%0 Journal Article %T Estrutura de pr¨¢tica e idade no processo adaptativo da aprendizagem de uma tarefa de "timing" coincidente %A Gon£¿alves %A Lucia Afonso %A Santos %A Suely dos %A Corr¨ºa %A Umberto Cesar %J Revista Brasileira de Educa£¿£¿o F¨ªsica e Esporte %D 2010 %I Escola de Educa??o F¨ªsica e Esporte da Universidade de S?o Paulo (EEFEUSP) %R 10.1590/S1807-55092010000400001 %X the objective of this study was to investigate the effects of different practice schedules on the adaptive process of a coincident timing task learning in function of age. children (n = 40), adults (n = 47) and elderly (n = 57) were distributed into constant, random, constant-random and random-constant practice groups. the task consisted of touching response keys sequentially in conjunction with a visual stimulus. the experimental design was consisted of two learning phases: stabilization and adaptation. the data were analyzed in terms of absolute, variable, constant and execution errors. the results showed that the constant-random practice was the most efficient for the adaptive process in learning a coincident timing task regardless of the age group. %K practice schedule %K age %K coincident timing task %K adaptive process %K motor learning. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1807-55092010000400001&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en