The Perception &amp; Action Podcast

Links:Adding texture to the Art of constraints-led coaching: a request for more research-informed guidelines

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509 – A Call for More Clarity on How to Use the CLA: The 3 Questions Paper Sep 17, 2024

My review of the new paper: Adding texture to the Art of constraints-led coaching: a request for more research-informed guidelines. My thoughts on the validity and usefulness of the author’s questions

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508 – Liveliness in Training and the CLA, Interview w Pete Blair, Texas State University Sep 10, 2024

My interview with Pete Blair, Executive Director at Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training, Texas State University. What is liveliness is training? How can he CLA help fill in the gaps in the Liveliness Continuum?

Links:Tactical Science | Pete Blair | Substack https://www.linkedin.com/in/pete-blair-35764897/

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507 - Nonlinear vs Linear Pedagogy for Police Training. What learners need vs. what they want Sep 03, 2024

https://perceptionaction.com/507/ A look at a study comparing linear vs nonlinear approaches for training defending knife attacks. Which method resulted in better skill acquisition? Which method do trainees prefer?

Articles:“There must be an ideal solution...”. Assessing training methods of knife defense performance of police recruits.

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506 - Perceiving Higher Order Affordances in Sports & Fields of Safe Travel Aug 27, 2024

How well can athletes perceive higher-order affordances (that is, affordances made up of combinations of lower-order ones)? Do we perceive these directly or combine affordances? Do we directly perceive the field of safe travel on a sports field? Articles:Perception of higher-order affordances for kicking in soccer A theoretical field-analysis of automobile-driving

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505 – Synergies, Equilibrium Points & Fascia Aug 20, 2024

Pulling together several key concepts in the dynamical systems conceptualization of motor control. How are motor synergies realized within the human body what implications does this have for sports training? Articles:Motor Synergies and the Equilibrium-Point Hypothesis Fascial organisation of motor synergies: a hypothesis

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504 – Is There An Optimal Amount of Practice Variability for Learning That Depends on Skill Level? Aug 13, 2024

When it comes to practice variability is more not always better? Is there a Goldilocks Effect. In other words - Is there an optimal amount (not too much, not too little) that depends on the learner’s skill level? Articles:Applying different levels of practice variability for motor learning: More is not better

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503 – An Ecological Approach to Police Defensive Tactics Training (JC44) Jul 30, 2024

On another edition of the Perception-Action journal club, I am joined by Chris Butler (Trainers Bullpen) and Jeff Quail (Setcan) to discuss and demo how Ecological Dynamics principles can be applied to police training. Links:https://www.trainersbullpen.com/ http://www.setcan.com/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344567487_There_must_be_an_ideal_solution_Assessing_training_methods_of_knife_defense_performance_of_police_recruits http://perceptionaction.com/

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Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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502 – A Framework for Using Virtual Reality (VR) in Sports, Luke Wilkins, LaTrobe University Jul 23, 2024

An interview with Luke Wilkins from LaTrobe University in which we discuss a framework for increasing the usage of VR in applies sports contexts, with a particular focus on baseball. Links:A Framework for Using Virtual Reality to Enhance Psychological Performance in Baseball https://scholars.latrobe.edu.au/lwilkins https://www.linkedin.com/in/wilkinsluke/?originalSubdomain=uk http://perceptionaction.com/

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Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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501 – Kinesthetic Awareness Training to Support Skill Acquisition, Jo Shattuck PantherTec (JC43) Jul 16, 2024

On another edition of the Perception-Action journal club, I am joined by Jo Shattuck from PantherTec.net to discuss the latest development with the Kat (Kinesthetic Awareness Training) System Links:https://panthertec.net/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-jo-shattuck-/ http://perceptionaction.com/

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500 – Ask Me Anything (AMA) Jul 09, 2024

To celebrate the 500th episode of the podcast, I host a skill acquisition AMA http://perceptionaction.com/

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499 – An Ecological Approach to Training Sword Martial Arts w Sean Franklin (JC42) Jul 02, 2024

On another edition of the Perception-Action Journal Club, I am joined by Sean Franklin from swordstem.com to discuss how he uses a constraints-led approach (CLA) to teach sword martial arts. Links:https://swordstem.com/ http://perceptionaction.com/

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498 – Using a CLA to Encourage Exploration in Learning a Volleyball Serve Jun 25, 2024

How can we use task constraint manipulations to remove rate limiters and encourage players to explore the perceptual-motor workspace for a volleyball serve? Article:Applying the constraints-led approach to facilitate exploratory learning of the volleyball serve http://perceptionaction.com/

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497 - "Throw Hard, Stay Healthy": Training to Increase Action Capacity in Baseball Pitchers W Ryan Crotin (JC41) Jun 18, 2024

On another edition of the Perception Action Journal Club I am joined by Ryan Crotin from ArmCare.com to discuss his unique approach to keep baseball pitchers healthy by increasing the action capacity of arm strength through monitoring and training. Links:https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryancrotin/ https://armcare.com/ http://perceptionaction.com/

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Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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496 – Player Dynamics as a Measure of Skill Jun 11, 2024

Can we quantify player skill in soccer using player dynamics through a model using attractors and repellors? Article:Measuring skill via player dynamics in football dribbling http://perceptionaction.com/

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Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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495 - An Ecological Approach to Submission Grappling/Jiu Jitsu Training w Greg Souders (JC40) Jun 04, 2024

Today I am joined by Greg Souders from Standard Jiu Jitsu for another edition of the Perception Action Journal Club. We discuss his way of using an ecological approach to Jiu Jitsu Training. Links:https://www.standardjiujitsu.com/https://www.instagram.com/gdsouders/ http://perceptionaction.com/

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Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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494 – Preventing Arm Injuries in Baseball Pitchers by Harnessing Variability In Training (JC 39) May 28, 2024

Today I am joined by Randy Sullivan & Alan Jaeger to discuss how we can deal with the ever-recurring problem of elbow and shoulder injuries in baseball pitchers. How can we harness variability in practice for injury prevention? Links: https://floridabaseballarmory.com/ https://jaegersports.com/ https://jaegersports.com/program/return-to-throwing/ More information:

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493 – How Skill Shapes Functional Movement Variability& Exploration Tendencies May 21, 2024

A review of the paper: “Skill shapes functional movement variability and exploration tendencies: the effect of skill under changing environmental constraints on the emergence of creative action in a divergent kickboxing task”. Do our previous training hinder or help creativity? Article:Skill shapes functional movement variability and exploration tendencies: the effect of skill under changing environmental constraints on the emergence of creative action in a divergent kickboxing task More information:

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492 – An Ecological Approach to Physical Therapy, Rehab & Injury Prevention (JC38) May 14, 2024

A Journal Club with Wieger Heijenk (PT, "The Dutch shoulder magician") and Lupko Pot (Founder / Owner Tidal Tank & UltimateInstability,) to discuss and demo their unique approaches to PT and training which incorporate many Ecological Dynamics concepts. Links:https://www.tidal-tank.com/ https://www.ultimateinstability.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/wieger-heijenk-0584a924a/ https://www.youtube.com/@Shoulderscience More information:

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Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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491 – Comparing Different Methods for Training the Action Capacity of Countermovement Jump (CMJ) Performance May 07, 2024

My review of a study comparing a traditional prescriptive approach to an ecological approach for training the action capacity of countermovement jump performance. Articles:Exploring the Influence of Cognitive and Ecological Dynamics Approaches on Countermovement Jumping Enhancement: A Comparative Training Study More information:

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490 – Understanding Sport Injury from a Dynamical Systems Approach Apr 30, 2024

How can we better understand sports injury by considering factors such as good variability, coordination, and movement synergies using a dynamical systems approach? Articles:From microscopic to macroscopic sports injuries. Applying the complex dynamic systems approach to sports medicine: a narrative review Early-warning signals for critical transitions More information:

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489 – Interview with Alex Sarama, Transforming Basketball Apr 23, 2024

My interview with Alex Sarama, founder of Transforming Basketball. Taking a constraints-led approach to basketball practice.

Links: https://transformingbball.com/ https://twitter.com/AlexJSarama

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488- The Constraints-Led Approach (CLA) 2024 Apr 16, 2024

A look at my current thoughts about and how I am using the CLA More information:

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Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

487 – Do the classic motor learning effects (eg focus of attention, choice) apply to experts? Apr 09, 2024

A look at a recent study that addresses a question I get quite often: do the basic principles of motor learning, in this case, those proposed by OPTIMAL theory, still hold when we are dealing with highly skilled athletes? Articles:Effects of self-controlled practice and focus of attention on free throw accuracy: Exploring optimal theory among skilled basketball players More information:

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Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

486 – Functional Variability in the Cricket Bowling Delivery Apr 02, 2024

A look at a recent study that provides evidence that cricket bowlers use movement variability (as opposed to repeatability) to regulate the timing and speed of their delivery. And looking back at a classic in ecological dynamics – the first study to show this effect. Articles:Functional movement variability to maintain delivery speed in cricket fast bowling Timing an attacking forehand drive in table tennis More information:

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Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

485 – Coach Education Workshops, My New Book Coming Soon Mar 19, 2024

A look at research (and some of my personal experiences) on the effectiveness of co-created coach education workshops to bridge the gap between current coaching practices and scientific evidence. A little bit about my new book – coming in 6 months! Articles/Links:Using a coproduced educational workshop to change the focus of verbal instructions delivered by professional youth soccer coaches: a case study Bridging the Gap Between Science and Application: The Use of Cocreation Educational Workshops in Professional Youth Soccer New book preorder: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CW1GBF61 More information:

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Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

484 – On the Value of a Skill Acquisition Specialist Mar 12, 2024

Sharing some of my experiences as a Skill Acquisition Specialist. Is it really worth it for a team to hire one? More information:

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483 – The Effects of the Yips on Muscle Synergies in Throwing Mar 05, 2024

How does the presence of the Yips influence motor coordination in throwing? Do the muscle synergies used to control our abundant motor system change? Articles:Spatiotemporal patterns of throwing muscle synergies in yips‑affected baseball players More information:

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482 – The Coaching Eye – How Reliably can Expert Coaches Observe Movement? Feb 27, 2024

Can expert coaches reliably judge the key features of a sporting action like a tennis serve? Does viewing angle, age and gender matter? Articles:The expert eye? An inter-rater comparison of elite tennis serve kinematics and performance More information:

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481 – Why are Some Affordances More Inviting than Others? Feb 20, 2024

Revisiting the conceptualization of affordances as invitations for action. Why are some affordances more inviting than others and how can we influence this as a coach? Articles:Affordances can invite behavior: Reconsidering the relationship between affordances and agency Inviting affordances and agency Understanding phenomenological differences in how affordances solicit action. An exploration More information:

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Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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480 – Ecological Approach to Rowing Feb 06, 2024

How can an ecological approach be applied to understanding and coaching rowing. A look at a few research studies. Articles:‘Embracing turbulent waters’: Enhancing athlete self-regulation using the ‘PoST’ framework for performance preparation at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games End-point focus of attention: Learning the ‘Catch’ in Rowing Effects of rowing stroke rates on lower extremity intra-joint coordination variability in experienced young rowers Pink Noise in Rowing Ergometer Performance and the Role of Skill Level Interpersonal Coordination and Individual Organization Combined with Shared Phenomenological Experiencein Rowing Performance:Two Case Studies More information:

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Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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479 – A CLA to Coaching Cricket Bowling: Task Manipulations Jan 30, 2024

A look at a study examining the effects of a constraints-led approach to coaching cricket bowling. What type of task constraint manipulations can be used to improve bowling accuracy and discipline? Articles:Adopting a Constraints-Led Approach to Enhance Skill Acquisition for Fast Bowlers in Grassroots Cricket More information:

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Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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478 – Freezing and freeing of degrees of freedom in joint action learning Jan 23, 2024

How do we coordinate degrees of freedom when learning a joint action, like carrying a piano, where two people are working together to achieve a goal? Do we see evidence of Bernstein’s freezing and freeing DF across the joint action system? Articles:Freezing and freeing of degrees of freedom in joint action learning More information:

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Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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477 – Relationship Between the Yips and Motor Imagery Ability Jan 16, 2024

Do athletes that suffer from the Yips have different mental imagery than those that did not? How might we conceptualize the Yips from and ecological point of view. Articles:Motor imagery ability in baseball players with throwing yips More information:

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Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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476- Technique vs Skill Jan 09, 2024

What is the difference between technique and skill? Do we need to learn the former before we can have the latter? Articles: Distinguishing skill from technique in football Coordination, Control and Skill https://perceptionaction.com/171-2/ More information:

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475- Exploring Coaches' Experiences in Adopting a Nonlinear Approach to Skill Development Jan 02, 2024

Exploring coaches experiences in using an non-linear, ecological approach to coaching Articles:Exploring sports coaches’ experiences of using a contemporary pedagogical approach to coaching: an international perspective More information:

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474 – CLA to Swim Coaching, Andrew Sheaff Dec 12, 2023

My interview with Andrew Sheaff, author of the new book: A Constraints-led approach to swim coaching Articles:A Constraints-Led Approach to Swim Coaching More information:

Golf skill learning: An external focus of attention enhances performance and motivation The location of an internal focus of attention differentially affects motor performance

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473 – New Research Addressing Some of the Limitations of the Focus of Attention Literature Dec 05, 2023

A look at a couple new studies addressing some of the commonly raised criticisms of the FOA literature. Does the benefit of an external focus change when you use multiple different cues across sessions or change the location of the internal focus of attention cue?

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Is premature theorizing hurting skill acquisition research?

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472 – Is Premature Theorizing Hurting Skill Acquisition Research, Rajiv Ranganathan & Andrew Driska Nov 21, 2023

an interview with Rajiv Ranganthan & Andrew Driska discussing their recent article: “Is Premature Theorizing Hurting Skill Acquisition Research”

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Is premature theorizing hurting skill acquisition research?

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an interview with Rajiv Ranganathan & Andrew Driska discussing their recent article: “Is Premature Theorizing Hurting Skill Acquisition Research”

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MICHAEL T. TURVEY – INTERVIEW AND REFLECTION

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471 – The Legacy of Michael Turvey Nov 14, 2023

A brief look at the incredible career of Michael Turvey and his contributions to the ecological approach to perception-action

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Magnitude and variability of individual elbow load in repetitive baseball pitching

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470 - Individual Differences in the Magnitude & Variability of Muscle Load With Repetitive Action Nov 07, 2023

What is the effect of repetitive loading (e.g., throwing 100 pitches) on a pitcher’s elbow? How does variability come into play? Is it the same for all pitchers? Articles:

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Muscle Memory and the Somaesthetic Pathologies of Everyday Life

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469 – On the Usefulness of the Concept of “Muscle Memory” in Skill Acquisition Oct 31, 2023

What exactly do we mean by the term “muscle memory” and does it fit at all within the ecological approach to skill? Articles:

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468 – Representative Learning Design & The Ecological Approach to Transfer of Training Oct 24, 2023

How do we conceptualize transfer of training from an ecological point of view? What elements must be present in practice for it to result in an improvement in competition?

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Articles:Advice from “pracademics” of how to apply ecological dynamics theory to practice design

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467 – Advice on Applying Ecological Dynamics in Coaching Oct 17, 2023

How can we best apply the ideas of ecological dynamics in coaching?

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466 – The Art & Science of Constraints-Based Coaching Oct 10, 2023

A look at the science behind and the art to effectively employing a CLA in coaching.More information:

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465 – A Nonlinear Pedagogy Approach to Using Mental Imagery in Sports Oct 03, 2023

Can mental imagery be used in a manner that is consistent with the ecological approach – allowing for self-organization and the development of functional movement variability? Articles: Creating Adaptable Skills: A Nonlinear Pedagogy Approach to Mental Imagery More information:

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464 – Preview of the 2023 Baseball Skill Acquisition Summit: Merging Physical Development & Baseball Skill Sep 26, 2023

I get together with Randy Sullivan, Frans Bosch & Martijn Nijhoff to preview the 5th Annual Florida Baseball Armory Skill Acquisition Summit which will be held Oct 21-22, 2033. How can we merge physical development and baseball skills to best achieve transfer of training? Links: https://floridabaseballarmory.com/summit/ More information:

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Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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463 – Evidence Supporting the Ecological Approach to Skill Development Sep 19, 2023

A look at research that has addressed some of the commonly raised concerns with the ecological approach and providing evidence for its benefits. Links: https://perceptionaction.com/comparative/ More information:

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462 - Movement as Problem Solving Sep 12, 2023

How can we reconceptualize movement behavior in sports as solving alive problems?

Articles:(Re)conceptualizing movement behavior in sport as a problem-solving activity More information:

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461 – Do Enhanced Expectations Help Us Under Pressure? Sep 05, 2023

How does training under conditions of enhanced expectations for performance success influence us under pressure and dual-task conditions? Is it possible to explain these effects in the ecological approach?

Articles:Enhanced expectancies benefit performance under distraction, but compromise it under stress: Exploring the OPTIMAL theory More information:

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460 – How Much Progress Have We Made in Skill Acquisition and Where Do We Need to Go? Aug 29, 2023

How successful have we been at overturning so of the basic myths of practice design and where do we need to go next? A review of Effective Practice and Instruction: Skill Acquisition Framework for Excellence (SAFE).

Articles:Effective Practice and Instruction: Skill Acquisition Framework for Excellence (SAFE) More information:

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459 – An Applied Model for Using Variability in Practice Aug 22, 2023

How, when, and why should we be using variability in practice? What type and how much? A look at a new applied model.

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458 – Variability of Practice and Injury Risk Aug 15, 2023

A review of a new study comparing traditional prescriptive coaching, the CLA and DL training for reducing ACL injury risk in basketball. Is variability an injury prevention mechanism?

Articles:Manipulation of task constraints is the most effective motor learning method for reducing risk factors for ACL injury during side-step cutting in both male and female athletes More information:

Articles:How functional movement variability facilitates successful skill adaptation during the volleyball attack

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457 - Functional variability in the volleyball attack developed via the CLA Aug 08, 2023

Is it better to practice a skill with an unpredictable, yet limited number of options or separately rehearse each of the options in isolation? An example of task simplification vs decomposition and how they relate to functional variability.

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Articles:The myth of contextual interference learning benefit in sports practice: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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456 – The Myth of Contextual Interference & the Variability of Practice Effect? Aug 01, 2023

Is random practice really better than blocked? Does it apply to sports skills? Is the contextual inference explanation of variability of practice supported by the evidence?

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455 – Do We Really Need to Learn The “Fundamentals” of a Skill Through Decomposition and Repetition First? Jul 25, 2023

Do we need to use decomposition and repetition to drill the fundamentals first before we move into a more representative game-like context. A direct comparison of drills and the CLA.

Articles:“Train as you play”: Improving effectiveness of training in youth soccer players

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Articles:How to coach: A review of theoretical approaches for the development of a novel coach education framework

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454 – How to Coach – An Integrated Framework Jul 18, 2023

A review of the paper “How to coach: A review of theoretical approaches for the development of a novel coach education framework” which incorporates self-determination theory explicit, explicit learning and implicit learning.

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Learning to be adaptive as a distributed process across the coach–athlete system: situating the coach in the constraints-led approach The Influence of Coaches’ Instruction on Technical Actions, Tactical Behaviour, and External Workload in Football Small-Sided Games

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453 – On the Coach’s Role in the CLA Jul 11, 2023

A look at a couple of papers on a coach’s role within the constraints-led approach (CLA)? Is the role of coach in the CLA simply to design constraints manipulations and get out of the way or is there more to it than that? Does a coach need to adapt too? What is the role of verbal instruction in the CLA?

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452 – WTF is an Uncontrolled Manifold?! Andrew Wilson May 23, 2023

Andrew Wilson and I discussing the concept of the Uncontrolled Manifold and how it relates to good and bad variability and affordances. We also look at his new paper on using a UCM to understand throwing.

Articles:Affordances for Throwing: An Uncontrolled Manifold Analysis

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Links:www.TheProLane.com https://twitter.com/CoachDrewD https://twitter.com/TheProLane

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451 – Coach Journeys: Drew Dunlop, Building a Basketball Laboratory May 16, 2023

My interview with Drew Dunlop, Basketball Coach and co-founder of the Pro Lane.

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https://www.primalmke.com/

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450 – Coach Journeys: Scott Sievewright, Finding Authenticity in an Ecological Approach to MMA May 09, 2023

My interview with Scott Sievewright, Head MMA Coach, Primal MKE

Links:

https://twitter.com/mke_mma

More information:

https://twitter.com/Marianne_D1

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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449 – Coach Journeys: Marianne Davies, Exploring the Ecological Approach from Horses to Rivers to Mountains May 02, 2023

My interview with Marianne Davies, Senior Coach Developer for UK Coaching

Links:

https://dynamics-coaching.com/

https://rivertigerpodcastequestriancoaching.buzzsprout.com/

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A Constraints-Led Approach to Baseball Coaching

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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448 – Our New Book: CLA to Baseball Coaching, Randy Sullivan Apr 25, 2023

Randy Sullivan and I discuss our new book: A Constraints-Led Approach to Baseball Coaching

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Exploring the Effects of Tasks with Different Decision-Making Levels on Ball Control, Passing Performance, and External Load in Youth Football

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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447 – Kicking Against Walls and Decision Making in Practice Apr 18, 2023

How can we logically and rationally analyze a practice drill like kicking a soccer ball against a wall so we can improve its representativeness and connect it with what is happening on the field? What are the effects of adding decision making to practice activities?

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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446 – Learning to Do it “Right” by Practicing Doing it “Wrong” Apr 11, 2023

A look at the results from a recent study of mine where I tested the potential benefits of practicing doing the “wrong” things in practice. Does it give a performer more information for learning?

More information:

https://www.instagram.com/likeironstrong_wes/

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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445 – Coach Journeys: Wes Goodman, Biomechanics from the Lab to the Gym Apr 04, 2023

My interview Wes Goodman, owner of Like Iron Strength & Performance & PhD student at Montana State University. Studying and applying biomechanics.

Links:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/wes-goodman-cscs-0394b0189/

https://likeironstrong.com/

More information:

https://twitter.com/coachKCvb

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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444 – Coach Journeys: Kasey Crider, Finding Congruence with an Ecological Approach Mar 28, 2023

My interview with Kasey Crider, Head Volleyball Coach at University of Maryland Baltimore County discussing his journey from a information processing to an ecological approach to volleyball coaching.

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More information:

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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443 – Sh*t About Movement You Should Know!, Tracy Hayes Mar 21, 2023

My interview with Tracy Hayes, the Mobility Chick, about building the foundations of effective movement.

Links:

https://www.mobilitychick.com/links/

https://www.instagram.com/mobilitychick/

More information:

https://kinesiologybooks.org/index.php/stork/catalog/book/13

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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442 – An Ecological Dynamics Approach to Measuring and Developing Collective Behavior, Job Fransen Mar 14, 2023

My interview with Job Fransen from the University of Groningen, discussing his new open-access book, The Forest Through the Trees: Making Sense of an Ecological Dynamics Approach to Measuring and Developing Collective Behavior in Football.

Links:

https://twitter.com/JobFran3

https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=JCXMOrgAAAAJ&hl=en

More information:

https://twitter.com/carlwoods25?lang=en

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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441 – Knowing, Wayfinding, Corresponding & Guiding On and Off the Sports Field; Carl Woods Mar 07, 2023

My interview with Carl Woods from Victoria University. What does it mean to know, guide, and correspond with our environment?

Links:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Carl-Woods-2

More information:

https://www.standardjiujitsu.com/

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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440 – Coach Journeys: Greg Souders, Standard Jiu-Jitsu Feb 28, 2023

My interview with Greg Souders from Standard Jiu-Jitsu. Developing an ecological dynamics approach to martial arts training.

Links:

https://www.instagram.com/gdsouders/

More information:

https://www.amazon.com/Tyranny-Talent-compels-athletic-achievement/dp/1738644103

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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439 – The Tyranny of Talent, Joe Baker Feb 21, 2023

My interview with Joe Baker from York University discussing his new book – The Tyranny of Talent: How it Compels and Limits Athletic Achievement..and Why You Should Ignore It.

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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438 – Applying Ecological Dynamics to Physical Therapy, Martijn Lips & William Spinhoven Feb 14, 2023

My interview with Martijn Lips & William Spinhoven, discussing their experiences applying Ecological Dynamics to Physical Therapy.

Links:

More information:

https://www.performancevision.co.uk/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoe-wimshurst-3ab7113b/

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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437– Training Visual Capabilities in Sport, Zoe Wimshurst Feb 07, 2023

My interview with Zoe Wimshurst from Performance Vision. How can we train athletes to improve their task-relevant, visual capabilities and connect them with their skill on the field.

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On the wisdom of not-knowing: reflections of an Olympic Canoe Slalom coach

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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436 – Coach Journeys: Craig Morris, Embracing Not-Knowing Jan 31, 2023

My interview with Craig Morris, Olympic Slalom Coach for British Canoeing. How can embracing the idea that you don’t know all the answers make you a better coach?

