Which example illustrates near transfer?

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Which example illustrates near transfer?

Near transfer happens when what you learned transfers to a very similar task within the same domain, using the same underlying skills and context with only a small change in situation. In this example, taking the move from delivering a tennis serve and applying it to returning a serve uses the same racket, the same timing, posture, and ball control. The goal is the same—hit the ball effectively within the opponent’s court—so the skill maps directly from one action to a closely related one. The other scenarios involve a bigger shift. Switching from tennis to basketball changes the entire sport, equipment, and movement patterns, so the transfer is far rather than near. Moving from tennis to swimming is an across-domain shift in both sport and motor demands, also far transfer. Practicing a musical scale and then applying it to violin playing is within a musical context but doesn’t map a specific sport skill to a closely related task in the same way; it’s more about general technique development rather than directly transferring a particular motor pattern from one action to a closely related one.

Near transfer happens when what you learned transfers to a very similar task within the same domain, using the same underlying skills and context with only a small change in situation. In this example, taking the move from delivering a tennis serve and applying it to returning a serve uses the same racket, the same timing, posture, and ball control. The goal is the same—hit the ball effectively within the opponent’s court—so the skill maps directly from one action to a closely related one.

The other scenarios involve a bigger shift. Switching from tennis to basketball changes the entire sport, equipment, and movement patterns, so the transfer is far rather than near. Moving from tennis to swimming is an across-domain shift in both sport and motor demands, also far transfer. Practicing a musical scale and then applying it to violin playing is within a musical context but doesn’t map a specific sport skill to a closely related task in the same way; it’s more about general technique development rather than directly transferring a particular motor pattern from one action to a closely related one.

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