Variety beats repetition: study shows mixing it up improves motor learning
NCT ID NCT07628465
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested two different ways of teaching a table tennis topspin serve to 100 sport science students. One group practiced with lots of variations and no corrections, while the other repeated the same motion with feedback. The researchers measured how accurate and adaptable each group's movements were right after training and one week later. The goal was to see which method leads to better learning and memory of the skill.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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100 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jun 2025
- Finished
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Jun 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 to 25 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Inclusion Criteria: * Undergraduate sport science student * Age 18 to 25 years * Physically active but non-expert in table tennis (less than 2 hours per week of structured practice in the past year) * Absence of self-reported musculoskeletal injury affecting upper or lower limbs * No known neurological or sleep disorders * No use of medication affecting motor or cognitive function * No irregular sleep schedules Exclusion Criteria: * Regular table tennis competition * Injury preventing practice * Known sleep disorder * Inability to provide informed consent
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Higher Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Sfax (ISSEP Sfax)
Sfax, 3000, Tunisia
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