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Articles: Can I Choose a Throwable Object for You? Perceiving Affordances for Other Individuals Perceiving and Remembering Affordances for Others Are Continuous Processes Perceiving nested affordances for another person’s actions Essential kinematic information, athletic experience, and affordance perception for others An information-based approach to action understanding

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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435 – Perceiving the Affordances of Others Jan 24, 2023

How well can we perceive the action opportunities available to others? What information do we use? Can we perceive nested affordances – that is, be sensitive to not only another person’s action capabilities but impending changes in their capabilities? Some implications for coaching.

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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434 – Coach Journeys: Martijn Nijhoff, Dutch Baseball Jan 17, 2023

My interview Martijn Nijhoff discussing his experiences adopting an ecological approach to coaching.

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Nonlinear Pedagogy Underpins Intrinsic Motivation in Sports Coaching Self-Determination Theory and Nonlinear Pedagogy: An Approach to Exercise Professionals’ Strategies on Autonomous Motivation

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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433 – How Does Motivation Fit in an Ecological Approach to Skill? Jan 10, 2023

A look at how non-linear pedagogy supports the development of intrinsic motivation and connects with Self Determination Theory.

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Learning to coach: An ecological dynamics perspective

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

432 – Applying the CLA to Coach Development, Matt Wood Jan 03, 2023

An interview with Matt Wood from Cardiff Met University about applying a constraints-led approach to coach learning and development.

Article:

More information:

https://perceptionaction.com/book/

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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431 – My NEW book is here, Learning to Optimize Movement: Harnessing the Power of the Athlete-Environment Relationship Dec 20, 2022

A chapter-by-chapter preview of my new book, the follow-up to “How We Learn to Move”

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Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

430 – News and Notes Dec 13, 2022

A few updates on what’s going on with me and the podcast. And an exciting announcement – my new book, the follow-up to How We Learn to Move, is here!

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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429 – How Should We Be Varying Information in Practice? Does it HAVE to be Specifying? Dec 06, 2022

What are the different types of information sources for controlling action and how should we be manipulating them in practice? Do we absolutely have to stick to the mantra: “make sure they are using specifying information”?

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Representative co-design: Utilising a source of experiential knowledge for athlete development and performance preparation

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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428 - On Planning, Adapting & Co-Designing Practice Nov 22, 2022

How should we plan our practices so that we are working on the right things at the right times? Is it better to let our coaching curriculum just emerge? How should we be getting the athletes involved in co-designing practice?

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Letting the body find its way: Skills, expertise, and Bodily Refection

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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427 – Letting the Body Find its Way: On the Role of Attention in Skilled Movement Nov 15, 2022

Does thinking about movement always hinder performance? If so, is the solution to stop thinking and rely solely on automatic processes? Or is it possible to reach a state where consciousness remains on the surface, but our body leads the way?

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More information:

https://www.spreaker.com/user/thetalentequation/representative-learning-design-twitter-s

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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426 – On Specificity, Representative Design & Whether the Game is Always the Best Teacher Nov 08, 2022

Should we be striving to make everything in practice as close to the game as possible? What is the difference between specificity and representativeness?

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Kinematic sequence patterns in the overhead baseball pitch

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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425 – Kinematic Sequencing: Variability in the Kinetic Chain? Nov 01, 2022

Does the kinetic chain link in the expected proximal to distal order? Does it link in the same way with each execution of a movement? To foreshadow- NO and NO. A look at work on kinematic sequencing in throwing.

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Kinematic Sequence Classification and the Relationship to Pitching Limb Torques

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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424 – Action Capacity vs Skill: Training to Expand the Field of Affordances Oct 25, 2022

What is the difference between an action capacity and a skill? How can we better connect the two through Affordance Theory?

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Optimal and suboptimal video instructions change movement execution in young talented basketball players

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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423 – Implicit Training to Reduce Injury Risk, Eline Nijmeijer and Anne Benjaminse Oct 18, 2022

I am joined by Elina Nijmeijer and Anne Benjaminse from the University of Groningen to talk about their interesting new work on implicit training to reduce injury risk in athletes.

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Learning Multiple Movements in Parallel—Accurately and in Random Order, or Each with Added Noise?

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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422– Learning Multiple Movements in Parallel Oct 11, 2022

What is the best way to train multiple movements, like the serve, set and pass in volleyball, in parallel? Are the effects we see when interleaving different movements more consistent with an information processing or ecological approach?

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Introduction to Ecological Psychology

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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421 – Intro to Ecological Psychology, Julia Blau and Jeff Wagman Oct 04, 2022

An interview with Julia Blau and Jeff Wagman about their new Introduction to Ecological Psychology textbook.

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Creative actions in team sports are rooted in motor skills rather than in a divergent thinking ability

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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420 – Creativity & Motor Skills, Skill Acquisition Summit 22 Sep 27, 2022

Is creativity in sports rooted in divergent thinking – the cognitive ability to generate a lot of ideas or in having a diverse set of motor skills? And a preview of the 2022 Baseball Skill Acquisition Summit.

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https://floridabaseballarmory.com/summit/

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Comparing the Effects of Differential Learning, Self-Controlled Feedback, and External Focus of Attention Training on Biomechanical Risk Factors of Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) in Athletes: A Randomized Controlled Trial

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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419 – The Effect of Different S&C Training Methods on Reducing Risk for Knee Injury Sep 20, 2022

How do different S&C training methods support injury prevention. For example, which is better for learning a squat – external focus of attention instructions, self-controlled feedback or differential learning?

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Data-driven strength and conditioning, and technical training programs for goalkeeper’s diving save in football

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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418 - Linking Movement Analysis, S&C and Skill Training Sep 13, 2022

How can we use data from movement analyses to aid the design of S&C activities and skill practice? Data-driven training for soccer goalkeeping.

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More information:

https://twitter.com/aksumfootball/status/1555122997433774080 https://www.linkedin.com/in/karl-marius-aksum-27691010a/

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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417 – Practice Activity Analysis, Karl Marius Aksum Sep 06, 2022

A case study in how we should be doing theoretically-based task analyses of practice activities: the Rondo in soccer. Will the activity achieve its goals? Is it representative? Will it transfer to competition? Does it foster creativity and functional variability? My interview with Karl Marius Aksum.

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One more time about motor (and non‑motor) synergies

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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416 – The Development of Motor Synergies & the Influence of Constraints Aug 30, 2022

How do motor synergies develop when we learning to catch a ball? How is this development shaped by the constraints imposed on the performer such as the information available during practice, the actions catching is nested within like postural control, and disorders like DCD ?

Articles:

Manipulating Visual Informational Constraints during Practice Enhances the Acquisition of Catching Skill in Children Inter-joint coupling and joint angle synergies of human catching movements

Spatiotemporal characteristics of muscle patterns for ball catching

Effects of Postural Constraints on Children's Catching Behavior

Adaptations to Task Constraints in Catching by Boys with DCD

Effects of a developmental task constraints intervention on kinematic synergies during two-hand catching in children with developmental delays

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Baseball Catching Patterns Differ According to Task Constraints The application of co-ordination dynamics to the analysis of discrete movements using table-tennis as a paradigm skill

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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415 – Hysteresis in Movement Coordination Aug 23, 2022

What is hysteresis in movement coordination? How can it be use to explain how the sequence of events influence an athlete’s performance – without the need to bring in memory or inference processes?

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A Descriptive Case Study of Skilled Football Goalkeepers During 1 v 1 Dyads: A Case for Adaptive Variability in the Quiet Eye

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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414 – An Ecological Approach to the Quiet Eye, Ben Franks Aug 16, 2022

Is there one ideal gaze strategy for performing a sports skill as has been suggested by the quiet eye research? My interview with Ben Franks from Oxford Brookes University looking at some of his research taking an ecological, individualized view of the quiet eye.

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Perceiving the sweet spot Learning to throw to maximum distances Attunement to haptic information helps skilled performers select implements for striking a ball in cricket Perceiving Affordances of Hockey Sticks by Dynamic Touch Perceiving the affordance of string tension for power strokes in badminton: Expertise allows effective use of all string tensions An ecological-dynamical approach to golf science: implications for swing biomechanics, club design and customisation, and coaching practice

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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413 – Perceiving Affordances of Sports Equipment: Implications for Design & Fitting Aug 09, 2022

Can athletes perceive which balls, sticks, bats, racquets, etc afford the greatest opportunity for hitting, throwing, etc? What information do they use for this and how does it relate to Gibson’s concept of dynamic touch? How can we use this better design and fit sports equipment?

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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412 – A Theoretical Framework for Describing Movement Variability Aug 02, 2022

So, by now we all know movement variability is good! But it’s not all good. A look at a framework for categorizing different types of movement variability and how it might allow us to better design training to enhance the good.

Articles:A Proposed Framework to Describe Movement Variability within Sporting Tasks: A Scoping Review

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Instructions on Task Constraints Mediate Perceptual-Motor Search and How Movement Variability Relates to Performance Outcome

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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411 – How do Instructions Shape Search for a Movement Solution Jul 26, 2022

How do instructions about task constraints influence how a performer searches for a movement solution? Is movement variability still beneficial even when you guide a performer towards the optimal solution?

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An Examination of the Contextual Interference Effect and the Errorless Learning Model during Motor Learning

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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410 – Combined Effects of Variability and Errors in Practice Design Jul 05, 2022

What are the combined effects of manipulating practice variability (for example, blocked vs random) and errorful versus errorless practice, which know influence implicit learning.

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Social and Cultural Constraints on Football Player Development in Stockholm: Influencing Skill, Learning, and Wellbeing

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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409 – Social & Cultural Constraints in Skill Development, James Vaughn Jun 28, 2022

My interview with James Vaughn discussing his recent case study of the role of social and cultural constraints on skill development in team sports.

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Female Athletes Exhibit Greater Trial-to-Trial Coordination Variability When Provided with Instructions Promoting an External Focus Is Prescription of Specific Movement Form Necessary for Optimal Skill Development? A Nonlinear Pedagogy Approach

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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408– Prescription, Focus of Attention Instructions & Movement Variability Jun 21, 2022

Do external focus of attention instructions promote more movement variability? Do we have to prescribe the fundamentals to an athlete before we allow athletes to explore movement solutions?

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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407 – An Ecological Approach to Hockey Goaltending Practice Design Jun 14, 2022

How can we apply the principles of ecological dynamics to coaching ice hockey goaltenders? What has research shown about skill acquisition in goalkeeping?

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Articles:Maximising Grip on Deception and Disguise: Expert Sports Performance During Competitive Interactions

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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406 – An Ecological Approach to Deception in Sports Jun 07, 2022

My interview with Harry Ramsey and Matt Dicks to discuss their interesting new paper - Maximising Grip on Deception and Disguise: Expert Sports Performance During Competitive Interactions. How can we understand deception in an ecological approach? How should we be studying these phenomena?

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Articles:Applying an ecological approach to practice design in American football: some case examples on best practice

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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405 – Ecological Approach to Practice Design in American Football May 31, 2022

My interview with Tyler Yearby and Shawn Myszka about their new paper looking at an ecological approach to practice design in American football.

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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404 – Training Anticipation with Eye Movement Sonification May 24, 2022

Can you improve an athlete’s ability to anticipate the actions of an opponent by guiding their gaze to particular locations using sound?

Articles:The effect of eye movement sonification on visual search patterns and anticipation in novices

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Articles:Weighted-Ball Velocity Enhancement Programs for Baseball Pitchers Effect of a 6-Week Weighted Baseball Throwing Program on Pitch Velocity, Pitching Arm Biomechanics, Passive Range of Motion, and Injury Rates

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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403 – Manipulating Ball Weight as a Constraint in Practice May 17, 2022

Does training with lighter or heavier than regulation balls improve performance? What adaptations to coordination patterns do they encourage? Do they increase the chance of injury?

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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402 – Regulating Motor Redundancy in Throwing May 10, 2022

What are the invariant and variant properties in accurate throwing actions? How do skilled performers exploit redundancy in ball release and body level degrees of freedom?

Articles:Utilizing hierarchical redundancy for accurate throwing movement

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Articles:Using Blur for Perceptual Investigation and Training in Sport? A Clear Picture of the Evidence and Implications for Future Research

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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401 – Using Blur to Train Perceptual-Motor Skills May 03, 2022

What effect does blurring your vision have on sports performance? Can blur actually be used as a training tool to help learners educate their attention to better information sources?

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400 – JC #37: Skill Acquisition Theory & Coaching Apr 26, 2022

To celebrate the 400th episode of the podcast, I was joined by a few friends to discuss something I am very passionate about: the role of skill acquisition theory in coaching. Is it just “psychobabble that confuses coaches”? Is it effective (or even possible) to pick and choose and theory for different situations?

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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399 – Predicting Individual Differences in Motor Learning Apr 19, 2022

I am joined by Rajiv Ranganthan to discuss his recent paper looking at individual differences in motor learning. How effectively can we predict differences in the ability of individuals to learn a new motor skill? What are the best predictor variables?

Articles:Predicting individual differences in motor learning: a critical review

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Rugby Coach Weekly Podcast

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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398 – Decision Making IV: Debating Ecological vs Information Processing Approaches Apr 12, 2022

A little post game analysis of my discussion/debate with Mike Ashford about ecological vs information processing-based approaches to decision making in sports.

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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397 – Reorganization of Action from Changing Task Constraints Apr 05, 2022

How do golfers reorganize the action of putting in response to changes in the task constraints? How does this depend on their own individual constraints?

Articles:The re-organization of action in golf putting under different task constraints

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

396 – The Science of the Racer’s Brain Mar 29, 2022

My interview with Otto Lappi and Alan Dove, authors of the new book The Science of the Racer’s Brain. What makes a skilled racing driver?

Links:

http://racersbrain.org/

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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395 – Key Principles of the Ecological Approach to Skill Mar 22, 2022

What are the key principles of the ecological approach to skill and how do they relate to each other?

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Always Pay Attention to Which Model of Motor Learning You Are Using

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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394 – Models of Motor Learning Mar 15, 2022

A review of “Always Pay Attention to the Which Model of Motor Learning You Are Using?” How can we classify different models of motor learning? Can we ever truly replicate findings in this area?

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External Focus or Differential Learning: Is There an Additive Effect on Learning a Futsal Goal Kick?

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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393 – Reconciling Differential Learning and External Focus of Attention Findings Mar 08, 2022

How can we reconcile the findings from the large body of research on focus of attention instructions (which has shown a clear benefit for an external focus over an internal one) and the findings from Differential Learning studies (which frequently employ internal instructions)?

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Superiority of external attentional focus for motor performance and learning: Systematic reviews and meta-analyses.

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Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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392 – What is the Role of “Memory” in the Ecological Approach to Skill? Mar 01, 2022

I was joined by Andrew Wilson from Leeds Beckett to discuss a question we both get a lot: what role does memory play in the ecological approach? Is it really the case that skillful action involves no memory?

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Hitting movement patterns organized by different pitching movement speeds as advanced kinematic information

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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391 – Are “Advance Cues” Used for Predictive or Prospective Control? Feb 22, 2022

Is the advance information we get from an opponent’s kinematics, their body language, used to predict/anticipate what is going to happen next as traditionally proposed? Or is it used as information to continuous control preparatory movements?

Articles:

More information:

https://twitter.com/MSAIreland

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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390 – Movement & Skill Acquisition Ireland Webinar Series 2022 Feb 16, 2022

My interview with Phil Kearney and Alan Dunton from MSAI discussing their 2022 Webinar series: Applying skill acquisition in different domains.

Links:

More information:

https://www.bettermovement.org/

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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389 – Interview with Todd Hargrove, Playing with Movement, The Feldenkrais Method Feb 15, 2022

My interview with Todd Hargrove from Better Movement. How can playing with and exploring movement be beneficial? Why should we be thinking options not corrections in movement training and physical therapy? What is the Feldenkrais Method?

Links:

https://www.amazon.com/Todd-R-Hargrove/e/B00LLLMEEM?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1643804037&sr=1-1

More information:

An extended challenge-based framework for practice design in sports coaching

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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388 – An Extended Challenge Point Framework for Practice Design Feb 08, 2022

A look at the extended challenge point hypothesis. How can we get the level difficulty right to challenge a performer? What are 3 different goals coaches should consider when designing a practice?

Articles:

A critical systematic review of the Neurotracker perceptual-cognitive training tool The effectiveness of 3D multiple object tracking training on decision-making in soccer

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Task specific devices and the perceptual bottleneck Search strategies in practice: Influence of information and task constraints

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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387 – Task Specific Devices & Soft Assemblies Feb 01, 2022

How do the components of our motor system flexibly reorganize in response to task demands? How do we use information about performance errors (knowledge of results) to search for new organizations? Do these processes involve the use of hard-wired motor programs or softly assembled devices specific to the constraints associated with the individual and task?

Articles:

Soft-Assembly of Sensorimotor Function

http://psychsciencenotes.blogspot.com/2011/06/task-specific-devices-and-perceptual.html?m=1

More information:

Understanding a Player’s Decision-Making Process in Team Sports: A Systematic Review of Empirical Evidence Continuous hitting movements modeled from the perspective of dynamical systems with temporal input

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Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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386 – Decision Making III: Emergent, Mental Model Driven or Both? Jan 25, 2022

A look at the recent systematic review of decision making in sports. Is decision making best explained as being emergent, mental model driven or both? Is this an example of integrating direct and indirect theories of perception?

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A Ten Commandments for Ecological Psychology

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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385 – A 10 Commandments for an Ecological Approach to Skill Jan 18, 2022

A look Michaels and Palatinus’ 10 commandments for ecological psychology and their implications for skill acquisition research and coaching. Why are the principles of the ecological approach a package deal?

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Pain and the field of affordances: an enactive approach to acute and chronic pain

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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384– Learning to Move with Pain: Affordances & Constraints Jan 11, 2022

How does pain shape learning and re-learning to move? How does it change the field of affordances available to an athlete? What is the best way to treat it?

Articles/Links:

https://youtu.be/Xn05zbO4Y-w

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“Markov at the Bat”: A Model of Cognitive Processing in Baseball Batters A model of motor inhibition for a complex skill: Baseball batting

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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383 – Why I Switched Sides to the Ecological Approach Jan 04, 2022

Why did I make the switch in my career from thinking about skill as an indirect, predictive process involving internal models to direct perception, ecological dynamics? Why do I think the latter is a better approach to understanding and developing skill?

Articles:

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Expert Anticipatory Skill in Striking Sports

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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382– Online vs Offline Information VS Direct vs Indirect Perception Dec 28, 2021

What is the difference between using online vs offline information to our control our actions on the one hand and the dichotomy between direct vs indirect perception, on the other? How have these been used incorrectly in many attempts to integrate skill acquisition approaches? An attempt at some clarification.

Articles/Links:

The use of contextual priors and kinematic information during anticipation in sport: toward a Bayesian integration framework

Review: Approaches to Visual-motor Control in Baseball Batting

https://youtu.be/77zEoTKQ7h0

More information:

https://youtu.be/c_yWNTxzaVE

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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381– An Ecological Approach to Volleyball Coaching & Practice Design Dec 21, 2021

How can we apply an ecological approach to coaching volleyball? Are the ideas of “repetition without repetition” and motor synergies supported by research on this sport? What has research shown about the benefits of using the CLA and differential learning in volleyball?

https://youtu.be/oULzGe8Lnf4

More information:

https://acousticathletics.com/ https://www.brianbushway.com/

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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380 – Interview with Brian Bushway & Tom Izdebski from Acoustic Athletics, Learning to Use Auditory Information in Sports Dec 14, 2021

Can athletes learn to use the auditory information available in a sports environment to improve their performance? Can we see all around us with sound?

For those that aren’t familiar with his story, Brian Bushway started to go blind when he was 14 and now has no response to light at all. But amazingly he can still see! Brian has learned to echolocate. That is, he uses the auditory information that naturally occurs in our environment, the sounds bouncing around off objects, to localize and identify objects and events. He uses this to mountain bike, ice skate and perform a host of other activities. Now, with the help of Tom he is trying to teach athletes to do this, both those that visually impaired like himself and normally sighted athletes.

Links:

Videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFvH7NF4MSw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWbWBWH8OYk

More information:

https://www.switchedontrainingapp.com/

379 – Journal Club #36: Making Isolated, At-Home Training More Representative Dec 07, 2021

How can we make isolated, at home sports training more representative? A discussion with Ryan and Brett from SwitchedOn Training.

Links:

More information:

Two visual systems and two theories of perception: An attempt to reconcile the constructivist and ecological approaches

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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378 – Achieving Balance (and Integration?) in Skill Acquisition Research & Theory Nov 30, 2021

A few updates on the first month of my book release. And how do we achieve balance in looking at the different theories of skill acquisition? Is it possible to integrate the different approaches?

Articles:

Information Processing and Constraints-based Views of Skill Acquisition: Divergent or Complementary?

Contextual inference underlies the learning of sensorimotor repertoires

Effects of an expert-modeled attentional focus cue structure on skilled jump rope performance and learning

Prospective control of manual interceptive actions: comparative simulations of extant and new model constructs

Children are suboptimal in adapting motor exploration to task dimensionality during motor learning

How direct is visual perception?: Some reflections on Gibson's “ecological approach” Ecological foundations of cognition. I: Symmetry and specificity of animal-environment systems Motor Schema Theory after 27 Years: Reflections and Implications for a New Theory

Videos:

https://youtu.be/0idB-6ToVAI

https://youtu.be/kEFlYLM3nX0

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The Role of Nonlinear Pedagogy in Supporting the Design of Modified Games in Junior Sports

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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377 – Nonlinear Pedagogy Revisited Nov 23, 2021

What exactly are Linear and Nonlinear Pedagogy? How does Nonlinear Pedagogy relate to ecological dynamics?

Articles:

More information:

Buy my book: “How We Learn to Move”

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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376 – Why Ecological PLUS Dynamics? What is Metastable Attunement? Nov 16, 2021

Why do we need both ecological psychology and behavioral dynamics to understand skilled behavior? What is metastable attunement and how does it capture this combination?

Articles:

Metastable attunement and real‑life skilled behavior

Interpersonal Distance Regulates Functional Grouping Tendencies of Agents in Team Sports Desideratum for GUT: A functional semantics for sport

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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375 – Journal Club #35: Pursuing Further Education in Skill Acquisition for Coaches & Practitioners Nov 09, 2021

What are the options for furthering your education in skill acquisition if you are a coach or practitioner. What should you be looking for in a program and advisor?

More information:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09K1T1TG4

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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374 – My Book is Here! How We Learn to Move: A Revolution in the Way We Coach & Practice Sports Skills Nov 02, 2021

A chapter-by-chapter preview of my newly released book.

Links:

https://perceptionaction.com/book/

More information:

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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373 – Journal Club #34: An Ecological Approach to the Use of Film/Video Analysis in Coaching Oct 26, 2021

A discussion about how film and video can be used identify information-movement laws and affordances, and be used to guide an athlete’s exploration of perceptual-motor space.

More information:

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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372 – An Ecological Approach to Basketball Practice Design and Coaching Oct 19, 2021

What does the research say about the role of movement variability in basketball? How do new players solve the degrees of freedom problem? How can we use the CLA to encourage the development of good variability and motor synergies in shooting?

More information:

https://twitter.com/PsychScientists

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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371 – Interview with Andrew Wilson, The Ecological Learning Lab Oct 12, 2021

My interview with Andrew Wilson from Leeds Beckett discussing this exciting new project he is coordinating with Southampton Football Academy: The Ecological Learning Lab. What is it all about and how can you get involved?

Contact info:

A.D.Wilson@leedsbeckett.ac.uk

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Effects of different types of analogy instruction on the performance and inter-joint coordination of novice darts learners

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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370 - Analogy Instructions & Movement Coordination, Skill Acquisition Summit Preview Oct 05, 2021

How do analogy instructions effect movement coordination? Is it better to use a separate analogy for each body part or an integrated one for the whole movement? Plus, a preview of the upcoming Skill Acquisition Summit.

Article:

Summit:

https://floridabaseballarmory.com/summit/

More information:

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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369 – Journal Club #33: An Ecological Approach to Martial Arts and MMA Sep 28, 2021

How can we apply an ecological approach to training martial arts and MMA? How can we redesign practice to make it more alive and representative? A discussion with Rafe Kelley, Shawn Myszka, Josh Peacock and Scott Sievewright.

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The effects of linear, nonlinear, and differential motor learning methods on the emergence of creative action in individual soccer players

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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368 – Article Review: Do self-organization training methods better promote creativity? Sep 21, 2021

How does the ecological approach to skill acquisition change the way we think about movement creativity? How can we promote it through practice design?

Article:

More information:

https://youtu.be/Bqicr_vA5bU

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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367 – Journal Club #32: Exploring Ecological Dynamics Sep 14, 2021

How does cognition fit into an ecological approach? Was is the difference between technique, skill and action capacity? How should rule based vs physical constraints be used in practice? An emergent discussion on some topics related to applying an ecological dynamics approach in coaching

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Exploration evoked by the environment is balanced by the need to perform in cricket spin bowling

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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366 – Article Review: Balancing the Demands of Learning and Performance in Sports Sep 07, 2021

When faced with changing constraints how do performers balance the competing demands of exploring solution space for a new movement solution and maintaining short-term performance success?

