which is a complex task that simulates air traffic control decisions and landing of aircraft planes on the basis of various procedural rules. Results obtained from the study demonstrated the predicted change in the contribution of general intellectual ability as performance improved and confirmed the importance of cognitive abilities early in skill acquisition.

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