Critical Reasoning

Great sports coaches don’t believe that practice makes perfect, they believe that practice makes permanent. As repeated practice of a variety of moves, drills, plays, and formations in a sport like football make them easier for a player to recall, coaches should emphasize practice to produce muscle memory in their players.

The suggestion by great coaches, if true, most strongly supports which of the following conclusions?

A. Players can and should draw upon prior, ingrained experiences to perform better on the field.
B. At least some players perfectly recall every play after practicing it once.
C. Perfectly recalling every detail of a practiced play does not require repeated practice.
D. Generalizing from past experiences can be achieved with minimal commitment to repetition.
E. Consistent practice would be incompatible with the goals of any great sports coach.


OA A

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