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Enhancing skill transfer in tennis using representative learning design

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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365 – Article Review: Does More Representative Practice Design Lead to Better Transfer of Training? Aug 31, 2021

Does more representative design lead to better transfer of training? Does it make athlete more adaptable and strategic in their play? What is the relationship between the CLA and representative design?

Articles:

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Control of Accuracy during Movements of High Speed: Implications from Baseball Pitching

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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364 – Article Review: The Role of Movement Variability in Movement Accuracy Aug 24, 2021

How do skilled performers achieve both speed and accuracy? Is it by reducing variability in movement parameters (i.e., repeatability)? Or is by allowing movement parameters to co-vary and compensate for each other (i.e., motor synergies)?

Articles:

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Choosing an optimal motor-task difficulty is not trivial: The influence of age and expertise

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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363 – Article Review: Choosing the Optimal Task Difficulty for Training Aug 17, 2021

How well calibrated is our perception of task difficulty? To what degree can athletes assess whether the difficulty of a practice task is optimal for motor learning?

Articles:

Metacognition in motor learning

More information:

On the possibility of “smart” perceptual mechanisms

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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362 – Smart Perceptual Mechanisms & Training an Athlete to “See Through the Matrix” Aug 10, 2021

What is a “smart” perceptual mechanism? How does it differ from the rote mechanisms used in information processing theory, where simple features are used for computation and processing? Are we missing opportunities to train the development of these smart perceptual mechanism in sports, forcing an athlete to see in terms of simple variables and categories, when we could be training them to pick up complex information and see directly through the matrix?

Articles:

Polar planimeter:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_k_0hRpOA4

More information:

Self-organisation and constraints in sports performance Self-regulated learning strategies during self-controlled practice in physical education The chorus-line hypothesis of manoeuvre coordination in avian flocks

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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361 – Self Organization & Self-Regulation in Skill Acquisition: Clarifying Some Confusions Aug 03, 2021

What is the role of the “self” in self organization? How does its pre-loaded conception lead to some misunderstanding about self-organization and misapplication of methods designed to promote it, like the CLA? How does it relate to self-regulation in skill acquisition? An attempt at some clarification.

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Is Tensegrity the Functional Architecture of the Equilibrium Point Hypothesis? Linking Tensegrity to Sports Team Collective Behaviors: Towards the Group-Tensegrity Hypothesis

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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360 – Biotensegrity Jul 27, 2021

What is biotensegrity? How can it be used to understand movement coordination and preparation on an individual level and team coordination? How does it relate to Bernstein’s concepts of motor synergies and muscle tone?

Articles:The Medium of Haptic Perception: A Tensegrity Hypothesis

Anatomy of Agility

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Neither mindful nor mindless, but minded: habits, ecological psychology, and skilled performance

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The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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359 – Habit vs Skill II: Being Fast and Adaptable Jul 20, 2021

Conscious control seems to be far too slow to account for skilled performance in sports while using automatic habits seems not to be smart enough to allow for adaptation to the ever-changing constraints an athlete faces. How can we be both adaptable and fast? Does adaptability require mental representation?

Articles:

Specificity & the Optic Array: https://youtu.be/Bw9P4WAsA3E

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What Makes an Elite Shooter and Archer? The Critical Role of Interoceptive Attention

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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358 - Article Review: Interoceptive Attention & Adaptation to Individual Constraints Jul 06, 2021

What is interoceptive attention and how might it help an performer adapt to changes in individual constraints like fatigue and anxiety?

Article:

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Null Effects of Different Amounts of Task Variation in Both Contextual Interference and Differential Learning Paradigms

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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357 - Article Review: Does the structure and amount of variability in practice matter? Jun 29, 2021

Does the amount of and structure of variability matter when training a new learner? Are there benefits to using Differential Learning over a simple serial, variable practice schedule?

Article:

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The role of variability in the control of the basketball dribble under different perceptual setups

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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356 – Article Review: How do Changes in Informational Constraints Influence Movement Variability? Jun 15, 2021

How do changes in the perceptual information available alter movement variability? If we constrain vision with occluding glasses or constrain audition with headphones how do performers adapt their movements? How does this depend on skill level?

Article:

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Effort‑dependent effects on uniform and diverse muscle activity features in skilled pitching

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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355 – Article Review: How Does Movement Coordination Change with Increased Effort? Jun 08, 2021

How does the constraint of effort (for example, throwing at 80% of your max vs 100%) change the coordination of degrees of freedom in movement? Do movements become mostly invariant across individuals at max effort or is there still a role for variability?

Article:

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To Tee, Or Not to Tee: Exploring the Relationship Between Representative Practice and Performance in Highly Skilled Baseball Hitters

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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354 – Article Review: Does Practice Representativeness Effect Perceptual-Motor Calibration? Jun 01, 2021

Does the representativeness of a practice task effect perceptual-motor calibration? For example, is the calibration of decision making and gaze behavior more effective when hitting off a pitcher vs a tee in baseball?

Article:

More information:

Motor learning methods that induce high practice variability reduce kinematic and kinetic risk factors of non-contact ACL injury

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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353 – Article Review: Variability of Practice as an Injury Prevention Mechanism May 25, 2021

A look at a new study comparing the effects of the CLA, differential learning, and prescriptive training on risk factors for ACL injury.

Article:

More information:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tpPmQVgEDw&list=PL7jcinNUb4UlH12FgDhLIT4mKfehB5Y_5

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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352 – Top Research Articles of 2021 (So Far) May 18, 2021

A look at some of the most interesting research articles from 2021 so far. How do constraints shape skill acquisition? How can we interpret some of the classic problems in perception from an ecological point of view? What have we learned about the search for optimal movement solutions?

Youtube Playlist Link:

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A whole body characterization of individual strategies, gender differences, and common styles in overarm throwing

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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351 – Perceptual-Motor Styles May 11, 2021

Why do many individuals have a distinctive manner of performing a motor action (aka a perceptual-motor style)? How can we determine whether a particular style is functional? How do styles change with development, sports training and through rehabilitation?

Articles:

Perceptual‑motor styles

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Sonification Approaches in Sports in the past Decade: A Literature Review

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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350 – Movement Sonification to Aid Motor Learning May 04, 2021

How can mapping a movement parameter into sound be used to aid motor learning? How can it be used to help stablilize movement patterns or alternatively encourage a learner to be creative and look for new ones?

Articles:

A Perspective on Implementing Movement Sonification to Influence Movement (and Eventually Cognitive) Creativity

A Review on the Relationship Between Sound and Movement in Sports and Rehabilitation

Corrective Sonic Feedback for Speed Skating: A Case Study

The Effect of Sonification Modelling on Perception and Accuracy of Performing Jump Shot Basketball

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Movement reversals in ball catching Visual guidance of intercepting a moving target on foot

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The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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349 – Movement Reversals & what they tell us about Motor Control Apr 27, 2021

Why do we sometimes start moving in completely the wrong direction before changing course when intercepting a moving object? Under what conditions do these “movement reversals” occur and what do they tells us about the use of predictive vs prospective control?

Articles:

Reversals in Movement Direction in Locomotor Interception of Uniformly Moving Targets

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Contemporary theories of 1/f noise in motor control

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The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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348 – The Color of Noise in Motor Control Apr 20, 2021

A look at 1/f or pink noise in the motor system. How can it be used as a metric to understand the coordination of degrees of freedom in movement? How does it change when learning a new skill?

Articles:

1/f scaling in movement time changes with practice in precision aiming

Pink Noise in Rowing Ergometer Performance and the Role of Skill Level

More information:

https://riogroup.weebly.com/

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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347 - Journal Club #31: Using Observation and Imagery in Coaching Apr 13, 2021

I was joined by Adam Bruton, Dan Eaves and David Wright from the Research on Imagery and Observation (or Rio group) for a really interesting discussion about applying these methods in coaching. How can we use imagery to add variability to demonstrations by coaches?

https://twitter.com/_RIOgroup_

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But I can’t pass that far! The influence of motor skill on decision making

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The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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346 – How Do Action Capabilities Constrain Affordance Perception & Decision Making Apr 06, 2021

How do an athlete’s action capabilities (e.g. their speed, power, movement time) influence their abilities to perceive affordances and make decisions? How well calibrated are these things? Can we improve perception and decision making by increasing action capacity?

Articles:

The influence of instructions and body-scaling as constraints on decision-making processes in team sports

Individual differences in the visual control of intercepting a penalty kick in association football

Action capability constrains visuo-motor complexity during planning and performance in on-sight climbing

Goalkeeping in the soccer penalty kick: The dive is coordinated to the kicker’s non-kicking leg placement, irrespective of time constraints

Video:

https://youtu.be/5mffRciOld4

More information:

Conceptualizing physical literacy within an ecological dynamics framework

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The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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345 - Journal Club #30: An Ecological Approach to Youth Sports Coaching & Physical Education Mar 23, 2021

I was joined by Mark O’Sullivan, James Rudd, Rich White and Michael Zweifel for a really interesting discussion about applying ecological dynamics to youth sports coaching and physical literacy.

More information:

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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344 – Co-Adaptation: How Can Pitchers Exploit the Perceptual-Motor Strategies used by Hitters? Mar 16, 2021

A discussion with Randy Sullivan from Florida Baseball Ranch and several professional baseball pitching coaches. Our topic was co-adaptation in baseball, looking at how a pitcher might exploit the perceptual-motor strategies that hitters are using against them.

More information:

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The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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343 – Journal Club #29: Exploring the Ecological Approach to Skill Acquisition Mar 09, 2021

What are some the misconceptions about it how might we improve its understanding and application?

More information:

https://youtu.be/Fz31R6sgHZ4

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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342 – A Constraints-Based, Grand Unifying Theory of Sports Performance Mar 02, 2021

Can we use Newell’s constraints framework to unify the typically siloed subdisciplines (for example, skill acquisition, S&C and biomechanics) within sports science? A look at Paul Glazier’s Grand Unifying Theory of sports performance?

Articles:Towards a Grand Unified Theory of Sports Performance

Video:

More information:

https://runswickperformance.com/

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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341 – Interview with Ollie Runswick, King’s College, Anticipation, Adding Context to Practice, Video Feedback Feb 23, 2021

A discussion with Ollie Runswick from King’s College London discussing his research on anticipation, how and when to add context to practice, and the use of video feedback in sports training.

More info about my guest:

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Coaches’ internal model of the tennis serve technique: Knowing or understanding?

340 – Educating a Coach’s Attention & the Use of Diagnostic Constraints Feb 16, 2021

How do good coaches pick up information while observing an athlete, that can be used to guide skill acquisition? How can coaches better educate their attention to information that will better support search and self- organization of movement? A look at perceptual expertise in coaching.

Articles:Visual Expertise in the Perception of Action

An Operational Model of Motor Skill Diagnosis

Golf coaches’ perceptions of key technical swing parameters compared to biomechanical literature Does perceptual or motor experience influence the perception of global and joint-specific kinematic changes in complex movement patterns?

Experiential Knowledge Affects the Visual Search Behaviors of Sprint Coaches and Sport Biomechanists

Videos:

https://youtu.be/9lbBiz-ouLo

https://youtu.be/qjW5LMQrRlU

More information:

The Perception of the Environment

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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339 - Journal Club #28: Ingold’s “Perception of the Environment” Part I Feb 09, 2021

A look at the first section of Tim Ingold’s book “The Perception of the Environment: Essays on Livelihood, Dwelling and Skill”. Topics include education of attention, the role of culture in sports, attending vs controlling one’s environment, and showing vs telling as a coach.

More information:

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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338 - Journal Club #27: Positively Advancing the Coaching Science Discussion in 2021 Feb 02, 2021

A follow up to some of the issues we discussed in Journal Club #25. How can move beyond the arguing about methods and theories?

More information:

Effect of mental imagery on realizing affordances

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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337 – An Ecological, Enactive Account of the Use of Mental Imagery in Sports Jan 26, 2021

How can we understand the use of mental imagery in sports from an ecological perspective? How can perception be direct in imagery if there is no stimulus present? How does it relate to skilled intentionality?

Articles:Reconceiving representation-hungry cognition: an ecological-enactive proposal

Article Review: “Contextualized Skill Acquisition Research” - Dexterity development in Brazilian soccer

More information:

Anticipating synchronization as an alternative to the internal model

336 – Strong Anticipation: Coordinating with the Future without Predicting It Jan 19, 2021

Can we “anticipate” the future without predicting it? Are delays in our perceptual-motor system flaws that we must compensate for or actually advantageous? A look at the concept of strong anticipation.

Articles:

On Strong Anticipation

Lectures on Perception (Chapter 26)

More information:

Articles:Ecological-Enactive Cognition as engaging with a field of relevant affordances: The Skilled Intentionality Framework (SIF) Foregrounding Sociomaterial Practice in Our Understanding of Affordances: The Skilled Intentionality Framework Self-organization, free energy minimization, and optimal grip on a field of affordances

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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335 – Skilled Intentionality Jan 12, 2021

How do skilled performers selectively respond to some of the many available affordances (or opportunities for action) in their environment? How do they coordinate their action to keep multiple affordances available? How can this ability be developed in practice?

More information:

https://geni.us/theplaymakersdecisions

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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334 – Interview with Dan Peterson & Len Zaichkowsky, The Playmaker’s Decisions Jan 05, 2021

A discussion with Dan and Len about their new book: The Playmaker’s Decisions - The Science of Clutch Plays, Mental Mistakes and Athlete Cognition.

Current book, The Playmaker’s Decisions:

Previous book, The Playmaker’s Advantage:

https://geni.us/ThePlaymakersAdvantage

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333 – Journal Club #26: Using Verbal Instructions in Coaching Dec 22, 2020

A discussion with Rajiv Ranganathan and Andrew Wilson about using verbal instructions as constraints in coaching/ When should a coach use instruction and how should they use it?

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332 - Journal Club #25: Translating Theory into Coaching Practice Dec 15, 2020

What is the role of theory in coaching? Do you need a theory? If so, should you chose one or mix and match?

More information:

The Best: How Elite Athletes are Made

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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331 - Journal Club #24: Talent Development & How Elite Athletes are Made Dec 08, 2020

A discussion about talent development. How can it be facilitated through coaching and practice design? What role does technology and analytics have to play?

Links:

More information:

https://vivo.brown.edu/display/wwarrenj

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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330 – Interview with Bill Warren, Brown, The Ecological Approach to Perception-Action Dec 01, 2020

A discussion with Bill Warren from Brown University about his extensive body of work using an ecological approach to perceptual-motor control. Topics include affordances, calibration, information-based v internal model control, why “behavior is regular without being regulated” and where the ecological approach is headed.

More info about my guest:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/William_Warren12

More information:

https://emergentmvmt.com/reshaping-the-weight-room/

329 - Journal Club #22: Designing Practice Warm-Up Nov 24, 2020

A discussion about practice warm-up sessions. What should their purpose really be? How can we innovate and re-design them to promote exploration and pave the way for motor learning?

Links:

https://emergentmvmt.com/preparing-for-game-day-the-warm-up/

More information:

http://www.hmmrmedia.com/store/books/the-anatomy-of-agility/

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

328 – Interview with Frans Bosch, Movement Analysis in Sport Nov 17, 2020

A discussion with Frans Bosch about his new book, Anatomy of Agility – Movement Analysis in Sport. Why is it critical to take into account the body’s interests when coaching movement? Why is stability more important than perfecting a movement? How can a coach manipulate variability in practice to influence the development of attractors? What is the information for motor learning?

More info about my guest:

https://fransbosch.systems/

https://twitter.com/FransBoschBook

More information:

https://www.amazon.com/Choke-Secrets-Brain-Reveal-Getting/dp/1416596186

327 – Interview with Sian Beilock, Barnard, Building a Toolbox for Performing Under Pressure Nov 10, 2020

A discussion with Sian Beilock from Barnard College. Why does pressure affect different performers in different ways? What should be in your toolbox when preparing for a high pressure situation or recovering from a situation where you didn’t handle pressure as well as you would have liked? How can we best train to prevent choking?

More info about my guest:

https://sianbeilock.com/

More information:

Movement Automaticity in Sport

326 – Revisiting “Automaticity” & Its Relevance to Skilled Performance Nov 03, 2020

Revisiting the concept of “automaticity”. Does it still have relevance to understanding skilled performance? Should the goal of training really be to get a performer to a stage where they are doing things automatically? Or, is it time to retire this idea to the legends section of the motor learning hall of fame?

Articles:

Beyond Automaticity: The Psychological Complexity of Skill

Exploring the Orthogonal Relationship between Controlled and Automated Processes in Skilled Action

More information:

What are Fundamental Motor Skills and What is Fundamental About Them?

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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325 - Journal Club #21: Fundamental Movement Skills Oct 27, 2020

I am joined by Stu Armstrong and Kasey Crider to discuss Karl Newell’s recent article “What are Fundamental Motor Skills and What is Fundamental About Them?” What exactly are they? Do we need to teach them to new learners before they can begin to explore and self-organize? What are the potential dangers of doing this? If we don’t “teach the fundamentals” what can we do instead?

Article:

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Articles:Reviewing the Variability-Overuse Injury Hypothesis: Does Movement Variability Relate to Landing Injuries? Predicting Injury in Professional Baseball Pitchers From Delivery Mechanics: A Statistical Model Using Quantitative Video Analysis Differences in attentional focus associated with recovery from sports injury: Does injury induce an internal focus?

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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324 – An Ecological Approach to Sports Injury Prevention & Adaptation (Not Recovery) Oct 20, 2020

An ecological approach to preventing and adapting to sports injury. To what extent can we predict injury from technique? How is injury risk related to movement variability and attentional focus? Can we reduce risk by increasing variability through training? Does injury induce functional neuroplastic changes in our brain?

Effect of gait retraining on segment coordination and joint variability in individuals with patellofemoral pain

Can kinematic and kinetic differences between planned and unplanned volleyball block jump-landings be associated with injury risk factors?

Functional Brain Plasticity Associated with ACL Injury: A Scoping Review of Current Evidence

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Metabolic energy expenditure and the regulation of movement economy Increased movement accuracy and reduced EMG activity as the result of adopting an external focus of attention Enhanced expectancies improve movement efficiency in runners

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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323 - The Role of Movement Efficiency & Economy in Motor Learning: A Constraints-Based Framework Oct 13, 2020

Do learners choose movement solutions that are economical – that is those which not only achieve their performance goal but are also the most efficient and have low energy expenditure? What information is available to guide a performer to a more economical movement solution and how does it depend on attentional focus? How can this be conceptualized in a constraints-based framework?

Articles:

More information:

Sports training technologies: Achieving and assessing transfer

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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322 – Overspeed Perception & Decision Making Training Oct 06, 2020

Can decision making in sports be improved by using above real time or “overspeed” video based training? Does it seem more “game-like” to athletes? Does it result in transfer of training to improved decisions on the field?

Articles:

The speed of perception: the effects of over‑speed video training on pitch recognition in collegiate softball players

An above real time training intervention for sport decision making

The Effect of an Above Real Time Decision- Making Intervention on Visual Search Behaviour

More information:

Short-Term Effects of Differential Learning and Contextual Interference in a Goalkeeper-like Task: Visuomotor Response Time and Motor Control Acute effects of differential learning on football kicking performance and in countermovement jump Differential Training Facilitates Early Consolidation in Motor Learning Post-task Effects on EEG Brain Activity Differ for Various Differential Learning and Contextual Interference Protocols

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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321 – Differential Learning III: Clarifying Methodology, Acute Training Effects & Brain Activity Sep 29, 2020

A more detailed look at the manipulations used in Differential Learning. Are the movement variants representative? Will they induce an internal focus of attention? As a coach, how should you choose variants appropriate for the skill level and task being trained? And, a look at few recent studies in this area examining acute effects of training and changes in brain activity.

Articles:

More information:

The constraint-led approach to enhancing team synergies in sport - What do we currently know and how can we move forward? A systematic review and meta-analyses Developing Players’ Tactical Knowledge Using Combined Constraints-Led and Step-Game Approaches—A Longitudinal Action-Research Study Increasing tactical complexity to enhance the synchronisation of collective behaviours: An action-research study throughout a competitive volleyball season

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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320 – Using a Constraints Led Approach to Develop Tactical Skill Sep 22, 2020

How can a constraints led approach be used to develop tactical behavior in teams sports? Can a Step-Game Approach be combined with the CLA to improve tactical knowledge and team synergy? How does this all fit with Gibson’s distinction between “knowledge of” and “knowledge about”?

Articles:

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When and how to provide feedback and instructions to athletes? – How sport psychology and pedagogy insights can improve coaching interventions to enhance self-regulation in training

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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319 – Instruction, Feedback and the Promotion of Self-Organization Sep 15, 2020

A look at how can we use instruction and feedback to guide self-organization in motor learning. Why, when and how should a coach use these types of informational constraints?

Articles:

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Changes in movement coordination associated with skill acquisition in baseball batting: Freezing/freeing degrees of freedom and functional variability

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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318 – My Recent Skill Acquisition Studies Sep 08, 2020

A look at a couple of my skill acquisition studies that have recently come out. How does variability in practice conditions influence the coordination of degrees of freedom? And, a direct comparison between prescriptive instruction, differential learning and a constraints led approach.

Articles:

Comparing the constraints led approach, differential learning and prescriptive instruction for training opposite-field hitting in baseball

More information:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Y2kl-b0AAAAJ&hl=en

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

317 – Interview with Kevin Becker, TWU, Focus of Attention & Holistic Cueing Aug 25, 2020

A discussion with Kevin Becker from Texas Women’s University. What factors moderate the classic “external focus is better than an internal focus” effect? What are athletes’ self-reported focus strategies? How might we use multiple cues? What are holistic cues?

More info about my guest:

https://apps.twu.edu/my1cv/profile.aspx?type=twh&id=hGBQqjQhd%2F8dFlc7AnxGJQ%3D%3D

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kevin_Becker

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Complementing subjective with objective data in analysing expertise: A machine-learning approach applied to badminton

316 – Machine Learning for Understanding Motor Learning Aug 18, 2020

A look at research examining how machine learning techniques can be used to further our understanding of motor learning, investigating questions related to talent development, the structure of practice, the level of tactical proficiency, and recovery from practice.

Articles:

The Identification of “Game Changers” in England Cricket’s Developmental Pathway for Elite Spin Bowling: A Machine Learning Approach

It Ain’t What You Do—It’s the Way That You Do It: Is Optimizing Challenge Key in the Development of Super-Elite Batsmen?

Machine learning approach to model sport training

More information:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=n0fsp3UAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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315 – Interview with Christian Vater, Bern, Using Peripheral Vision in Sports, Gaze Training Aug 11, 2020

A discussion with Christian Vater from the University of Bern. What are the different ways athletes use peripheral vision in sports? Can you train an athlete to adopt a different gaze strategy? How can we use VR to better understand and train vision in sports.

More info about my guest:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christian_Vater

More information:

Integrating situational probability and kinematic information when anticipating disguised movements Knowledge is power? Outcome probability information impairs detection of deceptive intent The impact of self-generated and explicitly acquired contextual knowledge on anticipatory performance Quantifying the nature of anticipation in professional tennis

314 – Knowing Your Opponent: Deception & an Ecological View on Using Probability Information Aug 04, 2020

A look at recent studies investigating the use of situational probabilities by athletes? Does knowing your opponent’s tendencies make you more susceptible to deception? Does it matter whether you are given probability info about your opponent or acquire it yourself? How can we account for the use of this type of information in an ecological approach to action?

Articles:

More information:

An implicit plan overrides an explicit strategy during visuomotor adaptation.

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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313 – Do Explicit Strategies for Altering Technique Interfere with Implicit Motor Learning? Jul 28, 2020

How do implicit and explicit learning interact with each other? If a coach gives an athlete an explicit strategy for correcting their technique is it going to hinder implicit learning? What does this say about whether it is a good idea for a coach to sample from different theoretical approaches and philosophies in practice design?

Articles:

A spatial explicit strategy reduces error but interferes with sensorimotor adaptation Implicit adaptation compensates for erratic explicit strategy in human motor learning

More information:

Equipment modification can enhance skill learning in young field hockey players

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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312 – Adding Variability, Execution Redundancy & “Essential Noise” to Practice with Equipment Modifications Jul 21, 2020

A look at how modifying sports equipment (e.g., changing size, altering mass distribution or making more flexible) can enhance motor learning by adding variability and increasing movement execution redundancy.

