The Effects of a Task Analysis and Self‐Evaluation on the Acquisition of Yoga Poses

ABSTRACT There is a growing amount of research evaluating behavioral approaches for skill acquisition in sports. Few of these studies have focused on skill acquisition in yoga. There is a need for a low effort yet effective way to teach yoga poses to individuals who do not take private yoga classes and may practice at home. This study evaluated the effects of using a picture‐based task analysis and self‐evaluation on the skill acquisition of yoga poses in participants with varying yoga experience. A multiple baseline across yoga poses was used. During the task analysis intervention, the participants received a task analysis, performed the pose, and scored the task analysis upon the completion of the pose. Results showed that the task‐analysis and self‐evaluation procedure increased the accuracy of all the poses.