Articles:

"Essential noise" - Enhancing variability of informational constraints benefits movement control: A comment on Waddington and Adams (2003)

Visual responses to changing size and to sideways motion for different directions of motion in depth: Linearization of visual responses

The Effect of Variability of Practice at Execution Redundancy Level in Skilled and Novice Basketball Players

Effects of manipulating ball type on youth footballers’ performance during small-sided games

Blog Post:

https://perceptionaction.com/simplification/

Bradman Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o6vTXgYdqA

More information:

Multi-stability and meta-stability: understanding dynamic coordination in the brain

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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311– Individual Differences & Intrinsic Dynamics: Why Do Some Performers Self-Organize Better Than Others? Jul 14, 2020

A look at individual differences in motor learning and coordination. What are intrinsic dynamics and how do they influence learning? How do patterns of coordination change with learning? Why do some athletes seem to be better able to self-organize than others?

Articles:

Beyond the blank slate: routes to learning new coordination patterns depend on the intrinsic dynamics of the learner—experimental evidence and theoretical model

Transfer of a learned coordination function: Specific, individual and generalizable

A novice-expert comparison of (intra-limb) coordination subserving the volleyball serve

More information:

Multi-stability and meta-stability: understanding dynamic coordination in the brain

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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310 – Developing Adaptable Performers: Training in Regions of Metastability Jul 07, 2020

A look at the concepts of multi and meta-stability in coordination. How can a performer have multiple movement solutions that are both stable and flexible at the same time? How might we develop this by training within meta-stable regions?

Articles:

How boxers decide to punch a target: emergent behaviour in nonlinear dynamical movement systems

Metastability and emergent performance of dynamic interceptive actions

More information:

Sport Practitioners as Sport Ecology Designers

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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309 - Journal Club #20: Sport Practitioners as Sport Ecology Designers Jul 02, 2020

I am joined by Damian Farrow, Alex Lascu, Derek Panchuk and Carl Woods to discuss the article: Sport Practitioners as Sport Ecology Designers: How Ecological Dynamics Has Progressively Changed Perceptions of Skill “Acquisition” in the Sporting Habitat. We discuss: the shift from coach as instructor to coach designer, the challenges of “hands-off” coaching, do coaches need to understanding skill acquisition theory, and the importance of having a consistent purpose across the different disciplines in coaching (via a Department of Methodology).

Article:

More information:

https://researchdirectory.uc.edu/p/silvapa

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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308 – Interview with Paula Silva, Cincinnati, Anti-fragility, Movement Adaptability, Dynamic Touch Jun 30, 2020

A discussion with Paula Silva from the University of Cincinnati. How can stress help a performer adapt and grow? What is anti-fragility? How do we measure and it and train it? How can it be used to challenge an athlete at the right level? What is dynamic touch and how is it important for coordination and "feel"?

More info about my guest:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Paula_Silva22

More information:

Challenging Conventional Paradigms in Applied Sports Biomechanics Research

307- Using Biomechanical Analyses to Reduce Injury & Improve Performance Jun 25, 2020

How should biomechanics be applied in sport to improve performance and reduce injury? Should we be identifying ideal movement parameters from group based analyses or attempting to optimize for each individual athlete? How can we make biomechanics tools more accessible? Plus a discussion with Mike Sonne and Casey Mullholland about the development and use of a phone app for biomechanics analyses.

Article:

More information:

https://www.port.ac.uk/about-us/structure-and-governance/our-people/our-staff/matt-dicks

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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306 – Interview with Matt Dicks. Portsmouth, Perception-Action Coupling, Exploring to Learn, Affordances Jun 23, 2020

A discussion with Matt Dicks from the University of Portsmouth. How does “anticipation” behavior change as we vary the degree of perception-action coupling? What is the role of perceived afffordances and action capabilities in the control of action? How do we explore our environment to learn (i.e. acting to perceive)? Should exploring be treated as something different than performing?

More info about my guest:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Matt_Dicks

More information:

What are “normal movements” in atypical populations?

305- Journal Club #16: What are “normal movements” in atypical populations? Jun 18, 2020

I am joined by Rajiv Ranganathan and Harjiv Singh to discuss the 1996 article “What are “normal movements” in atypical populations?” Are atypical movements in impaired populations actually functional adaptations to changes in constraints? Does a therapist “know better than our CNS” such that we should be trying to correct these adaptations and get the movement pattern back to normal? How do these ideas apply to sports?

Article:

More information:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Wolfgang_Schoellhorn

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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304 – Interview with Wolfgang Schollhorn, Mainz, Differential Learning Jun 16, 2020

A discussion with Wolfgang Schollhorn from the University of Mainz. What has research on coordination profiling shown about the role individuality and variability in skilled performance? Why is noise essential for perceptual-motor control? How does differential learning promote motor learning and what are practical guidelines for how to use it effectively?

More info about my guest:

http://dls-sports.com/

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Vibrotactile feedback as a tool to improve motor learning and sports performance: a systematic review

303 - New Remote Motor Learning Technology Jun 11, 2020

A look at some technologies that might allow a coach or therapist to guide motor learning remotely. What has initial research shown about the effectiveness of these devices? How should auditory and vibrotactile feedback be used to guide movement? Also including a discussion with the developer and some users of the Kinesthetic Awareness Training System (KATS).

Article:

Development of an interactive shirt for self-directed motor learning

The Next Big Thing in Sports? Clothes That Give You Perfect Form

An Investigation into the Use of Tactile Instructions in Snowboarding

Video Links:

Journal Club #15 – Kinesthetic Awareness Training System

More information:

https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/john-van-der-kamp/publications/

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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302 – Interview with John van der Kamp, VU, Implicit Learning, Ventral vs Dorsal Stream, Movement Creativity Jun 09, 2020

A discussion with John van der Kamp from Vrije University in Amsterdam. What does the latest research say about the benefits of implicit learning? Does it promote automaticity? What are the roles of the dorsal and ventral streams in the control of action and the perception of affordances? How can constraints manipulations and adding variability to practice help athletes find “creative” movement solutions?

More info about my guest:

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Clarifying the differences between deliberate practice and other types of practice

301- Journal Club #14: Deliberate Practice Jun 04, 2020

I am joined by Ed Coughlan to discuss Anders Ericsson’s recent article “Clarifying the differences between deliberate practice and other types of practice”. Does deliberate practice really have any relevance to sports? How does it differ from purposeful practice? How can we reverse engineer expertise?

Article:

More information:

Links: Why is it difficult to catch a poorly thrown or kicked football? A perceptual perspective

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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300 - Evolution of My Ideas: How I Self-organized towards Self-Organization Jun 02, 2020

Celebrating the 300th episode by looking at how my personal views about perceptual-motor control and skill acquisition have been shaped by my experiences and changed over time.

More information:

https://www.brookes.ac.uk/templates/pages/staff.aspx?wid=&op=full&uid=p0075140 @KWilmut

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

199 – Interview with Kate Wilmut, Oxford Brookes, Perceptual-Motor Control in DCD, Embodied Perception vs Action Jun 01, 2020

A discussion with Kate Wilmut from Oxford Brookes University. How is the perception of affordances, motor control and planning affected in Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)? How are embodied perception and actions related? How are changes in motor control related to changes in executive function (e.g. working memory, attentional control) across the lifespan?

More info about my guest:

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Affordances can invite behavior: Reconsidering the relationship between affordances and agency

198- Journal Club #13: Affordances May 28, 2020

I am joined by Duarte Araujo, Marianne Davies, Ben Franks & Stuart Armstrong to discuss the topic of affordances. How do affordances invite opportunities for action and how do we select between them? How can coaches design practice activities to encourage athletes to accept these invitations?

Article:

More information:

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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197 - Journal Club #12: Talent ID & Selection May 26, 2020

I am joined by Joe Baker, David Mann, Joerg Schorer and Nick Wattie to discuss topics including: what exactly is “talent”, how good are we at talent ID/selection and what impacts does it have on sports and society, what are the pros and cons of early specialization, and the future conferencing.

More information:

https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/staff-profiles/faculty-of-science/sport-and-exercise-sciences/james-rudd

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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196 – Interview with James Rudd, LJMU, An Ecological Dynamics Approach to Improving Physical Literacy & Movement Skills in PE May 25, 2020

A discussion with James Rudd from Liverpool John Moores University. What are the trends in movement competency/skill in children in recent years? How should we be assessing skill and Physical Literacy? How do nonlinear and linear approaches to PE compare in terms of developing competency and creativity in movement skill?

More info about my guest:

@jamesrrudd

More information:

https://www.nie.edu.sg/profile/chow-jia-yi

195 – Interview with Jia Yi Chow, NTU Singapore, Nonlinear Pedagogy May 21, 2020

A discussion with Jia Yi Chow from the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. What is nonlinear pedagogy? What has research shown regarding its effectiveness in PE teaching? How can a coach become more effective at using it and related approaches like the CLA.

More info about my guest:

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Prospective control in sport

194 - Journal Club #11: Prospective Control May 19, 2020

I am joined by Andrew Wilson, Tyler Yearby and Garrett Boyum to discuss Prospective Control. We talk about how it differs from predictive control, the patterns of behaviors it creates, how it de-emphasizes the importance of reaction time, how it changes with practice and affordance-based control.

Article:

More information:

https://www.bzcohen.com/book

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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193 – Interview with Ben Cohen, WSJ, The Hot Hand: The Mystery & Science of Streaks May 18, 2020

A discussion with Ben Cohen from the Wall Street Journal about his new book – The Hot Hand: The Mystery & Science of Streaks. Does the Hot Hand in sports exist? How does it change the behavior of people around the player with the “hot hand”? How can this idea be extended to other domains like film making?

More info about my guest:

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192- Journal Club #10: VR Training May 14, 2020

I am joined by Sam Vine from Exeter and Cathy Craig from INCISIV for a discussion about present and future of VR Training. What can and can’t VR do for sports training? How should we be assessing VR systems? How can it be a value add to real practice?

More information:

Anatomy of Agility – Movement analysis in sport

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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191- Journal Club #9: Skill Acquisition Summit Roundtable May 12, 2020

I am joined by Frans Bosch, Randy Sullivan, Martijn Nihoff, Bart Hanegrafff and Paul Venner for a roundtable discussion about training at home, transitioning back to full training and Frans’ new book, the Anatomy of Agility.

Book pre-order:

More information:

Nonlinear pedagogy: an effective approach to cater for individual differences in learning a sports skill.

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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190 - Prescriptive Instruction vs Self Organization: Comparative Research & Playing Both Sides May 11, 2020

Contrasting Prescriptive and Self-Organization approaches to skill acquisition. What has research directly comparing them found? Is it a good idea (or even possible) to adopt both approaches as a coach?

Articles:

More information:

An internal focus of attention is optimal when congruent with afferent proprioceptive task information

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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189 - Journal Club #8: Focus of Attention and Proprioceptive Information May 07, 2020

I am joined by Vicki Gottwald and Gav Lawrence to discuss their new paper: An internal focus of attention is optimal when congruent with afferent proprioceptive task information.

Article:

More information:

Comparing the effects of external focus of attention and continuous cognitive task on postural control in anterior cruciate ligament reconstructed athletes

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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188 - Journal Club #7: Focus of Attention and Cueing in Injury Rehabilitation May 05, 2020

I am joined by Nick Winkelman, Alli Gokeler, Anne Benjaminse, Harjiv Singh and Jed Diekfuss to discuss the recent article “Comparing the effects of external focus of attention and continuous cognitive task on postural control in anterior cruciate ligament reconstructed athletes” and the general topic of cueing in injury rehabilitation.“

Article:

More information:

http://www.joanryanink.com/intangibles/

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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187 – Interview with Joan Ryan, Intangibles: Unlocking the Science & Soul of Team Chemistry May 04, 2020

A discussion with Joan Ryan, author of the new book- Intangibles: Unlocking the Science & Soul of Team Chemistry. What is team chemistry? How does it influence performance and how can it be cultivated?

More info about my guest:

More information:

Keith’s MSAI Presentation

186 - Journal Club #6 – General vs Specific Training & “Learning to Learn to Move” Apr 28, 2020

I am joined by Keith Davids and Shawn Myszka to discuss the role of generalized vs sport specific training. How, when and why should we incorporate more generalized training in practice? What does it mean to a “learn to learn to move” and how can we facilitate it?

Link:

More information:

Freezing Degrees of Freedom During Motor Learning: A Systematic Review

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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185 – Freezing Degrees of Freedom as an Early Movement Solution Apr 27, 2020

What evidence is there that performers use Bernstein’s freezing degrees of freedom coordination solution in the early stages of learning? How does if and when they use it depend on the performance goal and task constraints?

Articles:

Dimensional change in motor learning

More information:

Representative learning design and functionality of research and practice in sport

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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184 - Journal Club #5: Bringing Representative Learning Design to Home Training Apr 21, 2020

I am joined by Marianne Davis and Stuart Armstrong to discuss how the principles of Representative Learning Design can be applied when training at home to make practice more enjoyable, engaging and effective.

Articles:

More information:

https://www.dukeoptilab.org/

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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183 – Interview with Greg Appelbaum, Duke University, Sports Vision Testing and Training, Brain & Behavior Apr 20, 2020

A discussion with Greg Appelbaum from Duke University about his work testing and training the sensorimotor abilities of athletes. What aspects of vision are predictive of on-field performance? Does dynamic vision training transfer? How might brain stimulation and EEG be used to improve sports training?

More info about my guest:

https://twitter.com/GregAppelbaum

Articles:

Visual-motor expertise in athletes: Insights from semiparametric modeling of 2317 athletes tested on the Nike SPARQ Sensory Station

Sensorimotor abilities predict onfield performance in professional baseball

Dynamic Vision Training Transfers Positively to Batting Performance Among Collegiate Baseball Batters

An Early Review of Stroboscopic Visual Training: Insights, Challenges and Accomplishments to Guide Future Studies

Sports vision training: A review of the state-of-the-art in digital training techniques

More information:

Ecological cognition: expert decision-making behaviour in sport

182 - Journal Club #4: Ecological Cognition & Sports Decision Making Apr 14, 2020

I am joined by James Vaughn, Ben Franks, Shawn Myska, Tyler Yearby, and Stuart Armstrong for a great discussion about the ecological approach to decision making in sports

Articles:

More information:

Skill Training Periodization in “Specialist” Sports Coaching—An Introduction of the “PoST” Framework for Skill Development

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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181 – Interview with Fabian Otte, Cologne, Applying the Periodization of Skill Training Framework Apr 13, 2020

A discussion with Fabian Otte from the German Sport University in Cologne on how to effectively develop a periodization plan for skill training and development.

Links:

Ep 168 – Periodisation of Skill Acquisition

More information:

https://www.amazon.com/Language-Coaching-Science-Teaching-Movement-ebook/dp/B07Z74T5HW/

180 – Interview with Nick Winkelman, Irish Rugby, The Language of Coaching: The Art & Science of Teaching Movement Apr 09, 2020

A discussion with Nick Winkelman about his new book: The Language of Coaching. Topic include: is there a place for the use of internal focus of attention cues, developing effective analogies, avoiding over-cueing and links between attentional focus cues and constraints.

Links:

https://www.thelanguageofcoaching.com/

More information:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiVJDIx0Zps

179 - Journal Club #3: Pitch Information & the Regulation of Baseball Swing Timing Apr 07, 2020

I am joined by Garret Boyum, Brock Hammit and Robert Frey from the Finding the Edge podcast and Peter Fadde from Game Sense sports to discuss an interesting new article on baseball batting. How does pitch sequencing and advance knowledge about the pitch type effect the timing of the different stages of a baseball swing? Is it a good idea to try and deliberately train batters to practice being fooled by a pitch?

Link to video:

Articles:

Does the combination of different pitches and the absence of pitch type information influence timing control during batting in baseball?

Finding the Edge Podcast

More information:

Dynamics of Skill Acquisition: An Ecological Dynamics Approach

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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178 – Interview with Chris Button, Otago, 2nd Ed of Dynamics of Skill Acquisition, Applying Ecological Dynamics to Water Safety Apr 06, 2020

My discussion with Chris Button, Professor in the School of Physical Education, Sport & Exercise Sciences, University of Otago, New Zealand. How can ecological dynamics and representative learning design be used to improve water safety training and prevent drowning? And a look at the second edition of one of the most influential books in this area – Dynamics of Skill Acquisition. What’s new in this edition? How are theory are application blended together?

Articles/Books:

Education and transfer of water competencies: An ecological dynamics approach

Exploratory Analysis of Treading Water Coordination and the Influence of Task and Environmental Constraints

More information about my guest:

https://www.otago.ac.nz/news/news/otago731915.html

https://www.otago.ac.nz/sopeses/staff/academic/christopher_button.html

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Chris_Button

More information:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiVJDIx0Zps

177 - Journal Club #2 - Attractor Stability & Adaptation to Constraints Mar 31, 2020

I am joined by @PsychScientists, @singh_harjiv and @Marianne_D1 to discuss new juggling study relating the stability of attractors in our intrinsic coordination and the ability to adapt to new task constraints.

Link to video:

Articles:

The influence of attractor stability of intrinsic coordination patterns on the adaptation to new constraints

More information:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkFDwtrBfpZALV_oEPmc-cQ

Credits:

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Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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176 – Journal Club #1: Equipment Scaling & Functional Variability Mar 26, 2020

I am joined by Marianne Davies and Ben Franks to discuss the really interesting new article by Tim Buszard and colleagues from AIS: Scaling sports equipment for children promotes functional movement variability.

Journal Club Link:

Articles:

Scaling sports equipment for children promotes functional movement variability

More information:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkFDwtrBfpZALV_oEPmc-cQ

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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175 – What is the Role of Eye Dominance in Skilled Motor Action? Mar 24, 2020

What is the relevance of ocular dominance for the control of action? How might it effect an athlete’s choice of stance or side? Is there any evidence to support the idea that being cross-dominant (different dominant hand and dominant eye) is advantageous in sports?

Journal Club Link:

Articles:

The Advantage of Eye–Hand Cross-Dominance for Baseball Batters

Sensory Eye Dominance: Relationship Between Eye and Brain

I Spy With My Dominant Eye

The Effect of Ocular Dominance on the Performance of Professional Baseball Players

Ocular Dominance and Handedness in Golf Putting

The Dominant Eye: Dominant for Parvo- But Not for Magno-Biased Stimuli?

Hand and Eye Dominance in Sport: Are Cricket Batters Taught to Bat Back-to-Front?

More information:

Reducing Proactive Interference in Motor Tasks Interindividual differences in the capability to change automatized movement patterns

Credits:

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Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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174 – Technique Change II: Proactive Interference, Constraints & Individual Differences Mar 19, 2020

Revisiting issue of technique change, first discussed in Episode 14. How do we prevent proactive interference from a well-learned technique? How does this vary between individuals? How is technique change conceptualized in the ecological approach to skilled performance?

Articles:

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The ecological dynamics of decision making in sport Changes in practice task constraints shape decision-making behaviours of team games players Manipulating Constraints to Train Decision Making in Rugby Union

Credits:

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Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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173 – Practice Design to Improve Emergent Decision Making Mar 17, 2020

A look at decisions as emerging from a process searching for information to act and acting to acquire information. How can we manipulate constraints and interaction with opponents in practice to improve this process?

Articles:

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Old wine in new bottles: a response to claims that teaching games for understanding was not developed as a theoretically based pedagogical framework A Review of the Game-Based Approaches to Coaching Literature in Competitive Team Sport Settings Why the Constraints-Led Approach is not Teaching Games for Understanding: a clarification

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Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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172 – Game-Based Approaches to Coaching Feb 25, 2020

A look at games based approaches to coaching. How do methods like teaching games for understanding differ from the constraints led approach? Is the CLA just “old wine in new bottles” or does it add something new?

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Coordination, control and skill Change in Motor Learning: A Coordination and Control Perspective

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The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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171 – Coordination, Control & Skill: A Three Stage Model of Motor Learning Feb 18, 2020

What are the differences between coordination, control and skill? A look at a 3 stage model of skill acquisition and its implications for coaching and motor learning research.

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Increased Risk of Musculoskeletal Injury Following Sport-Related Concussion: A Perception-Action Coupling Approach

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The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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170 – Interview with Shawn Eagle, Pittsburgh, A Perception-Action Coupling Approach to Sport Concussion Feb 11, 2020

Applying perception-action principles to concussion and behavioral injury risk. How does concussion affect an athlete’s perception of affordances and action boundaries in their environment?

Articles:

Does Concussion Affect Perception-Action Coupling Behavior? Action Boundary Perception as a Biomarker for Concussion.

Intersession Reliability and Within-Session Stability of a Novel Perception-Action Coupling Task

You Snooze, You Win? An Ecological Dynamics Framework Approach to Understanding the Relationships Between Sleep and Sensorimotor Performance in Sport

More information about my guest:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=vPPt9ssAAAAJ&hl=en

https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawn-eagle-52607a146/

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Improved Muscle Activity Following Motor Training Without Vision of the Throwing Motion in Baseball Pitchers Seeing is Believing: Blind Putting Drills Confer No Advantage to the Novice Golfer A sensorimotor basis for motor learning: evidence indicating specificity of practice Specificity of Learning a Sport Skill to the Visual Condition of Acquisition

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The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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169 - Going Blind: Are there Benefits to Training without Vision? Feb 04, 2020

Does training blind under non-vision conditions result in improved performance when the athlete returns to full vision conditions? Does it allow a performer to become more sensitive to information from other senses (e.g. proprioception and audition) or is learning specific to the conditions of practice?

Articles:

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Development of a skill acquisition periodisation framework for high-performance sport Skill Training Periodization in “Specialist” Sports Coaching—An Introduction of the “PoST” Framework for Skill Development

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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168 – Periodization of Skill Acquisition Jan 28, 2020

How might we periodize skill acquisition in a manner similar to physical training – taking into account factors like specificity, load, progression and reversibility? A look at the skill acquisition periodization and periodization of skill training frameworks.

Articles:

More information:

The Effectiveness of Different Visual Skills Training Programmes on Elite Cricket Players

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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167 – New Research on Generalized Perceptual-Cognitive Training Jan 21, 2020

A look at some recent studies investigating generalized, perceptual-cognitive training for sport. Is there any evidence that training perception and cognition out of context will result in transfer to improved performance on the sports field?

Articles:

Perceptual vision training in nonsport- specific context: effect on performance skills and cognition in young females

Off-Court Generic Perceptual-Cognitive Training in Elite Volleyball Athletes: Task-Specific Effects and Levels of Transfer

More information:

Don’t Turn Blind! The Relationship Between Exploration Before Ball Possession and On-Ball Performance in Association Football Principles of the Guidance of Exploration for Orientation and Specification of Action Cortical mechanisms of action selection: the affordance competition hypothesis

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The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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166 - Exploratory Search for Information, Affordances & Action Selection Jan 14, 2020

How do we use information from our environment to select between different opportunities for action (i.e. affordances)? How do we pickup this information? A look at exploratory head movements in teams sports and the affordance competition hypothesis.

Articles:

More information:

Performance-Based Adaptive Schedules Enhance Motor Learning

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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165 – Adaptive Training to Promote Motor Learning Jan 08, 2020

A look at a few different ways to adapt training to promote motor learning. Learner-controlled practice schedules, the win move/lose stay method, and adaptive, algorithm based schedules.

Articles:

Transfer of Training from Virtual to Real Baseball Batting

Win-shift, lose-stay: contingent switching and contextual interference in motor learning

Allowing Learners to Choose Self-Controlled Practice Schedules for Learning Multiple Movement Patterns

More information:

Effects of Visual Control Training on the Shooting Performance of Elite Female Basketball Players

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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164 – Constraining Vision to Educate Attention & Promote Skill Acquisition Nov 20, 2019

Comparing and contrasting some different methods for using visual constraints during practice, including stroboscopic training, spatial and temporal occlusion. What transfers to competition?

Articles:

The impact of a training intervention with spatial occlusion goggles on controlling and passing a football

The Education of Attention in Aiming at a Far Target: Training Visual Control in Basketball Jump Shooting

The Impact of Spatial Occlusion Goggles on the Basketball Crossover Dribble

The Effect of 4-Week Stroboscopic Training on Visual Function and Sport-Specific Visuomotor Performance in Top-Level Badminton Players

Intermittent vision vlog:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faGEdfqmsvM&list=PL7jcinNUb4Un0V4zsw3ZsNAXqUJg3t1x6&index=3

Chin Up Goggles:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LXIAG-60ug

More information:

Credits:

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Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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163 – The Constraints-Led Approach to Coaching IV: Why do we “Constrain”? Oct 29, 2019

Part 4 in my series on the CLA. What is the purpose of adding constraints in the constraints led approach to coaching? How does this differ from what has been done in the past? What are the different ways constraint manipulations can be used? How do constraints influence movement?

Me on the Talent Equation Podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/user/9625186/rob-gray-2

Improper Deceleration Example: https://www.mlb.com/video/miggy-ruptures-biceps-on-swing-c2147243383

More information:

On the optimal degree of fluctuations in practice for motor learning

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The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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162 – Differential Learning II: Contextual Interference vs Stochastic Resonance Oct 22, 2019

Revisiting the theory of differential learning. How does it differ from contextual interference? How much structure should we use when varying conditions in practice? What is stochastic resonance?

Articles:

Invited commentary: Differential learning is different from contextual interference learning

Differential Learning as a Key Training Approach to Improve Creative and Tactical Behavior in Soccer What Is Stochastic Resonance? Definitions, Misconceptions, Debates, and Its Relevance to Biology

More information:

Manipulations to practice organization of golf putting skills through interleaved matched or mismatched practice with a partner

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The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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161 - Practicing with a Partner: Matched or Mismatched Oct 15, 2019

Are there benefits to doing interleaved practice with partner? Is it better if you work on the same or different skills?

Articles:

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A serial‑position curve in high‑performance darts: The effect of visuomotor calibration on throwing accuracy

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The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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160 – Visuomotor Calibration & Frames of Reference Oct 08, 2019

Why can even relatively short breaks (like a rain delay or waiting for an opponent to take their turn) hurt performance? Why do athletes sometimes seem to completely misperceive the position of their body or how they are moving? A look at the process of calibration as linking frames of reference.

Articles:

Old School vs. New School: The Application of Data & Technology Into Baseball

Multiple paired forward and inverse models for motor control

More information:

Kinematic information feedback and task constraints

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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159 – What is an Optimal Movement Pattern? Oct 01, 2019

Is there one optimal movement solution for any given task? If not, can we identify the optimal movement pattern for each individual? How can knowledge of performance feedback be used to achieve optimality?

Articles:

In search of sports biomechanics’ holy grail: Can athlete-specific optimum sports techniques be identified?

Should Common Optimal Movement Patterns be Identified as the Criterion to be Achieved?

Constraints on the Complete Optimization of Human Motion

More information:

Search Strategies in the Perceptual-Motor Workspace and the Acquisition of Coordination, Control, and Skill

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The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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158 – Motor Learning as a Search within Perceptual-Motor Workspace Sep 24, 2019

A look at motor learning as a search within perceptual-motor workspace in the Search Strategies Approach theory. How do performers find stable regions in this workspace, and how does their search depend on their intrinsic dynamics and how they are coached.

Articles:

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A functional modulation for timing a movement: A coordinative structure in baseball hitting

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The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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157 – Coordinative Structures in Skilled Performance Sep 17, 2019

How do we coordinate movement across our different body segments and with respect to the external environment? A look at a specific example of a coordinative structure in baseball batting.

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Timing an attacking forehand drive in table tennis The amount and structure of human movement variability The relationship between variability in baseball pitching kinematics and consistency in pitch location

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The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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156 – How Consistently Do We Need to Move to Be Consistently Successful? Sep 10, 2019

How consistently do you need to move in order to consistently be successful in a sports skill? Is low variability in movement kinematics a key to achieving your goal? How should we be measuring and conceptualizing movement variability?

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Feedback delay attenuates implicit but facilitates explicit adjustments to a visuomotor rotation

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The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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155 - How Soon Should you Give Performance Feedback? Aug 27, 2019

How soon should you give an athlete performance feedback? Is there any value in delaying it a bit? What is happening in the time between an action finishing and feedback being processed?

Articles:

An interpolated activity during the knowledge-of-results delay interval eliminates the learning advantages of self-controlled feedback schedules

More information:

What do we see out of the corner of our eye? The role of visual pivots and gaze anchors in sport Peripheral Vision in Martial Arts Experts: The Cost-Dependent Anchoring of Gaze

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The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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154 – How is Peripheral Vision Used in Sports? Gaze Anchors & Pivot Points Aug 21, 2019

How exactly is peripheral vision used in sports? What are the costs and benefits of different gaze strategies? A look at gaze anchors and visual pivot points.

Articles:

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Taekwondo Fighting in Training Does Not Simulate the Affective and Cognitive Demands of Competition: Implications for Behavior and Transfer Batting Practice Is Probably a Waste of Everyone’s Time https://www.kinovea.org/

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The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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153 - Are we demanding enough of athletes in practice? Aug 13, 2019

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Learning new gait patterns is enhanced by specificity of training rather than progression of task difficulty

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Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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152 - Learning New Movement Patterns: Specificity vs Variability Aug 06, 2019

A look at a recent study on learning new gait patterns. Which is better: practicing the criterion task the whole time, progression from easier to difficult or random practice?

Articles:

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Evolution of Motor Control: From Reflexes and Motor Programs to the Equilibrium-Point Hypothesis The Equilibrium-Point Hypothesis – Past, Present and Future

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Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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151 –The Equilibrium Point Hypothesis of Motor Control Jul 23, 2019

A look at the equilibrium point hypothesis of motor control. How can movements be controlled both actively (voluntarily) and re-actively (involuntarily)?

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Motor repertoire and gray matter plasticity: Is there a link? The human sensorimotor cortex fosters muscle synergies through cortico-synergy coherence Neural mechanism underlying self-controlled feedback on motor skill learning

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The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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150 – New Motor Learning Neuroscience Research Jul 15, 2019

A look at some recent motor learning neuroscience articles. Can we achieve gray matter plasticity through motor learning? How are motor synergies reflected in brain activity? What are the neural mechanisms underlying the benefits of self-controlled feedback?

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Using noise to shape motor learning Motor Learning Is Optimally Tuned to the Properties of Motor Noise

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The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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149 - How Does Noise Shape Motor Learning? Jul 02, 2019

A look at the role of motor noise in motor learning? How to we minimize the effects of noise on motor control? Do we choose movement solutions that are less noisy?

Articles:

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On Becoming Skillful: Patterns & Constraints

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Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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148 - On Becoming Skillful: A Dynamical Systems Approach Jun 18, 2019

A look at the 1995 article by Jane Clark which provides an excellent overview of the dynamical systems approach to skill acquisition.

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Effect of environmental constraints on multisegment coordination patterns during the tennis service in expert performers

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The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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147 - New Constraints Led Approach (CLA) Research Jun 11, 2019

A look at a couple new studies examining the CLA to skill acquisition. How does the presence of an opponent influence the kinematics of a tennis serve? Can we correct technical errors without using explicit verbal instruction?

Articles:

Constraints-led approach to coaching the power clean

More information:

The acute effects of analogy and explicit instruction on movement and performance

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The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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146 –Effects of Analogy, Explicit Instruction & Attentional Cues on Performance May 21, 2019

A look at 3 recent studies evaluating the effects of different types of instruction (explicit, analogy and focus of attention) on performance, movement kinematics and motor learning.

Articles:

The effects of instructional cues on performance and mechanics during a gross motor movement

Changing one’s focus of attention alters the structure of movement variability

More information:

Limiting motor skill knowledge via incidental training protects against choking under pressure

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The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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145 – Incidental Training, Goal Babbling & Motor Exploration May 15, 2019

A look at a couple of recent motor learning articles. Does incidental training lead to protection against choking under pressure? How do we acquire a new movement skill? Do we initially explore the solution space randomly (what has been called motor babbling) or do we use goal-related feedback right from the start (goal babbling)?

Articles:

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Evaluating Weaknesses of “Perceptual-Cognitive Training” and “Brain Training” Methods in Sport: An Ecological Dynamics Critique Effectiveness and efficiency of virtual reality designs to enhance athlete development: an ecological dynamics perspective

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The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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144 – An Ecological Dynamics Assessment of Perceptual-Cognitive & VR Training in Sport May 07, 2019

What are the limitations of current perceptual-cognitive and brain training technologies that use an isolated, process driven approach to improve perception and decision making in athletes? How can these be improved by following the principles of Ecological Dynamics? How can VR training be better used to allow an athlete to explore the affordance landscape and make context-dependent decisions?

Articles:

More information:

Naturalistic Decision Making

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The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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143 – Naturalistic, Recognition-Primed Decision Making Apr 16, 2019

A look at Naturalistic and Recognition-Primed Decision Making. How do we make quick and effective decisions when faced with complex, time pressured situations? How do we bring our previous experience to bear in these situations? Can this approach be applied to sports?

Articles:

A Recognition Primed Decision (RPD) Model of Rapid Decision Making

Recognition Within the Decision-Making Process: A Case Study of Expert Volleyball Players

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Affordance-Based Control of Visually Guided Action

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Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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142 – Affordance Based Control Apr 09, 2019

Is the role of affordance perception just action selection? Or does it also play a role in action control? What does it mean to “know one’s limits”?

Articles:

Controlling speed and direction during interception: an affordance-based approach

More information:

Demonstration as a rate enhancer to changes in coordination during early skill acquisition

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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141 - Demonstration & Imitation as Rate Enhancers in Skill Acquisition Apr 02, 2019

A look at the role of demonstration and imitation in motor learning. What is rate enhancer in skill acquisition?

Articles:

Concurrent Imitative Movement During Action Observation Facilitates Accuracy of Outcome Prediction in Less-Skilled Performers

More information:

Special Issue of IJSP: Ventral and dorsal contribution to visual anticipation in fast ball sports

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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140 – An Ecological Approach to Visual Anticipation in Sports Mar 26, 2019

Is the common finding that expert athletes are better at using advance cues to anticipate their opponent’s actions evidence that they are using a predictive, internal model for action control? Or can this be reconciled with the ecological approach?

Articles:

More information:

“Amplification of Error”: A Rapidly Effective Method for Motor Performance Improvement Correction of a Technical Error in the Golf Swing: Error Amplification Versus Direct Instruction The effects of two different correction strategies on the snatch technique in weightlifting

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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139 - Improving Performance by Amplifying Errors Mar 19, 2019

Can having a performer amplify or exaggerate movement error be an effective way to correct it? Is error amplification a more effective method than corrective instruction?

Articles:

More information:

Effect of bandwidth knowledge of results on movement consistency Applying Bandwidth Feedback Scheduling to a Golf Shot Temporal-Comparative Feedback Facilitates Golf Putting

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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138 – Alternative Ways to Cue & Provide Feedback Mar 05, 2019

A look at some different ways we can cue and provide feedback to a performer including bandwidth, temporal-comparative and translational feedback and rhythm-based cues.

Articles:

Development of a rhythmic auditory biofeedback system to assist improving the kinetic chain for bat swing performance

The Importance of Temporal Structure and Rhythm for the Optimum Performance of Motor Skills: A New Focus for Practitioners of Sport Psychology

More information:

The yips in sport: A systematic review Flikikammo: When Gymnasts Lose Previously Automatic Backward Moving Skills Yips and Other Movement Disorders in Golfers Performance blocks in sport: Recommendations for treatment and implications for sport psychology practitioners

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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137 – The Yips Feb 26, 2019

A look at the phenomenon of The Yips. What exactly is it? How does it differ from choking under pressure? What effects does it have on movement coordination? How can it be treated?

Articles:

More information:

https://www.spreaker.com/user/9625186/podcast-panel?autoplay=1

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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136 - Talent Equation Podcast Panel - Applying Theory to Coaching Feb 20, 2019

A panel discussion about applying different theoretical approaches to coaching, fence sitting, and "it depends" on the Talent Equation podcast hosted and produced by Stuart Armstrong:

More information:

There is no motor redundancy in human movements. There is motor abundance

135 – The Problem of Motor Redundancy vs the Bliss of Motor Abundance Feb 05, 2019

Is having numerous possible solutions to a motor task a problem of redundancy that must be solved by somehow restricting the perception-action system? Or is it a gift of abundance that allows us to better adapt and react to our environment by developing new synergies?

Articles:

The Bliss of Motor Abundance Stages in learning motor synergies: A view based on the equilibrium-point hypothesis Motor abundance and control structure in the golf swing Learning a throwing task is associated with differential changes in the use of motor abundance

More information:

The General Motor Ability Hypothesis: An Old Idea Revisited

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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134 – Are there General Perceptual-Motor Abilities? Should we be Testing & Training Them? Jan 29, 2019

A look at the somewhat controversial topic of general perceptual-motor abilities. Are there general abilities such as agility and hand-eye coordination that apply to all sports or are the skills athletes use mainly sports specific? If such general abilities do exist, is it worth testing for them and training to improve them?

Articles:

Skill not athleticism predicts individual variation in match performance of soccer players

Further evidence against eye-hand coordination as a general ability

More information:

Application of representative learning design for assessment of common practice tasks in tennis Emergence of Skilled Behaviors in Professional, Amateur and Junior Cricket Batsmen During a Representative Training Scenario

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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133 – New Representative Design Research Jan 22, 2019

A look at some recent research on representative design. How can we evaluate the representativeness of typical practice activities used in sport? What expertise differences emerge when we evaluate athletes in a more representative test environment?

Articles:

More information:

Principles derived from the study of simple skills do not generalize to complex skill learning Balancing Intrinsic and Germane Load to Enhance Transfer of Learning

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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132 – Simple vs Complex Motor Skills: Do Training Principles Generalize? Jan 15, 2019

Do the principles derived from studying simple laboratory skills apply to the more complex skills involved in most sports? How does task complexity influence the way in which we manipulate load and challenge in practice? How should we schedule practice, give feedback and give physical assistance when training complex tasks?

Articles:

More information:

Spacing Repetitions Over Long Timescales: A Review and a Reconsolidation Explanation Rate of learning in relation to spacing of practice periods in archery and badminton Delayed Benefits from Spaced Training When Learning a Precision Throwing Task

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The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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131 – How Should we Space Training to Optimize Skill Acquisition? Dec 11, 2018

What is the optimal spacing of training sessions to promote acquisition of a new skill? How does it depend on task complexity and intensity? What underlying processes are involved?

Articles:

More information:

The dynamics of expertise acquisition in sport: The role of affective learning design

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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130 – Designing Affective Practice II: Emotion as a Constraint, Role of a Coaches’ Emotions Nov 27, 2018

How do the emotions of an athlete constrain the movement solutions that emerge in practice? How can they be used an indicator of progress in learning? How might a coaches’ emotions influences skill acquisition and performance?

Articles/links:

Emotional games: How coaches' emotional expressions shape players' emotions, inferences, and team performance

More information:

Perceptual-motor skill learning Factors in complex skill training Information Processing and Constraints-based Views of Skill Acquisition: Divergent or Complementary?

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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129 – The Legacy of Paul Fitts II: A Three Stage Model of Motor Learning Nov 20, 2018

The second episode in a series looking at the contributions of Paul Fitts to our understanding of motor control and motor learning. A look at Fitts’ highly influential 3 phase model of skill acquisition involving cognitive, fixation and autonomous phases. Is this model really at complete odds with more recent ecological approaches?

Articles:

Links

Sport Movement Skill Conference 2019

More information:

Perceiving affordances in sports through a momentum lens

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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128 – Affordances & Momentum, Value of Unstructured Practice Nov 13, 2018

Does our perception of affordances in our environment depend on psychological momentum, changing as we move towards or away from achieving our goal? What is the value of informal, unstructured practice? How does it conform to the principles of ecological dynamics?

Articles:

The Role of Informal, Unstructured Practice in Developing Football Expertise: The Case of Brazilian Pelada

More information:

The information capacity of the human motor system in controlling the amplitude of movement

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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127 – The Legacy of Paul Fitts I: Fitts’ Law & the Speed-Accuracy Tradeoff Oct 30, 2018

The first episode in a series looking at the contributions of Paul Fitts to our understanding of motor control and motor learning. What is Fitts’ Law? How can it be used to understand and predict speed-accuracy tradeoffs (e.g. between throwing hard and throwing accurately) in sports?

Articles:

Information capacity of discrete motor responses

The Accuracy of Interceptive Action in Time and Space

Throwing speed and accuracy in baseball and cricket players

More information:

Guiding movement by coupling taus

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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126 – Guiding Movement by Coupling Taus Oct 23, 2018

A look at David Lee’s Tau Coupling theory which seeks to explain how movements are controlled by using taus from our different senses and intrinsic tau guides. What is general tau theory and why does this variable apply to more than just approaching objects?

Articles:

Guiding the swing in golf putting

Guiding contact by coupling the taus of gaps

When Is Behavioral Data Evidence for a Control Theory? Tau-Coupling Revisited

More information:

Perceiving action boundaries in the volleyball block

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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125 – The Legacy of James J Gibson III: The Ecological Approach, Research & Challenges Oct 16, 2018

The final episode in my series looking at the contributions of JJ Gibson to the study of perception and action. Where is the ecological approach to perception and action now? What evidence is there to support it? What are some of the challenges it still faces?

Articles:

Affordances can invite behavior: Reconsidering the relationship between affordances and agency

The relevance of action in perceiving affordances: Perception of catchableness of fly balls

More information:

The Theory of Affordances Affordances and Prospective Control: An Outline of the Ontology Information, affordances, and the control of action in sport

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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124 – The Legacy of James J Gibson II: The Theory of Affordances & Its Application to Sports Oct 09, 2018

124 – The Legacy of James J Gibson II: The Theory of Affordances & Its Application to Sports

The second episode in a series looking at the incredible contributions of JJ Gibson to the study of perception and action. How do we go from information to goal-directed action? What are affordances and effectivities? How can they be used to guide our understanding of sports performance?

Articles:

http://psychsciencenotes.blogspot.com/2018/07/you-cannot-perceive-relational.html

More information:

The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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123 – The Legacy of James J Gibson I: Invariants & Direct Perception Sep 25, 2018

The first episode in a series looking at the incredible contributions of JJ Gibson to the study of perception and action. What is direct perception? What are invariants? How do these ideas form the foundation for ideas like the constraints led approach and ecological dynamics?

Articles:

The Senses Considered as Perceptual Systems

Perception with an Eye for Motion

More information:

Florida Baseball Ranch Summit

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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122 – Reflections on the FBR Summit: Putting Self Organization into Practice Sep 18, 2018

Some reflections on the excellent Skill Acquisition Summit I recently attended at the Florida Baseball Ranch. What are some of the best practices for using self-organization for developing sports skills?

Articles/Links:

Comparing cueing and constraints interventions for increasing launch angle in baseball batting

More information:

Motor Skills Are Strengthened through Reconsolidation

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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121 - How Much Variability in Practice & When? Does Water Immersion Enhance Motor Learning? Sep 11, 2018

A look at a couple interesting recent articles on motor learning. How much variability should we add to practice and when? Are skills strengthened when they are reconsolidated when performing slight variations? Does sitting in chest deep water improve skill acquisition?

Articles:

Comparison of motor skill learning, grip strength and memory recall on land and in chest-deep water

More information:

A systematic review on perceptual-motor calibration to changes in action capabilities

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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120 – Perceptual-Motor Calibration Sep 04, 2018

A look at the process of perceptual-motor calibration. How do we scale our perception of affordances in the environment to our action capabilities? What conditions are needed to allow for effective calibration and recalibration?

Articles:

Perceiving affordances: visual guidance of stair climbing

Calibration Is Both Functional and Anatomical

Gut Estimates: Pregnant women adapt to changing possibilities for squeezing through doorways

More information:

https://krss.utk.edu/faculty-staff/fairbrother-bio/

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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119 – Interview with Jeff Fairbrother, Tennessse, Motor Learning, Feedback, Focus of Attention Aug 28, 2018

A discussion with Jeff Fairbrother, Professor of Kinesiology, Recreation and Sport Studies at the University of Tennessee. We discuss the effect of repeated retention tests on learning, self controlled feedback and the effects of a coach overriding feedback choice, and focus of attention strategies. More information about my guest:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jeffrey_Fairbrother

https://twitter.com/jtfairbro

More information:

www.linkedin.com/in/paulvenner

118 – Interview with Paul Venner, Dutch Baseball, Variability & Constraints in Movement, S&C Aug 21, 2018

A discussion with Paul Venner, Head of Athletic Performance at Dutch Baseball and Founder of Ultimateinstability. We discuss the important role of movement variability in training, using water to amplify information about movement, connecting skill acquisition and S&C through the lens of organismic constraints, and Paul’s presentation at the upcoming Florida Baseball Ranch Dutch Baseball Skill Acquisition Summit. More information about my guest:

www.ultimateinstability.com

https://sullivanrehab.lpages.co/skill-acquisition-for-baseball-summit/

More information:

Shared Knowledge or Shared Affordances? Insights from an Ecological Dynamics Approach to Team Coordination in Sports

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

117 – Shared Mental Models vs Shared Affordances in Team Coordination Aug 14, 2018

A look at the two main theoretical approaches (and associated methodologies) for understanding team coordination in sports: Shared knowledge/mental models (built on information processing) and shared affordances (built on ecological dynamics).

Articles:

Theoretical and methodical approaches to studying team cognition in sports

Knowledge Elicitation Methods for Developing Insights into Team Cognition During Team Sports

Temporal aspects of team cognition: A case study on concerns sharing within basketball

Shared mental task models in elite ice hockey and handball teams: Does it exist and how does the coach intervene to make an impact?

Investigating Team Coordination in Baseball Using a Novel Joint Decision Making Paradigm

More information:

Implicit learning increases shot accuracy of football players when making strategic decisions during penalty kicking

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

116 – New Research on Implicit Learning: Is it a More Effective Way to Acquire New Skills? Aug 07, 2018

A look at some recent research on implicit learning. Is it really a better way to learn perceptual-motor skills? Does it give an athlete more cognitive resources to devote to strategy and decision making? Does it lead to better pressure proofing of performance?

Articles:

Chunking, Conscious Processing, and EEG During Sequence Acquisition and Performance Pressure: A Comprehensive Test of Reinvestment Theory

Implicit and Explicit Knowledge Both Improve Dual Task Performance in a Continuous Pursuit Tracking Task

Links:

http://saturday2sundayfootball.com/2018/07/04/episode-188-seminar-series-part-1-skill-acquisition-with-rob-gray/

https://patrickjonesbaseball.com/2018/07/21/training-in-the-proper-environment-with-rob-gray-069/

More information:

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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115 – Interview with Randy Sullivan, Florida Baseball Ranch, Skill Acquisition Summit Jul 24, 2018

A discussion with Randy Sullivan, CEO and owner of Florida Baseball Ranch. We discuss how Randy’s approach to skill development and injury rehabilitation has evolved, the “how to” of self-organization and preview the upcoming The Florida Baseball Ranch & Dutch Baseball Skill Acquisition Summit. Florida Baseball Ranch & Dutch Baseball Skill Acquisition Summit (Sept 8-9, 2018): www.floridabaseballranch.com/summit

More information:

https://twitter.com/israel_halperin?lang=en

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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114 – Interview with Israel Halperin, Skill Acquisition Training & Research, Cueing, Combat Sports Jul 17, 2018

A discussion with Israel Halperin, combat sports coach and researcher from Tel Aviv, Israel. We discuss the use of focus of attention cues, the role of athlete autonomy in training programs, how S&C and Skill Acq can better support each other, and how to improve the research methods we are using in motor learning. More information about my guest:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Israel_Halperin/contributions

http://complementarytraining.net/podcast-12-training-chats-with-israel-and-mladen-episode-1/

More information:

On-line and model-based approaches to the visual control of action

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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113 – Online vs Internal, Model-Based Control of Action Jul 03, 2018

Are the complex actions involved in sport controlled online, by visual information that is currently available to a performer? Or do they rely on the use of predictive, internal models of the world? What are the implications of this for the way we coach athletes?

Articles:

http://perceptionaction.com/pitchtunnels/

More information:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1501181866/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_ep_dp_msPQAbVSFGQ57

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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112 - Interview with Len Zaichkowsky & Dan Peterson, The Playmaker’s Advantage Jun 26, 2018

A discussion with Leonard Zaichkowsky & Daniel Peterson about their recently released book, The Playmaker’s Advantage: How to Raise Your Mental Game to the Next Level. What is “Athlete Cognition”? How can it be trained? How can coaches design practices to better mimic real-life competitive pressures?

More information about my guests:

80PercentMental.com

More information:

https://www.spreaker.com/user/9625186/rob-gray

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

111 – When Should a Coach Abandon a Practice Activity and Try Something Else? Jun 19, 2018

As a coach, what should you do when your athletes do not seem to be responding to a new practice activity? Are there things you can change? What should you look for? When should you abandon it altogether and move on to something else?

Links:

Why the Constraints Led Approach is Not an All You Can Eat Buffett – Rob Gray on the Talent Equation Podcast:

More information:

http://www.mytpi.com/articles/swing/catching_ping_pong_balls_to_improve_quiet_eye_for_golf

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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110 – Donor Sports & the Value of Non Sport Specific Practice Jun 12, 2018

How do you know whether a training activity that is very different from your sport will lead to transfer? Is their value in non-specific practice? Does it depend on skill level? What is a donor sport?

Articles/Books:

Especial Skills: Their Emergence With Massive Amounts of Practice

The NFL Combine: Does It Predict Performance in the National Football League?

Parkour as a Donor Sport for Athletic Development in Youth Team Sports: Insights Through an Ecological Dynamics Lens

The Athletic Skills Model

More information:

Habitual Reflexivity and Skilled Action The spontaneousness of skill and the impulsivity of habit

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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109 – Habit vs Skill: Which Should We Attempt to Develop in Performers? Jun 05, 2018

Is it better for an athlete to develop pre-formed, reflexive responses that operate outside of consciousness (in other words, habits)? Or should we be focusing on cultivating adaptive skills that involve reflection and awareness?

Articles:

More information:

Non-invasive Human Brain Stimulation in Cognitive Neuroscience: A Primer

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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108 – Does Brain Stimulation Enhance Acquisition, Performance and Retention of Sports Skills? May 29, 2018

Can noninvasive brain stimulation be used to enhance acquisition, performance and retention of sports skills? What exactly are tMS, tCS and tDCS? Are products like Halo Sport worth your investment?

Articles:

Neurodoping: Brain Stimulation as a Performance-Enhancing Measure

Modulating Motor Learning through Transcranial Direct-Current Stimulation: An Integrative View

Effects of tDCS on motor learning and memory formation: A consensus and critical position paper

Cathodal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Over Left Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Area Promotes Implicit Motor Learning in a Golf Putting Task

More information:

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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107 – Interview with Mike Studer, President NWRA, Applying motor learning principles to rehabilitation May 22, 2018

A discussion with Mike Studer, President of Northwest Rehabilitation Associate. We discuss using dual tasks to encourage the development of procedural memories, constraint-induced practice, concussion rehabilitation in sports, and geriatric athletes. More information about my guest: https://northwestrehab.com/ http://mikestuder.com/

More information:

Effects of learning on electroencephalographic and electrocardiographic patterns in novice archers

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

106 – Does Neurofeedback Training Improve Sports Performance? May 15, 2018

How effective is neurofeedback training for improving sports performance? Is it worth the investment of time and money? Which brain rhythm should we be targeting for the best results?

Articles:

Investigating the efficacy of neurofeedback training for expediting expertise and excellence in sport

Neurofeedback as supplementary training for optimizing athletes’ performance: A systematic review with implications for future research

The effect of neurofeedback training for sport performance in athletes: A meta-analysis

Which neurofeedback session is better for motor skill acquisition; before or after training?

More information:

Challenge Point: A Framework for Conceptualizing the Effects of Various Practice Conditions in Motor Learning Measurement of functional task difficulty during motor learning: What level of difficulty corresponds to the optimal challenge point? Nominal and functional task difficulty in skill acquisition: Effects on performance in two tests of transfer Benefits of blocked over serial feedback on complex motor skill learning

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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105 – How Difficult Should Practice Be? The Challenge Point Hypothesis May 01, 2018

What is the optimal level of task difficulty to use in practice? How does it depend on the complexity of the skill and the experience of the learner? A look at the Challenge Point Hypothesis and studies which have tested its predictions.

Articles:

NASA TLX:

https://humansystems.arc.nasa.gov/groups/tlx/

More information:

The Intention Superiority Effect in Motor Skill Learning Effects of intention and learning on attention to information in dynamic touch Conscious intention and motor cognition

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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104 – Practicing with Intent: The Role of Intention in Action Apr 24, 2018

What does it mean to “practice with intent”? How does intention shape the way we learn and perform perceptual motor skills?

Articles:

More information:

https://sites.google.com/site/motrelab/

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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103 – Interview with Rajiv Ranganthan, MSU, Motor Learning, Variability & Coordination Apr 10, 2018

A discussion with Rajiv Ranganthan, Assistant Professor of Kinesiology at Michigan State University. We discuss motor synergies and redundancy, the role of movement variability in the development of coordination, and using robot aided movements for rehabilitation More information about my guest:

https://www.education.msu.edu/search/Formview.aspx?email=rrangana%40msu.edu

https://twitter.com/rrangana1

More information:

Modified perceptual training in sport: A new classification framework Proactive and Reactive Motor Inhibition in Top Athletes Versus Nonathletes

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

102 – Modified Perceptual Training, Proactive & Reactive Motor Inhibition Apr 03, 2018

How can we best sort through the myriad of vision and perceptual-cognitive training tools for sports? What are the key characteristics we should be looking for? How effectively can skilled athletes inhibit and prepare to inhibit movements?

Articles:

More information:

Brain Dynamics and Motor Behavior: A Case for Efficiency and Refinement for Superior Performance Action, Movement, and Culture: Does Culture Shape Movement?

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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101 – Brain Dynamics & Psychomotor Efficiency, Effect of Culture on Movement Mar 27, 2018

What characterizes the brain activity of an elite performer? How does brain activity change during the process of skill acquisition? Do cultural environments influence motor skills? Are there “motor styles” common to members of a given cultural group?

Articles:

More information:

Creative Motor Actions as Emerging from Movement Variability

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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100 – The Why, What, How & When of Movement Variability Mar 13, 2018

Why is movement variability beneficial for skill acquisition and execution? What distinguishes “good” from “bad” variability in movement? How do different coaching/instructional methods (e.g. ordering practice conditions, cueing, differential learning, and manipulating constraints) compare in terms of their ability to encourage functional variability? When should we be trying to maximize variability?

Articles:

The Role of Variability in Motor Learning

Motor variability is not noise, but grist for the learning mill

Individual Movement Variability Magnitudes Are Explained by Cortical Neural Variability

Temporal structure of motor variability is dynamically regulated and predicts motor learning ability.

Training video:

https://twitter.com/Senaptec/status/966536834015813638

More information:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sport-movement-skill-conference-2018-tickets-41843484990

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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99 – Interview with Shawn Myszka, Sport Movement Skill Conference, Ecological Dynamics Mar 06, 2018

A discussion with Shawn Myszka from Movement Mastery. In the interview we discuss the upcoming Sport Movement Skill Conference and the Ecological Dynamics movement in coaching. More information about my guest:

https://twitter.com/MovementMiyagi

https://twitter.com/Movement_Master

More information:

https://twitter.com/MSAIreland

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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98 – Interview with Movement & Skill Acquisition Ireland, Constraints Based Coaching Feb 27, 2018

A discussion with Ed Coughlan, Phil Kearny and Olly Logan, founders of Movement & Skill Acquisition Ireland. In the interview we discuss the goals of the organization and their upcoming conference: Constraints based coaching and ecological dynamics to enhance sports performance. More information about my guests:

http://events.cit.ie/index.cfm?page=events&eventId=323

https://twitter.com/DrSkillAcq/

https://twitter.com/kearney_phil

https://twitter.com/ollylogo

More information:

https://footblogball.wordpress.com/category/mark-o-sullivan/

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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97 – Interview with Mark O’Sullivan, AIK, Affordances, Practice Design & Talent Development Feb 20, 2018

A discussion with Mark O’Sullivan, Coach with AIK Football in Stockholm. We discuss Mark’s concept of football interactions and how it relates to practice design and affordances, and the “race to the bottom” in talent identification. More information about my guest:

https://twitter.com/markstkhlm

More information:

Can Robots Help the Learning of Skilled Actions? Robot assistance of motor learning: A neuro-cognitive perspective Robotic guidance induces long-lasting changes in the movement pattern of a novel sport-specific motor task No Effect of Assisted Hip Rotation on Bat Velocity Sonification and haptic feedback in addition to visual feedback enhances complex motor task learning The effect of haptic guidance and visual feedback on learning a complex tennis task The effect of assisted jumping on vertical jump height in high-performance volleyball players

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Music Courtesy of Mark O’Sullivan

96 – Can Assisted Movement Facilitate Skill Acquisition? Feb 13, 2018

A look at research investigating the effects of assisted/guided movement on skill acquisition. Can experiencing the movement pattern of an elite athlete facilitate motor learning in a novice? Is it better to use assistance to reduce or augment errors?

Articles/Books:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqIpITWLO0s

More information:

Dexterity and Its Development

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

95 – The Legacy of Nikolai Bernstein III: “Repetition without Repetition” & Beyond Feb 06, 2018

A look at how Bernstein’s famous phrase “repetition without repetition” revolutionized how we think about motor learning. And an introduction to a few extensions of Bernstein’s ideas including coordinative structures and the uncontrolled manifold hypothesis.

Articles/Books:

The Bernstein perspective: II. The concept of muscle linkage or coordinative structure The bliss (not the problem) of motor abundance (not redundancy) Stages in Learning Motor Synergies: A View Based on the Equilibrium-Point Hypothesis

More information:

Dexterity and Its Development

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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94 – The Legacy of Nikolai Bernstein II: Skill Acquisition through Free(z)ing Degrees of Freedom Jan 30, 2018

A look at Bernstein’s theory of freezing/freeing degrees of freedom during skill acquisition and some research which has tested these ideas.

Articles/Books:

Free(z)ing Degrees of Freedom in Skill Acquisition Conscious Control Is Associated With Freezing of Mechanical Degrees of Freedom During Motor Learning Throwing Skills: Analysis of Movement Phases in Early Motor Learning Changes in coordination, control and outcome as a result of extended practice on a novel motor skill Online feedback and the regulation of degrees of freedom in motor control

Nonlinear Pedagogy: An Effective Approach to Cater for Individual Differences in Learning a Sports Skill

More information:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Bernstein

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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93 – The Legacy of Nikolai Bernstein I: Problems in Movement Coordination Jan 23, 2018

The first episode in a series looking at the contributions of Nikolai Bernstein to our understanding of motor control and motor learning. What were Bernstein’s “problems? Is finding solutions to these problems really what effective coaching is all about?

Articles/Books:

Dexterity and Its Development

The Bernstein perspective: I. The problems of degrees of freedom and context-conditioned variability

Issues in the Theory of Action: Degrees of Freedom, Coordinative Structures and Coalitions

More information:

The Nonlinear Nature of Learning - A Differential Learning Approach

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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92 – Differential Learning Jan 16, 2018

A look at the Differential Learning approach to skill acquisition. Is maximizing movement variability by preventing repetition and correction the optimal way to design practice? How does this differ from the Constraints-Led Approach?

Articles

Time scales of adaptive behavior and motor learning in the presence of stochastic perturbations

Does noise provide a basis for the unification of motor learning theories?

A new method to learn to start in speed skating: A differencial learning approach

A quantitative dynamical systems approach to differential learning: self-organization principle and order parameter equations

More information:

Quantifying Contextual Interference and Its Effect on Skill Transfer in Skilled Youth Tennis Players Effects of practice schedule and task specificity on the adaptive process of motor learning Exploring the applicability of the contextual interference effect in sports practice Serial practice impairs motor skill consolidation Mechanisms within the Parietal Cortex Correlate with the Benefits of Random Practice in Motor Adaptation

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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91 – Variability of Practice Revisited Jan 09, 2018

A look at some recent research examining contextual interference, blocked vs random and variable vs constant practice. How should coaches put these concepts into practice?

Articles

Practicing with gradual increases in contextual interference enhances visuomotor learning

Random Versus Blocked Practice to Enhance Mental Representation in Golf Putting

More information:

http://www.kines.umich.edu/directory/faculty/leah-robinson

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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90 – Interview with Leah Robinson, Michigan, Fundamental Movement Skills Dec 12, 2017

A discussion with Leah Robinson, Associate Professor of Movement Science from the University of Michigan. Topics include the importance of fundamental movement skills, how these skills should be measured, perceived motor competence and interventions for promoting movement in young children.

More information about my guest:

http://www.cmahlab.com/

http://twitter.com/LERobinsonPhD

More information:

Scaling the Equipment and Play Area in Children's Sport to improve Motor Skill Acquisition: A Systematic Review Switching tools: Perceptual-motor recalibration to weight changes Increasing functional variability in the preparatory phase of the takeoff improves elite springboard diving performance

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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89 – The Constraints-Led Approach to Coaching III: Evaluating its Effectiveness Dec 05, 2017

Looking at research that has evaluated the Constraints-Led Approach (CLA) to coaching. How effective is this approach? What effects do changing constraints actually have on performance? How does the CLA compare to other more traditional coaching methods?

Articles

Effects of Lawn Tennis Association mini tennis as task constraints on children’s match-play characteristics

Manipulating task constraints shapes emergence of herding tendencies in team games performance

How Small-Sided and Conditioned Games Enhance Acquisition of Movement and Decision-Making Skills

Sports teams as complex adaptive systems: manipulating player numbers shapes behaviours during football small‑sided games

The effect of manipulating task constraints on game performance in youth field hockey

More information:

The Dynamics of Perception and Action

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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88 – The Constraints-Led Approach to Coaching II: Dynamics & Representative Design Nov 28, 2017

What processes are involved when movement coordination is self-organized around constraints? How does the performer take into account their own action capabilities? What is the best way to design practice according to these ideas? A look at behavioral and ecological dynamics.

Articles

An Ecological Dynamics Approach to Skill Acquisition: Implications for Development of Talent in Sport

Expertise effects on decision-making in sport are constrained by requisite response behaviours –A meta analysis

More information:

Constraints on the development of coordination

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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87 – The Constraints-Led Approach to Coaching I: What are Constraints? Nov 21, 2017

The first in a 3 part series on The Constraints-Led Approach to Coaching. What exactly are constraints? What are some common misconceptions about them? Why is understanding the theory behind them critical for using them effectively?

Articles

Change of Direction and Agility Tests: Challenging Our Current Measures of Performance

More information:

https://learntocoachbasketball.com/

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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86 – Interview with Brian McCormick, Talent Development & Practice Design in Basketball Nov 14, 2017

A discussion with Brian McCormick, Head basketball coach at Broward College in Florida. Topics include current problems with the way we identify and develop talent, coaching fake fundamentals, and designing practice to increase game intelligence and awareness.

More information about my guest:

https://twitter.com/brianmccormick

https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianmccormick/

More information:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/David_Mann5

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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85 – Interview with Dave Mann, Vrije University, Vision & Gaze Behavior in Sports Nov 07, 2017

A discussion with Dave Mann, Assistant Professor at Vrije University in Amsterdam. Topics include gaze behavior, handedness and stance in batting; developing vision standards for Paralympic sports; and how expert athletes seem to be able to flexibly use central and peripheral vision

More information about my guest:

https://twitter.com/david_l_mann

More information:

Warm-up Decrement in Performance on the Pursuit-Rotor The second facet of forgetting: A review of warm-up decrement The activity-set hypothesis for warm-up decrement Time scales in motor learning and development

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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84 – Time Scales in Motor Learning Oct 31, 2017

Is motor learning a single process that occurs at one time scale as suggested by the famous learning curve? Or are things happening simultaneously at multiple time scales, with some adaptations taking seconds and others years? What might this mean for coaching?

Articles/links:

The acquisition of skilled motor performance: Fast and slow experience-driven changes in primary motor cortex

Explicit and Implicit Processes Constitute the Fast and Slow Processes of Sensorimotor Learning

More information:

Defining elite athletes: Issues in the study of expert performance in sport psychology The visual function of professional baseball players Visual abilities distinguish pitchers from hitters in professional baseball

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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83 – Vision & Gaze Behavior in Baseball Batting Oct 24, 2017

Just in time for the start of the World Series: a look vision and gaze behavior in baseball batting. Which aspects of vision are critical for hitting? Do great batters have superior vision? Where do good batters look before the ball is released?

Articles

Depth Perception Improvement in Collegiate Baseball Players with Vision Training

The Effect of Interpupillary Distance and Pupil Diameter on Major League Baseball Performance Statistics

An investigation of the visual behavior of professional baseballers prior to the execution of batting

My related blog posts:

Pitch Tunneling & Perceptually Equivalent Pitches

A Baseball Batter’s Perception of Spin & How it Relates to Hitting Performance

Visual Information about Horizontal Pitch Movement: Sensitivity, Release Points & Eye Separation

“Soft Focus” or Visual Pivot Point: Which Should Baseball Batters Use?

Eye & Head Movements in Batting: Challenging the “Truths”

More information:

What does the questioning of expert coaches reveal about the biomechanical knowledge of forward ice hockey skating? Integrating biomechanical and motor control principles in elite high jumpers: A transdisciplinary approach to enhancing sport performance Bodily knowledge beyond motor skills and physical fitness: a phenomenological description of knowledge formation in physical training Optimizing External Focus of Attention Instructions: The Role of Attainability

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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82 - Movement Instruction, Knowledge & Description Oct 17, 2017

What are the key differences between describing an athlete’s movements, an athlete’s knowledge about those movements, and the instructions used by a coach to facilitate those movements? How can these different perspectives inform and sometimes hurt each other?

Articles/links:

More information:

https://www.vu.edu.au/contact-us/tim-buszard

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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81 – Interview with Tim Buszard, ISEAL, Scaling Equipment, WMC, Contextual Interference Oct 10, 2017

A discussion with Tim Buszard, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Sport, Exercise & Active Living (ISEAL) & Tennis Australia. Topics include scaling sports equipment appropriately for kids, working memory capacity (WMC) and its role in implementing coaching instructions, whether contextual interference has value outside the lab, and Tim’s skill acquisition blog.

More information about my guest:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tim_Buszard

https://twitter.com/TimBuszard

Tim’s Blog:

https://skillacquisition.wordpress.com/

More information:

https://faculty.unlv.edu/wpmu/gwulf/

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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80 – Interview with Gaby Wulf & Rebecca Lewthwaite, OPTIMAL Theory of Motor Learning Oct 03, 2017

A discussion with Gaby Wulf, Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences, UNLV, and Rebecca Lewthwaite, Director of Rehabilitation Outcomes Management at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center and adjunct faculty at USC. We discuss the OPTIMAL theory of motor learning: Optimizing performance through intrinsic motivation and attention for learning.

More information about my guests:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gabriele_Wulf

http://pt.usc.edu/rlewthwaite/

More information about OPTIMAL:

http://optimalmotorlearning.com/

Optimizing performance through intrinsic motivation and attention for learning: The OPTIMAL theory of motor learning

More information:

The dynamics of expertise acquisition in sport: The role of affective learning design

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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79 – Designing Affective Practice I: Using Pressure to Aid Motor Learning Sep 26, 2017

Why is it important to include emotional context in practice? A look at the evidence for the beneficial effects of anxiety in training and guidelines for implementing pressure training.

Articles/links:

Training with mild anxiety may prevent choking under higher levels of anxiety

Perceptual-motor learning benefits from increased stress and anxiety

Practice with anxiety improves performance, but only when anxious: Evidence for the specificity of practice hypothesis The Effects of High- and Low-Anxiety Training on the Anticipation Judgments of Elite Performers

Igniting the Pressure Acclimatization Training Debate: Contradictory Pilot-Study Evidence from Australian Football

The Effect of Manipulating Training Demands and Consequences on Experiences of Pressure in Elite Netball

Differential effects of task-specific practice on performance in a simulated penalty kick under high-pressure

More information:

Do baseball pitchers improve mechanics after biomechanical evaluations?

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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78 – New Research on Changing Movement Patterns Sep 19, 2017

When a coach identifies a maladaptive movement pattern in an athlete, what is the best way to change it? Do formal biomechanical evaluations help? How can we identify the origins of the problem? How can we improve agility and speed without disrupting perception-action coupling?

Articles/links:

A problem-solving process to identify the origins of poor movement Cognitive Training for Agility: The Integration Between Perception and Action Attentional Focus and Cueing for Speed Development

More information:

Motor imagery and 'placebo-racket effects' in tennis serve performance

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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77 – Achieving & Assessing Transfer in Sport Training Sep 12, 2017

What is “transfer of training”? How should we be assessing it and what does research tell us is the best way to achieve it?

Articles/links:

Transfer of Movement Control in Skill Learning

Changes in balance coordination and transfer to an unlearned balance task after slackline training: a self-organizing map analysis Riding a reverse bicycle

More information:

https://faculty.utah.edu/u6006972-ANDREW_MARK_WILLIAMS/research/index.hml

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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76 – Interview with Mark Williams, Utah, Talent ID and Development Sep 05, 2017

A discussion with Mark Williams, Professor and Chair of the Department of Health, Kinesiology, and Recreation at the University of Utah. We discuss designing effective practice, talent identification and development and anticipation training.

More information about my guest:

More information:

Choking Under Pressure: Multiple Routes to Skill Failure Anxiety and perceptual-motor performance: toward an integrated model of concepts, mechanisms, and processes An Integrative Framework of Stress, Attention, and Visuomotor Performance Self-Presentation Origins of Choking: Evidence from Separate Pressure Manipulations Expertise Differences in Attentional Control between and within Baseball Batters

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

75 – Attentional Theories of Choking Under Pressure Revisited II: Integrative Theories Aug 29, 2017

Can the two opposing theoretical views of the role of attention in choking under pressure be integrated? A look at some theories that have attempted to do so and consideration of what still needs to be done in this area.

Articles/links:

More information:

http://sshs.exeter.ac.uk/staff/index.php?web_id=Samuel_Vine

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Rival Sons – Pressure and Time

Izzy Stradlin – Pressure Drop

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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74 – Interview with Sam Vine, Exeter, Quiet Eye, Pressure, VR Training Aug 22, 2017

A discussion with Sam Vine. Senior Lecturer of Psychology & Human Movement Science from the University of Exeter. We discuss recent research and unresolved issues related to the Quiet Eye, appraisal of stress and performing under pressures, and Sam’s new VR training venture, Cineon Training.

More information about my guest:

https://www.youtube.com/user/samueljvine

https://twitter.com/SamuelJamesVine

http://www.cineon.training/

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Samuel_Vine

More information:

Putting pressure on theories of choking: towards an expanded perspective on breakdown in skilled performance

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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73 – Attentional Theories of Choking Under Pressure Revisited I: Critiques Aug 15, 2017

Is focusing one’s attention on skill execution as a result of increased self-consciousness really the primary cause “choking under pressure”? Is the evidence in support of this theory flawed?

Articles/links:

The fourth dimension: A motoric perspective on the anxiety–performance relationship

Anxiety and perceptual-motor performance: toward an integrated model of concepts, mechanisms, and processes

Preprint of new Chapter:

The many threats of self-consciousness: Embodied approaches to choking under pressure in sensorimotor skills

Dual Task vlog

More information:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Edward_Coughlan2

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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72 – Interview with Edward Coughlan, CIT, Skill Acquisition & Deliberate Practice Aug 08, 2017

A discussion with Edward Coughlan. Lecturer in Skill Acquisition at the Cork Institute of Technology in Ireland. We discuss practice design, skill acquisition, deliberate practice, and occlusion training with Chin Up Googles.

More information about my guest:

http://dredwardcoughlan.com/profile/

https://twitter.com/DrSkillAcq

http://www.chinupgoggles.com/

More information:

Behavior of College Baseball Players in a Virtual Batting Task Perceiving and Acting upon Spaces in a VR Rugby Task: Expertise Effects in Affordance Detection and Task Achievement Virtual reality as a tool for the study of perception– action: the case of running to catch fly balls Catching fly balls in virtual reality: A critical test of the outfielder problem How soccer players head the ball: A test of optic acceleration cancellation theory with virtual reality Saccades to future ball location reveal memory-based prediction in a virtual-reality interception task Virtual Thrower Versus Real Goalkeeper: The Influence of Different Visual Conditions on Performance A Model of Motor Inhibition for a Complex Skill: Baseball Batting How Do Batters Use Visual, Auditory, and Tactile Information About the Success of a Baseball Swing? “As soon as the bat met the ball, I knew it was gone”: Outcome prediction, hindsight bias, and the representation and control of action in expert and novice baseball players How information guides movement: Intercepting curved free kicks in soccer Visuo-motor delay, information–movement coupling, and expertise in ball sports

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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Skill Acquisition AZ (SAAZ) 2017 Meeting Announcement Aug 07, 2017

Meeting webpage: http://perceptionaction.com/saaz/

If you are interested in attending please take the short survey on this page to help choose a date and provide info about presentation topics.

71 – Virtual Environments for Training & Understanding Sports Skills III: Altering Reality for Research Aug 01, 2017

How have researchers used virtual environments to distort reality, disobey gravity, create conflicting feedback, and alter an athlete’s perception in the name of science? How have they effectively brought rate events in sports into the lab?

Articles/links:

More information:

http://www.rug.nl/staff/a.benjaminse/

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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70 – Interview with Anne Benjaminse, Groningen, Attentional Focus in Injury Prevention & Recovery Jul 25, 2017

A discussion with Anne Benjaminse from the Department for Human Movement Sciences at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands. We discuss the role of attentional focus in injury prevention and recovery, using video feedback and VR as rehabilitation tools, and making “return to play” decisions.

More information about my guest:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Anne_Benjaminse

https://twitter.com/annebenjaminse

More information:

Distance Perception in Real and Virtual Environments

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

via freemusicarchive.org

69 – Virtual Environments for Training & Understanding Sports Skills II: Evaluating the Evidence Jul 18, 2017

How effective are VEs for sports training? Have they achieved good fidelity? Can they induce competitive anxiety? Does augmentation help performance? Do they show evidence of transfer of training?

Articles/links:

Do monocular time-to-collision estimates necessarily involve perceived distance? Motion in depth: Adequate and inadequate simulation Virtual exertions: evoking the sense of exerting forces in virtual reality using gestures and muscle activity

A comparison of the upper limb movement kinematics utilized by children playing virtual and real table tennis

Comparison of grasping movements made by healthy subjects in a 3-dimensional immersive virtual versus physical environment

Real Handball Goalkeeper vs. Virtual Handball Thrower Hitting moving objects. The dependency of hand velocity on the speed of the target. Bending It Like Beckham: How to Visually Fool the Goalkeeper Visuomotor adaptation in head-mounted virtual reality versus conventional training

Feasibility of Training Athletes for High-Pressure Situations Using Virtual Reality

Visual Perspective and Feedback Guidance for VR Free-Throw Training

Virtual Visualization: Preparation for the Olympic Games Long-Track Speed Skating

Does a virtual audience influence rowing? Virtual reality and exercise: Behavioral and psychological effects of visual feedback

Effect of virtual reality exposure and aural stimuli on eye contact, directional focus, and focus of attention of novice wind band conductors

Augmented feedback presented in a virtual environment accelerates learning of a difficult motor task.

Transfer of skill from a virtual reality trainer to real juggling

Virtual realities as optimal learning environments in sport – A transfer study of virtual and real dart throwing Transfer of Complex Skill Learning from Virtual to Real Rowing

More information:

https://www.solent.ac.uk/staff-profiles/academic-profiles/emma-mosley/emma-mosley

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Pointed Sticks – The Real Thing

Superdrag – Nothing Good is Real

The Dark Brothers – So Real

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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68 – Interview with Emma Mosley, Southampton Solent, Emotional Intelligence, HRV & Pressure Jul 11, 2017

A discussion with Emma Mosley, Lecturer in the School of Sport, Health and Social Sciences at Southampton Solent University. We discuss topics including emotional intelligence, guidelines for using heart rate variability, performance under pressure, and links between personality traits and sports.

More information about my guest:

https://ww.researchgate.net/profile/Emma_Mosley

https://twitter.com/ Emma_Mosley

More information:

A review of virtual environments for training in ball sports

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

via freemusicarchive.org

67 – Virtual Environments for Training & Understanding Sports Skills I: Why, How and When? Jul 04, 2017

What are the potential advantages of using virtual environments (VE) to train and study sports skills? How should a VE be evaluated? How important is fidelity, presence, and cost? When is the best time to use a VE in relation to skill level and physical training? Why haven’t VE’s been more widely adopted?

Articles/links:

Understanding perception and action in sport: how can virtual reality technology help?

Examination of gaze behaviors under in situ and video simulation task constraints reveals differences in information pickup for perception and action Action specificity increases anticipatory performance and the expert advantage in natural interceptive tasks Virtual reality as a tool for the study of perception– action: the case of running to catch fly balls

http://www.stack.com/a/5-pro-athletes-who-believe-madden-and-nba-2k-made-them-better-in-real-life

vlog #7 – Acting to Perceive

More information:

http://www.gerardschooloffootball.com/

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

BRMC – Too Real

The Detroit Cobras – The Real Thing

Greenhornes – Its Not Real

The Above – You Make it Real

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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66 – Interview with Gerard Jones, Bristol Rovers FC, Coaching to Develop Decision Making Jun 27, 2017

A discussion with Gerard Jones, Head of Coaching at Bristol Rovers Football Club. We discuss topics including developing decision making skills in players through improved communication, how to handle regional differences in sports vocabulary, encouraging different levels of knowledge in players, and how to balance player and coach development.

More information about my guest:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerardjones24/

https://twitter.com/Gerard_Jones

More information:

Level of competitive success achieved by elite athletes and multi-joint proprioceptive ability

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

via freemusicarchive.org

65 – Body Awareness, Kinaesthetic Sensitivity & Proprioceptive Training Jun 20, 2017

How important is feel or body awareness in sports? How can we assess kinaesthetic sensitivity and proprioceptive acuity in athletes and can these be improved through training? How does it influence an athlete’s ability to implement technical changes?

Articles:

Exploring the kinaesthetic sensitivity of skilled performers for implementing movement instructions

Examining the Effects of Proprioceptive Training on Coincidence Anticipation Timing, Reaction Time and Hand-Eye Coordination

The relationship between lower limb proprioceptive sense and locomotor skill acquisition

The Contributions of Body Awareness to “Choking under Pressure”

The role of proprioception in the management and rehabilitation of athletic injuries Do elite athletes exhibit enhanced proprioceptive acuity, range and strength of knee rotation compared with non-athletes?

More information:

Intermittent visual pickup and goal directed movement: a review Integration of intermittent visual samples over time and between the eyes

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lucero – Can’t Feel a Thing

Kim Mitchell – Feel it Burn

The Last – This Kind of Feeling

BRMC – Sweetest Feeling

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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64 – Intermittent Vision: How Much Do We Need to Be Able to See To Act? Jun 13, 2017

How well can we integrate samples from a visual scene (e.g. when an outfielder is trying to catch a fly ball and has to look from the ball to the wall and back)? How long of a view do we need and what interval between samples can we tolerate? Does training to perform under such intermittent conditions result in improvements and transfer to performance in full vision conditions?

Articles:

I Lost It in the Lights: The Effects of Predictable and Variable Intermittent Vision on Unimanual Catching

Intermittent vision and one-handed catching: the effect of general and specific task experience The Influence of Restricted Visual Feedback on Dribbling Performance in Youth Soccer Players

Links:

Plato Occlusion Glasses

Senaptec Stroboscopic Glasses Stephen Curry Strobe Training vlog: https://youtu.be/faGEdfqmsvM

More information:

Innovative Video Feedback on Jump Landing Improves Landing Technique in Males

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Reigning Sound – Wait and See

Stiff Little Fingers – Wait and See

The Vandalias – Wait and See

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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63 – Innovative Video Feedback, Affordances for Movement & Team Coordination Jun 06, 2017

News: A look at a few recent articles in the area of motor learning and performance. Can skill execution be improved by combining self and expert models in video feedback? How do combat athletes using affordance to control interpersonal distance? How can we determine the degree to which the decisions made by teammates are coordinated?

Articles:

Perception of Affordances for Striking Regulates Interpersonal Distance Maneuvers of Intermediate and Expert Players in Kendo Matches

Investigating team coordination using a novel joint decision making paradigm Links: Riding a reverse bicycle Vlog – perceptual motor adaptation using prisms New VR transfer of training paper abstract Training & Understanding Sports Skills Using Virtual Environments

More information:

https://www.uea.ac.uk/psychology/people/profile/s-rossit

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

The Muffs – Just a Game

The Brought Low – This Ain’t No Game

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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62 – Interview with Stephanie Rossit, East Anglia, How the Brain Supports Perception & Action May 30, 2017

A discussion with Stephanie Rossit, Lecturer in Psychology from the University of East Anglia in the UK. We discuss perceptual and action related deficits in visual neglect, brain areas associated with online and offline control of action, her recent work with patient DF that challenges some well know previous findings, and her research examining ways to rehabilitate neglect patients.

More information about my guest:

https://www.stephanierossit.com/

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Stephanie_Rossit

https://twitter.com/StephanieRossit

More information:

https://www.vu.edu.au/contact-us/damian-farrow

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

via freemusicarchive.org

61 – Interview with Damian Farrow, Victoria University/AIS, Practice Design May 23, 2017

A discussion with Damian Farrow. Professor of Skill Acquisition at Victoria University in Melbourne Australia. We take a step by step look at practice design discussing how to determine the goals of practice, how to effectively manipulate constraints, how to achieve the right balance of practice variability, how to effectively use instruction and feedback, and things an athlete should do when off the practice field.

More information about my guest:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/damianfarrow/

https://twitter.com/FarrowDamian

More information:

http://www.fresnostate.edu/chhs/kinesiology/faculty-staff/faculty/gilbert.html

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

via freemusicarchive.org

60 – Interview with Jenelle Gilbert, CSU Fresno, Mental Skills Training May 16, 2017

A discussion with Jenelle Gilbert, Professor in the Department of Kinesiology, California State University Fresno. We discuss the importance of mental skills training in sports and beyond, her concept of the Psychological UNIFORM, using a Game Plan format to teach mental skills and her recent research looking at the stressors faced by coaches.

More information about my guest:

More information:

https://www.nextedgeacademy.com/bruce-hoyer

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

via freemusicarchive.org

59 – Interview with Bruce Hoyer, MMA Coach, Next Edge Academy May 09, 2017

A discussion with Bruce Hoyer, Martial Arts Coach at the Next Edge Academy in South Dakota. We discuss how Bruce has employed a variety of different ideas from sports science research in his coaching including using a flipped classroom, observational learning, giving feedback and reducing interference in motor learning.

More information about my guest:

https://twitter.com/nextedgeacademy

More information:

A systematic review of the experience, occurrence, and controllability of flow states in elite sport

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

via freemusicarchive.org

58 – Flow & Psychological Momentum May 02, 2017

What do we mean when we say an athlete is “in the flow”? How often does it occur? What brings it on? Can we control it? How does it relate to “psychological momentum” and performance?

Articles/links:

The relation of flow-experience and physiological arousal under stress — Can u shape it?

Understanding the psychophysiology of flow: A driving simulator experiment to investigate the relationship between flow and heart rate variability

Is Flow Really Effortless? The Complex Role of Effortful Attention

Interactive effects of visuomotor perturbation and an afternoon nap on performance and the flow experience

Psychological momentum: Why success breeds success

More information:

http://www.uclan.ac.uk/staff_profiles/john_kiely.php

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Dave Mason – Let it Go, Let it Flow

Son Volt - Flow

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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57 – Interview with John Kiely, UCLAN, Rethinking the Stress Process & Periodization Apr 25, 2017

A discussion with John Kiely, Senior Lecturer in Elite Performance from the University of Central Lancashire. Topics discussed include the evolution of theories of stress, anxiety and injury, the role of psycho-emotional factors in the stress process and designing supportive training environments to increase athlete buy-in.

More information about my guest:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/John_Kiely2

https://twitter.com/simplysportssci

More information:

High variability impairs motor learning regardless of whether it affects task performance

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

via freemusicarchive.org

56 – Variability & Motor Learning, Attentional Training, Explicit Instructions & Skill Transfer Apr 18, 2017

News: Listener picks for articles to review including more research on the effect of variability on motor learning, attention training to reduce the effects of stress on performance and the effect of explicit instructions.

Articles:

The effects of attention training techniques on stress and performance in sports The Effect of Variability of Practice at Execution Redundancy Level in Skilled and Novice Basketball Players Explicit instruction of rules interferes with visuomotor skill transfer

vlog:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkFDwtrBfpZALV_oEPmc-cQ OR

https://www.facebook.com/perceptionactionpodcast/

More information:

https://harrimannonen.com/

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Nude Beach – Story of a Man

Sean Adams – Hard Luck Story

The Plimsouls – Oldest Story in the World

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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55 – Interview with Harri Mannonen, Finland, Basketball as a Complex System Apr 11, 2017

A discussion with Harri Mannonen, basketball coach based in Kouvola, Finland. Topics discussed include: why is it useful for coaches to look at basketball as a complex system, what is the best way to add variability to practice and what is the role of conscious control in sports.

More information about my guest:

https://twitter.com/harrimannonen

More information:

Applying perceptual learning to achieve practical changes in vision

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

via freemusicarchive.org

54 – Perceptual Learning III: Application to Sports Apr 04, 2017

How can we apply the principles of perceptual learning to improve information pickup on the sports field?

Articles/links:

Improved vision and on field performance in baseball through perceptual learning

When less is more: Reduced usefulness training for the learning of anticipation skill in tennis

No transfer of calibration between action and perception in learning a golf putting task

Perception and action in golf putting: Skill level differences reflect calibration

Role of feedback in the accuracy of perceived direction of motion in depth and control of interceptive action

http://perceptionaction.com/survey1/

https://twitter.com/ASU_HSE

https://www.facebook.com/HSEASU/

More information:

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/has-the-fly-ball-revolution-begun/

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Ultimate Painting – Can’t You See

Joshua James Hunt – I Can’t Wait to See You

Rocketship Park – See You

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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53 – Perceptual Learning II – Direct Learning Mar 28, 2017

How does a performer become attuned to the perceptual information that is optimal for a task? Perceptual learning as a direct movement through information space guided by information for learning involving processes of education of intention, education of attention, and calibration.

Articles/links:

Direct Learning

Learning to visually perceive the relative mass of colliding balls in globally and locally constrained task ecologies Monocular optical constraints on collision control Lateral interception I: Operative optical variables, attunement, and calibration

More information:

Perceptual learning and human expertise

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

The Monitors – Gimmie Direction

Ryan Bingham – Direction of the Wind

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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52 – Perceptual Learning I: Introduction Mar 21, 2017

How does experience and practice change our ability to extract information from our environment and how can we best facilitate this process? What changes in our brain during perceptual learning?

Articles/links:

Expert baseball batters have greater sensitivity in making swing decisions.

More information:

How to Make Soccer More Attractive? Rewards for a Victory, the Teams' Offensiveness, and the Home Bias Does the Three-Point Rule Make Soccer More Exciting? Evidence From a Regression Discontinuity Design Suspense: Dynamic Incentives in Sports Contests Major League Baseball pace-of-play rules and their influence on predicted muscle fatigue during simulated baseball games http://www.si.com/mlb/2017/02/13/raising-strike-zone-pace-action

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Sonic Rendezvous Band – Love and Learn

Ha Ha Tonka – Learning to Fly

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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51 – Rule Changes to Make Sports More Exciting Mar 07, 2017

Sports Science Shorts: will baseball’s new proposed rule changes to speed the pace of play make the game more exciting and attract new fans? What can we learn from similar attempts made in soccer? What determines a sport’s fans level of excitement

Articles:

More information:

Can the Structure of Motor Variability Predict Learning Rate?

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Silver Jews – Random Rules

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

50 – Structure of Motor Variability & Learning Rate, Facebook & Anxiety, Child vs Adult Motor Learning Feb 28, 2017

News: A look at a few recent articles in the area of motor learning and performance. Can the structure of motor variability predict the rate at which a performer learns a new skill? Does using social media before a game increase anxiety in an athlete? What differs between the way in which I child and adult learns a motor skill?

Articles:

Facebook use and its relationship with sport anxiety Children and Adults Both Learn Motor Sequences Quickly, But Do So Differently

More information:

http://www.shs.brookes.ac.uk/daniel-newcombe

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Coty Hogue - Second Hand News

Silence is Sexy – Stories Yet to Come

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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49 – Interview with Danny Newcombe, Oxford Brookes University, CLA & Coaching Feb 21, 2017

A discussion with Danny Newcombe, Lecturer in Sports Coaching and PE, Oxford Brookes University. Topics discussed include: applying the constraints-led approach to practice design and physical education curriculum, research on the constraints-led approach --what does it tell us about its effectiveness and are we using the correct methods of evaluation?

More information about my guest:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Daniel_Newcombe

https://twitter.com/dannynewcombe

More information:

https://health.uottawa.ca/people/ste-marie-diane

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

via freemusicarchive.org

48 – Interview with Diane Ste-Marie, University of Ottawa, Observational Learning & Feedback Feb 14, 2017

A discussion with Diane Ste-Marie, Professor in the School of Human Kinetics at the University of Ottawa. Topics discussed include: why do athletes tend to perform better when they have control over the feedback they receive and when is self-controlled feedback ineffective? How do athletes use observation of themselves or others to acquire or improve sports skills and what factors should be taken into account when applying observational learning in sport?

More information about my guest:

https://www.researchgate.net/researcher/15275124_Diane_M_Ste-Marie

Article mentioned:

Observation interventions for motor skill learning and performance: An applied model for the use of observation

More information:

http://www.uclan.ac.uk/staff_profiles/professor_dave_collins.php

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

via freemusicarchive.org

47 – Interview with Dave Collins, Institute of Coaching & Performance, UCLAN Feb 07, 2017

A discussion with Dave Collins, Professor & Director of the Institute of Coaching & Performance, University of Central Lancashire. Topics discussed include: what it’s like to be a sports psychologist, talent development, performance analytics, technique change, bridging the gap between research and practice, and the role of social media in research.

More information about my guest:

http://www.gm4p.com/

https://twitter.com/davegm4p

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dave-collins-46678310

More information:

The influence of self-talk on the performance of skilled female tennis players Self-talk influences vertical jump performance and kinematics in male rugby union players

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

via freemusicarchive.org

46 – Self Talk & Mantras in Sport Jan 31, 2017

Do athletes perform better when they talk to themselves? Should the talk be motivational or instructional? Positive or negative? Does it work for both novices and experts?

Articles/links:

Self-Talk of Marathon Runners

Self-Talk and Sports Performance: A Meta-Analysis

Effects of Self-Talk: A Systematic Review Self-talk: Review and sport-specific model

More information:

Seeing the unseen? Illusory causal filling in FIFA referees, players, and novices

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

The Pandoras – You’re All Talk

Silence is Sexy – Talk

The Sights – Tick Talk Lies

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

45 – Soccer Illusions, Detecting Opponents with Sound & Training with Mirrors Jan 24, 2017

News: A look at a few recent journal articles. Do soccer players and referees sometimes see an event that never really happened? Can a basketball player detect where a dribbler is headed using sound alone? Is doing exercise in front of a mirror effective?

Articles:

Expert Players Accurately Detect an Opponent's Movement Intentions Through Sound Alone The Effects of Either a Mirror, Internal or External Focus Instructions on Single and Multi-Joint Tasks

More information:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huS7WcDHJXs

Phantom Goal

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Ultimate Painting – Can’t You See

White Hills – Oceans of Sound

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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44 –Social Facilitation of Performance & The 1st Sports Psych Experiment Jan 17, 2017

Why does the presence of others change the performance of an individual athlete? Why is this social facilitation effect sometimes good and sometimes bad? Does it matter whether the other people are observing, evaluating or performing the same action? Does being “observed” via activity monitoring technology facilitate performance?

Articles/links:

The Dynamogenic Factors in Pacemaking and Competition

Social Facilitation From Triplett to Electronic Performance Monitoring

Social "facilitation" as challenge and threat

Social facilitation in motor tasks: a review of research and theory

Social Facilitation of Running: An Unobtrusive

Study

Yerkes Dodson Figures

My other (new) podcast: Ultra Running Science & Superstitions

More information:

A schema theory of discrete motor skill learning

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

The Dark Brothers – Watching People

The Henry Girls – Watching the Detectives

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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43 – P&A Court II: Low vs High Variability in Motor Control & Learning Jan 10, 2017

Should the goal of practice be to reduce movement variability to as low a value as possible? Is high variability the signature of an unskilled performer or a necessity for effective learning?

Articles/links:

Feedback-Induced Variability and the Learning of Generalized Motor Programs Optimizing generalized motor program and parameter learning

Variability in baseball pitching biomechanics among various levels of competition

What variability tells us about movement expertise The bliss (not the problem) of motor abundance (not redundancy) Timing an attacking forehand drive in table tennis Regulation of gait in long jumping Inter-individual variability in the upper–lower limb breaststroke coordination Differing Roles of Functional Movement Variability as Experience Increases in Gymnastics The education of attention as explanation of variability of practice effects: learning the final approach phase in a flight simulator

More information:

Do “Brain-Training” Programs Work? Peak: The New Science of Expertise Age-ordered shirt numbering reduces the selection bias associated with the relative age effect Reversal of the Relative Age Effect Team Synergies in Sport: Theory and Measures Theoretical and Methodical Approaches to Studying Team Cognition in Sports

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mr Airplane Man – Very Bad Feeling

Dazie Mae – The Very Opposite of My Husband

The New Mystickal Troubadours – The Fully-Blissed Out

Leather Uppers – I Don’t Like You Very Much

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

42 – Top 5 Sport Psychology Stories of 2016 Jan 03, 2017

My list of the top 5 sports psychology stories from 2016:

The death knell for brain games?
Deliberate practice fights back!
What to do about the relative age effect?
Advances in Teamwork Research
Somebody’s watching (or monitoring) me

Articles/links:

More information:

The Charles F. Prentice Award Lecture 1990: specific tests and specific blindnesses: keys, locks, and parallel processing

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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41 – Motion in Depth Blindness & Visual Channels Dec 06, 2016

A look at visual channeling theory and its consequences for perception. Why are some people blind to approaching objects in certain areas of their visual field and what implications does it have for sport?

Articles/links:

Visual field defects for unidirectional and oscillatory motion in depth

Impaired Velocity Processing Reveals an Agnosia for Motion in Depth

More information:

http://sports-biometrics-conference.com/

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Beggar’s Velvet – Blind

Gentleman Jesse – If I Can See You

5440 – I Go Blind

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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40B – Report from Sports Biometrics Conference Nov 29, 2016

My report from the Sports Biometrics Conference held from Nov 13-15, 2016. Issues discussed include validity of analytics data, whether athletes are going to agree to be continuously monitored and the frequent disconnect between science and practice.

Articles/links:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2097866-the-sleeve-that-could-save-baseball-exclusive-look-at-new-mlb-technology

More information:

The interaction between practice and performance pressure on the planning and control of fast target directed movement

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

The Dark Brothers – Watching People

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

40A – Anxiety & Performance: Planning Actions, Motor Learning and Holistic Goals Nov 22, 2016

News: A look at a few recent articles examining the effects of anxiety and pressure on performance and methods for counteracting these effects. Does pressure effect the planning or online control of movements? Could increasing anxiety in practice benefit motor learning? What are holistic goals and how can they reduce pressure effects?

Articles:

Perceptual-motor learning benefits from increased stress and anxiety

Anxiety and motor performance: More evidence for the effectiveness of holistic process goals as a solution to the process goal paradox

More information:

Binocular Vision and Stereopsis

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mouthbreathers – Anxiety

Wyldlife – She’s Making Me Nervous

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40 – P&A Court I: Monocular vs Binocular Vision Nov 15, 2016

Why do we have two eyes? Is binocular vision necessary for successful performance of motor actions like those involved in sports and driving? Or is it just redundant information? What is it like to live with just one eye?

Articles/links:

The visual and driving performance of monocular and binocular heavy-duty truck drivers

Vision with one eye: a review of visual function following unilateral enucleation

Prospective Assessment of Stereoscopic Visual Status and USAF Pilot Training Attrition

Why two eyes are better than one: the two views of binocular vision The acquisition of catching under monocular and binocular conditions The contribution of stereo vision to one-handed catching The development of adaptive head movements following enucleation. Foundations of cyclopean perception http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2006/06/19/stereo-sue

Random dot stereograms: http://www.magiceye.com/

More information:

A sensorimotor basis for motor learning: evidence indicating specificity of practice

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

The Love Me Nots – I’m the One

The Demands – One Thing

Freakwater – Number One with a Bullet

Calexico – Two Silver Trees

Single Bullet Theory – Miss Two Knives

Steadman – Two Together

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

39B – Specificity vs Variability in Training/My Ultra Update Nov 08, 2016

Which is better: specific or variable practice? How does it depend on what you are trying to achieve in terms of retention and transfer of skill? The ultramarathon as a complex system and my report on surviving my first one!

Articles/links:

Specificity and variability of practice

Specificity of Learning a Sport Skill to the Visual Condition of Acquisition

Cave Creek Thriller 2016:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVk-ECgORD4

More information:

Ready and waiting: Freezing as active action preparation under threat

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

#1s – Long Way to Go

Zaki Ibrahim & Fresh Kils - Long Time Running

Paul Collins Beat – Long Time Gone

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

39A – Halloween Special II: Effects of Fear on Perception & Performance Oct 31, 2016

Is fear in a performer a debilitating problem that must be overcome? Or can freezing from fear actually improve our ability to perceive and act?

Articles:

Simulated self-motion alters perceived time to collision

Freezing promotes perception of coarse visual features

Seeing fearful body language rapidly freezes the observer's motor cortex

More information:

Motor Development: A New Synthesis

Credits:

Port City Music – Night Terrors

Sleep Out – Halloween Parade

Monk Turner – Halloween Night

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39 – Perceptual-Motor Development II: Ecological Approach Oct 25, 2016

A look at perceptual-motor development from the ecological perspective. If it’s not pre-programmed by our genetics, how does a child’s pattern of movements emerge from the dynamical constraints of their environment? And how does movement shape perceptual discovery?

Articles/links:

Infant bouncing: The assembly and tuning of action systems

Crawling versus walking infants' perception of affordances for locomotion over sloping surfaces

Motor Development (Adolph & Berger)

Motor development and the mind: the potential role of motor abilities as a determinant of aspects of perceptual development Development of visual motion perception for prospective control: brain and behavioral studies in infants

More information:

http://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/staff/dr-andrew-wilson/

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Ace & The Gulls – Baby Said

Paul Collins Beat – Baby I’m in Love With You

The Uniques – Mother & Child Reunion

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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38A – Interview with Andrew Wilson, Leeds Beckett, Ecological Approach Oct 18, 2016

A discussion Andrew Wilson from Leeds Beckett. We discuss ecological psychology ideas like motor abundance, functional equivalence and degeneracy, Andrew’s recent study on task dynamics and information in throwing, his work on affordances and throwing prehistoric stones, and the current and future state of the ecological approach.

More information about my guest:

http://psychsciencenotes.blogspot.co.uk/

https://twitter.com/PsychScientists

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Andrew_Wilson14

Link to motor abundance video mentioned:

http://psychsciencenotes.blogspot.com/2016/09/the-bliss-of-motor-abundance.html

More information:

What Is Motor Development? The Lessons of History

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

via freemusicarchive.org

38 – Perceptual-Motor Development I: Traditional Approaches Oct 13, 2016

A look at perceptual-motor development from an information processing, stage-based perspective. What is the relative importance of genetics and early experience? Are their critical periods in which perceptual and motor skills must develop? What is an efference copy?

Articles/links:

Infancy and Human Growth

Effects of visual deprivation on morphology and physiology of cells in the cat's lateral geniculate body

Extent of recovery from the effects of visual deprivation in kittens

Movement-produced stimulation in the development of visually guided behavior

Organization of Early Skilled Action

The Principle of Reafference: Interactions between the Central Nervous System and the Peripheral Organs

Paralysis of the Awake Human: Visual Perceptions

More information:

“Look around while running!” Attentional focus effects in inexperienced runners

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Barrence Whitfield & The Savages - I'm A Full-Grown Man

The Party Faithful – Childish Notion

The Hussy – Baby Child

Ben Sollee – Obvious Child

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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37D - Sciencing My Way Through Ultrarunning: Intro Oct 11, 2016

Thinking aloud about some sports science issues as I prepare for my first 50K ultra. What is the optimal focus of attention for a runner and how does it change as you switch from road to trail? How can one best acquire the skill of downhill running? Does it depend on where you look?

Articles/links:

My training log: https://www.strava.com/athletes/17201121

Race I am doing: http://www.aravaiparunning.com/cave-creek-thriller/

Related blog post with figures: http://perceptionaction.com/37d/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PE0fbapiyQ

More information:

http://www.uws.edu.au/staff_profiles/uws_profiles/doctor_kylie_steel

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Miss Derrinnger – Better Run Away From Me

Trash Ride – Running Around

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

37C – Interview with Kylie Steel, Western Sydney, Applying Biological Motion Oct 06, 2016

A discussion with Kylie Steel Senior Lecturer in the School of Science and Health at Western Sydney University in Australia. In the interview we discuss biological motion: what is it and how can we apply it to sport, how important is it to be able to quickly recognize a teammate on the field or court, do compression garments work and if so how, and how are skilled acquisition professionals viewed by coaches and players.

More information about my guest:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kylie_Steel

https://au.linkedin.com/in/kylie-steel-b62b71123

https://twitter.com/kylie_steel2016

Biological motion demo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0kLC-pridI

More information:

On the causal mechanisms of stereotype threat: can skills that don't rely heavily on working memory still be threatened? “Girls should cook, rather than kick!” – Female soccer players under stereotype threat

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

via freemusicarchive.org

37B – Sports Science Shorts: Stereotype Threat & Performance Oct 04, 2016

What is stereotype threat and how can it affect sports performance? Is it possible that being challenged by a statement like “girls can’t play sports” could make a female athlete perform better in some situations?

Articles:

Girls can play ball: Stereotype threat reduces variability in a motor skill

The effect of stereotype threat on performance of a rhythmic motor skill.

More information:

http://www.yorku.ca/bakerj/

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

June & Jean Millington – Play Like a Girl

The Strangers - Stereotypical

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

37A – Interview with Joe Baker, York, Talent ID & Development Sep 29, 2016

A discussion with Joe Baker, Professor in the School of Kinesiology and Health Science at York University in Canada. Topics include: how good are we at identifying talent, early specialization vs diversification, designing effective learning environments, retention and transfer of sports skills, and are sports good for our long term health?

More information about my guest:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Joe_Baker

https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-baker-320b9a32

https://twitter.com/bakerjyorku

More information:

Human Factors Implications of UAVs in the National Airspace

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

via freemusicarchive.org

37 – UAVs, Drones & Helicopters/Inhibiting Actions in Sports Sep 27, 2016

A look at the unique perceptual and cognitive issues associated with uninhabited air vehicles (UAVs) and helicopters. Are fully automated drones a good idea? What are some of the technologies that have been developed to improve performance with these alternative forms of flight?

-Knowing when not to act in sports (Time 19:36)

Articles/links:

Impact of prior flight experience on learning Predator UAV operator skills

Good Vibrations: Tactile Feedback in Support of Attention Allocation and Human-Automation Coordination in Event-Driven Domains Target Acquisition With UAVs: Vigilance Displays and Advanced Cuing Interfaces Tactile situation awareness system: proprioceptive prostheses for sensory deficiencies. Knowing when not to swing: EEG evidence that enhanced perception–action coupling underlies baseball batter expertise http://www.decervo.com/

More information:

http://www.brunel.ac.uk/people/costas-karageorghis

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mr & Mrs. Smith – Big Jet Wings

The Snow – Creatures on the Wing

Snake Oil Salesman – Bird on a Wire

Toy Sugar – Waiting for the Night

Parting Gifts – Don’t Stop

Pheasant – Letting Go

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36C – Interview with Costas Karageorghis, Brunel, Applying Music in Sport Sep 22, 2016

A discussion with Costas Karageorghis, Reader in Sport Psychology from Brunel University and author of the new book “Applying Music in Exercise and Sport”. We discuss topics including how music can make athletes perform better and for longer, how music effects an athlete’s attentional focus and perceived effort, how to choose the best music for a particular sport or activity, when not to use music and how teams can use music.

More information about my guest:

Applying Music in Exercise and Sport:

https://www.amazon.com/Applying-Music-Exercise-Costas-Karageorghis/dp/1492513814/ref=as_sl_pc_qf_sp_asin_til?tag=perceactiopod-20&linkCode=w00&linkId=63bc3f266671ee616fcafc755e9314d7&creativeASIN=1492513814

More information:

http://sports-biometrics-conference.com/

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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36B – Ringside Feedback in Boxing, Action Capabilities & Perceived Location Sep 20, 2016

News: What type of feedback do coaches give to boxers between rounds? Does the attentional focus, level of autonomy and valence of the feedback relate to winning and losing? How do the inherent capabilities of a performer (i.e., skill level) interact with their momentary capabilities?

Articles/links:

Coaching cues in amateur boxing: An analysis of ringside feedback provided between rounds of competition

Location estimation of approaching objects is modulated by the observer’s inherent and momentary action capabilities

More information:

http://amitkatwala.co.uk/

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Suspicious Beasts – Punch Me in the Face

JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound – Bad News

Favourite Game – The #1’s

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36A – Interview with Amit Katwala, Applying Neuroscience to Sports Sep 15, 2016

A discussion with Amit Katwala, senior writer for Sport Magazine and author of the new book: The Athletic Brain: How Neuroscience is Revolutionizing Sport and Can Help You Perform Better. we discuss topics including how the brains of elites athletes are different than normal people, some methods teams are using to short cut this process with brain training, ways you can trick yourself into having greater endurance, how to better diagnose concussion, the idea of sporting IQ, and examples of sports psychology at work in the recent Olympic games.

More information about my guest:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/amit-katwala-50795115

https://www.amazon.com/Athletic-Brain-Neuroscience-Revolutionising-Perform/dp/1471155900/ref=as_sl_pc_qf_sp_asin_til?tag=perceactiopod-20&linkCode=w00&linkId=2fa24acccb92a382c18d667dbcb888f0&creativeASIN=1471155900

More information:

Learning to fly glass cockpits requires a new cognitive model.

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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36 – Aviation Instruments & Automation/Causal Mechanisms of the Quiet Eye Sep 13, 2016

A look at some of the developments in cockpit technology. Do “glass cockpits” really lead to better flying performance? Can Head-Up Displays and Highways in the Sky reduce pilot workload? Has automation in aviation lived up to its promise?

-Why does having a “quiet eye” resulting in better sports performance? (Time 20:45)

Articles/links:

Can a glass cockpit display help (or hinder) performance of novices in simulated flight training? Cognitive Issues in Head-Up Displays Attentional Tunneling and Task Management in Synthetic Vision Displays An Information-Centered Analysis of the Tunnel-in-the-Sky Display

Automation surprises

Identifying the causal mechanisms of the quiet eye Fixational eye movements (Special Issue) http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/brain-games/videos/brain-games-pay-attention/

More information:

Annual age grouping and athlete development: A meta-analytical review of relative age effect in sport

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

The GrOOming – Glass Room

Lo-fi is sci-fi – Oil on Glass

Song Machine – Keep Outta My Head!

Mount Caramel – Swallow Me Up

The Dirtbombs – By My Side

We Were Promised – Quiet Little Voices

Still Pluto – Open Up Your Eyes

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35C – Sports Science Shorts: Reversal of the Relative Age Effect Sep 08, 2016

Does the advantage of being relatively older (i.e., being born in Jan, Feb or March) hold up when the highest levels of sport are examined? Why might this effect reverse, giving a clear advantage to the relatively young underdogs?

Articles:

No Relative Age Effect in the Birth Dates of Award Winning Athletes in Male Professional Team Sports

Selection bias and peer effects in team sports: The effect of age grouping on earnings of German soccer players

Start hard, finish better: further evidence for the reversal of the RAE advantage

The rise of the underdog? The relative age effect reversal among Canadian-born NHL hockey players: A reply to Nolan and Howell

More information:

The Effect of Gradual Increase in Contextual Interference on Acquisition, Retention and Transfer of Volleyball Skills

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Jacob Haller – Relatively Human

The Golden Boys – Older Than You

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

35B – Effects of Increasing Contextual Interference & Augmented Audio Feedback on Motor Learning Sep 06, 2016

News: A look at a couple recent motor learning studies. How can we build on basic concepts such like contextual interference and extrinsic feedback to speed skill acquisition?

Articles:

More Feedback Is Better than Less: Learning a Novel Upper Limb Joint Coordination Pattern with Augmented Auditory Feedback

More information:

The Arm: Inside the Billion Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound – Bad News

Superdrag – Everything Will Be Made Right

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35A - Sport Science Shorts: Review of “The Arm”, Injury Prevention & Recovery Sep 01, 2016

One of the greatest challenges those of us working in sports currently face is how to keep athletes healthy and on the field. Should we take a conservative approach, giving them more rest days and not pushing them so hard in practice? Or should we believe what doesn’t kill them will only make the stronger? Is there a way we can use analytics, biomechanics or movement analyses to predict when an injury is likely to occur? As parents, should we steering or kids away from sports with a higher likelihood of injury? How should we best manage the physical and psychological challenges associated with injury recovery? A review of the book “The Arm: Inside the Billion Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” which explores these questions in the context of baseball pitching injuries.

Link:

More information:

Naive Realism: Misplaced Faith in Realistic Displays Motion in depth: Adequate and inadequate simulation

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Eilen Jewell _ Codeine Arms

Mondo Topless – It Hurts Me

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

35 – Flight Simulation & Training/Part vs Whole Practice Aug 30, 2016

A discussion of the history of flight training with an emphasis on flight simulation. What makes a good simulator? Should it really perfectly re-create the real world? Can we identify effective pilots through screening tests?

-Part vs whole training in sport (Time 21:01)

Articles/links:

The Link Trainer

Relationship between sustained, orientated, divided, and selective attention and simulated aviation performance: Training & pressure effects

Effectiveness of part-task training and increasing-difficulty training strategies: a meta-analysis approach

More information:

http://perceptionaction.com/bayesintro

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Nymphea - Fly

Jenny O – Learned My Lessons

Live Ones – We’ll Take You Higher

Dan Alfresco - Flying High

Mr & Mrs Smith – Summer in the Sky

The Above – You Make it Real

Box Elders - Hole

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34B - Adventures in Analytics: Intro to Bayes Theorem & Fantasy Football Aug 25, 2016

What are conditional probabilities and how can they be used to help you draft and set you weekly lineup for a fantasy football team?

More About the Analysis:

More information:

http://naspspa.com/2016-naspspa-conference-workshops/

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lame Drivers –Let Me Get Those Numbers Down

White Hillls – Condition of Nothing

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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34A – Report from Sports Expertise Workshop Aug 23, 2016

A few thoughts on the “Seeing the forest and the trees: Theoretical and practical issues in sport expertise” workshop held in conjunction with Annual Meeting of the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSA) on June 14, 2016.

More information:

http://www.planecrashinfo.com/cause.htm

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Seastock – Garage Rock Shuffle

Seastock – Upbeat Garage Rock

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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34 – Plane Crash Analysis/Famous Sporting Errors Aug 16, 2016

An analysis of some of the most serious plane crashes that were caused by human error with a goal of understanding what happened in terms of perceptual-motor and cognitive processes. What can we learn from these unfortunate incidents so that they never happen again?

-Some famous errors on the sports field (Time 23:48)

Articles/links:

Human Factors in Aviation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenerife_airport_disaster

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Florida_Flight_90

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asiana_Airlines_Flight_214

More information:

Priority and organization of information accessed by pilots in various phases of flight

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Gillicuddy- …Plays Guitar

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33 – Information Processing in Aviation /Self-Controlled Feedback in Sports Aug 02, 2016

How do pilots use all the information from the outside environment, instruments and air traffic control to make decisions and act? Does their ability to sample information depend on experience? What are some of the common decision making errors that can occurs?

-Why do performers learn better when they can control when feedback is received? (Time 24:10)

Articles:

Flying under pressure : Effects of anxiety on attention and gaze behavior in aviation

Anxiety and Cognitive Performance: Attentional Control Theory

Stimulus information as a determinant of reaction

Self-Controlled Feedback: Does it Enhance Learning Because Performers Get Feedback When They Need It?

Why self-controlled feedback enhances motor learning: Answers from electroencephalography and indices of motivation

Self-controlled concurrent feedback and the education of attention towards perceptual invariants

More information:

Aviation Visual Perception: Research, Misperception & Mishaps

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Roger McGuinn – I’ll Fly Away

The Embrooks – Feel Like Flying

Westy Reflector – Always in the Sky

Steve Wynn – Punching Holes in the Sky

Spakin Tree - Decision

Mikal Cronin – Control

Derek Clegg – Self Doubt

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32 – Spatial Disorientation in Aviation/Ironic Effects of Pressure in Pitching Jul 19, 2016

How does a pilot know which way is up or whether they are banking left or right? Sounds easy, but maintaining spatial orientation is one of the most difficult challenges in aviation. What visual and vestibular information can be used to orient oneself and what illusions cause spatial disorientation?

-Can showing an athlete their opponent’s strengths lead to ironic errors under pressure? (Time 21:15)

Articles:

Human Spatial Orientation

More information:

Aviation Visual Perception: Research, Misperception & Mishaps

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Paul Collins Beat – Don’t Wait Up For Me

Mikal Cronin – Made My Mind Up

Zorak – Falling Down

Parting Gifts – Bound to Let Me Down

Lame Drivers – Throwing Stones

Von Hayes – Casual Strikeouts

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31 –Visual Perception in Aviation/ Manipulating Spatial & Temporal Constraints in Practice Jul 05, 2016

What visual information can a pilot use to land a plane? What misperceptions can occur and how can they lead to crashes? What is the Black Hole Illusion?

-What is the best way to train an athlete: start easy or start hard?(Time 22:19)

Articles:

Optic flow and visual analysis of the base-to-final turn

Visual judgments in motion

A psychophysical contribution to air safety: Simulator studies of visual illusions in night visual approaches

Active regulation of altitude as a function of optical texture

Perception and control of altitude: Splay and depression angles

The effects of pictorial detail on the timing of the landing flare: Results of a visual simulation experiment

More information:

Driver Education Task Analysis

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Persephone’s Bees – Paper Plane

Calexico - Fractured Air

Obits – No Fly List

Urinals – Black Hole

Nude Beach – Hit by a Hurricane

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30 –Driver Training & Testing/What is the Greatest Sports Record? Jun 21, 2016

How effective is driver training and education? Is it helping to reduce accidents? Which countries have the most difficult driver’s tests? Can simulation help improve training and licensing procedures?

-What is the most unbreakable record in sports? (Time 17:56).

Articles/Books:

Understanding Driving

The effectiveness of driver training as a road safety measure: An international review of the literature

Evaluation of the effectiveness of a multi-skill program for training younger drivers on higher cognitive skills

Revisiting the ranking of outstanding professional sports records

More information:

Visual search of driving situations: Danger and experience Drivers' hazard perception ability: Situation awareness on the road Can a video-based hazard perception test used for driver licensing predict crash involvement? A Theory of Risk Homeostasis: Implications for Safety and Health

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

OBN III’s – License Plate

Squire Tuck – Open Road

Calexico – Bend in the Road

Reigning Sound – Stormy Weather

Fred & Toody – We Won’t Break

Von Hayes– Hillyard Era

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29 –Risk Perception & Tolerance in Driving/Glare & Sports Jun 07, 2016

How good are drivers at detecting the risks and dangers that lurk around the corner? What is the best way to assess this ability? Do people actually want some risk when driving? Is the desire for risk going to counteract our efforts to making make the road safer through interventions?

-How does glare effect sports performance and do products like eye black actually work? (Time 22:03).

Articles/Books/Links:

Understanding Driving

Flashbulb memories

A driving-simulator test of Wilde's risk homeostasis theory

Risk homeostasis theory: Problems of the past and promises for the future

Lost in the Lights: The Effects of Glare on Catching Performance

Hazard Perception Test:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIx_u9IQFVM

More information:

http://www.bases.org.uk/Psychological-Preparation-for-Football-Penalty-Shootouts

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Raindogg – Risky Business

Tom Drexl – Memory

Matt Kurz One – Set of Wheels

Paul Collins Beat – Many Roads to Follow

Gentleman Jesse – If I Can See You

The Brought Low – Black River

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28B - Sport Science Shorts: Soccer Penalty Kicks May 30, 2016

A look at the psychological side of penalty kicks to get you ready for Euro 2016. How does a penalty shootout compare to high pressure situations in other sports? What is the best strategy for taking a penalty? Is it important to have a pre-kick routine and celebrate if you win?

Articles/links:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2obk7b

More information:

www.baseballprospectus.com

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Sick of Sarah – Kick Back

Karyn Ellis – Shooting Star

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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28A – Interview with Sam Miller, Baseball Prospectus, Putting Analytics into Practice May 26, 2016

A discussion with Sam Miller, Editor in Chief at Baseball Prospectus and co-author of the new book: The Only Rule Is It Has to Work: Our Wild Experiment Building a New Kind of Baseball Team. We discuss the story of how Sam and his co-author Ben Lindbergh, two self-acclaimed stat head nerds, were put in charge of a baseball team – from recruiting to team strategy. What can we learn about applying analytics and research in practice?

More information about my guest:

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/blog/daily_podcast/

http://theonlyruleisithastowork.com/

http://www.amazon.com/The-Only-Rule-Has-Work/dp/1627795642/ref=as_sl_pc_qf_sp_asin_til?tag=perceactiopod-20&linkCode=w00&linkId=DBBFEUQVMAWHDPI3&creativeASIN=1627795642

More information:

Teenage drivers: patterns of risk

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

via freemusicarchive.org

28 – Older and Younger Drivers/Guiding an Athlete’s Attention May 24, 2016

Why do teenage and elderly drivers have consistently higher accident rates? Are teenagers just being careless and risky? Does it matter who is in the car with them? Do the declines perceptual and cognitive skills associated with age making driving unsafe for older drivers?

-Guiding an athlete’s attention during training (Time 25:11).

Articles:

The observed effects of teenage passengers on the risky driving behavior of teenage drivers

The impact and sustainability of the graduated driver licensing program in preventing motor vehicle crashes in Massachusetts

Naturalistic teenage driving study: Findings and lessons learned

Age, skill, and hazard perception in driving

Glare susceptibility test results correlate with temporal safety margin when executing turns across approaching vehicles in simulated low–sun conditions

Reduced effect of glare disability on driving performance in subjects implanted with blue light filtering intraocular lenses

Identifying crash involvement among older drivers: agreement between self-report and state records

Age and visual search: Expanding the useful field of view

Visual attention problems as a predictor of vehicle crashes in older drivers

Cumulative meta-analysis of the relationship between useful field of view and driving performance in older adults: Current and future implications

Cognitive Training Decreases Motor Vehicle Collision Involvement of Older Drivers

Guiding Visual Attention in Decision Making—Verbal Instructions Versus Flicker Cueing

Perceptual training methods compared: the relative efficacy of different approaches to enhancing sport-specific anticipation

More information:

http://perceptionaction.com/chokehangover

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Unfinished Symphony – Teenage Kicks

Phillip Sandifer – Passenger

Golden Boys – Older Than You

Crosscut Saw – Old

1-800-Band – Diver Blue

Steve Wynn- Colored Lights

The Heavy – How You Like Me Now?

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27E - Adventures in Analytics: Spieth’s Future and the Choking Hangover May 23, 2016

How well do performers recover from incidents of choking under pressure? An examination of some baseball data to determine which factors influence whether or there is lingering performance effect after a choke.

To See the Data, Figures & R Code from the Analysis Please Go To:

Articles/links:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/play-index/

From attentional control to attentional spillover: A skill-level investigation of attention, movement, and performance outcomes

Interactions Between Performance Pressure, Performance Streaks, and Attentional Focus

More information:

https://psy.fsu.edu/faculty/ericsson.dp.html

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Ergo Phizmiz – The Pressures of Golf

Lame Drivers –Let Me Get Those Numbers Down

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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27D – Interview with Anders Ericsson, FSU, The New Science of Expertise May 19, 2016

A discussion with Anders Ericsson, Professor of Psychology atFlorida State University and co-author of the new book: Peak: TheSecrets from the New Science of Expertise. We touch on topicsincluding purposeful vs deliberate practice, whether achievingautomaticity can hinder becoming an expert, whether skillacquisition is linear, being able to coach yourself, and adifferent role for genetics in skill acquisition.

More information about my guest:

Peak: The Secrets from the New Science of Expertise

More information:

MyResearch Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)

My ASUWeb page

Podcast Facebookpage (videos, pics, etc)

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

27C – Effects of Mental Fatigue on Attention & Decision Making in Sports May 17, 2016

News: What effect does mental fatigue have on sports performance? Does fatigue change our ability to focus our attention, anticipate and make decisions on the field? Or does it just decrease or motivation to do all this?

Articles:

Mental fatigue impairs soccer-specific decision-making skill Shifts in Attention During Mental Fatigue: Evidence From Subjective, Behavioral, Physiological, and Eye-Tracking Data

Stroop Task Demo

More information:

http://www.sportvision.com/media/espn-k-zone

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Muck and the Mires – Tired of Losing Sleep

Parting Gifts – Sleepy City

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27B - Sport Science Shorts: Augmented Reality in Sports Broadcasting May 16, 2016

Is adding virtual objects (e.g., the offside line in soccer or the first down line in football) to augment sports broadcasts always a good way to enhance a fan’s experience or can it be taken too far? My ESPN K Zone rant!

Articles/links:

Augmenting Live Broadcast Sports with 3D Tracking Information

Design and Implementation for Interactive Augmented Broadcasting System

More information:

http://mtweb.mtsu.edu/manshel/index.html

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

The Above – You Make it Real

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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27A – Interview with Mark Anshell, MTSU, In Praise of Failure May 12, 2016

A discussion with Mark Anshell, Professor of Health & Human Performance at Middle Tennessee State University and author of the new book: “In Praise of Failure in Sport: The Value of Overcoming Mistakes to Achieve Optimal Performance Success”. We discuss why we need to change our conception of failure, the importance of failing for success in sports, fear of failure, using exercise as punishment, and how coaches can create environments that embrace failure.

More information about my guest:

More information:

Collision warning timing, driver distraction, and driver response to imminent rear-end collisions in a high-fidelity driving simulator.

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

via freemusicarchive.org

27 – Driver Warnings/Tunnel Vision in Sports May 10, 2016

If your vehicle can detect you are about to collide with something how should it warn you? As it turns out, getting the human factors issues (e.g., timing, modality, level of information) correct is critical to getting a fast and appropriate response from the driver while at the same time keeping trust in the system high.

Pressure-induced tunnel vision in sports (Time 22:55).

Articles:

Assessing the effectiveness of various auditory cues in capturing a driver's visual attention

To go or not to go: Stimulus-response compatibility and pedestrian collision warnings in driving

Comparison of visual, auditory and tactile warnings for rear-end collision prevention in driving.

Driver reaction time to tactile and auditory rear-end collision warnings while talking on a cell phone.

Looming auditory collision warnings for driving.

A comparison of different informative vibrotactile forward collision warnings

The effect of emotion on cue utilization and the organization of behavior.

http://www.baddesigns.com/

More information:

PSYCHOLOGY STRIKES OUT: Coleman R. Griffith and the Chicago Cubs

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

King Tuff – Hit and Run

Paul Collins Beat – It’s Just a Matter of Time

Wheels on Fire – Turning Into You

Carb on Carb - Smash

Shane Tutmarc – Through These Eyes

Isobell Campbell – No Place to Fall

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26E - Sport Science Shorts: Psychology Strikes Out! May 09, 2016

The story of Coleman Griffith, the first psychologist to work with a professional sports team. Was he a hit with the Chicago Cubs in 1938? Or was it a big swing and a miss?

Articles/links:

More information:

http://ehs.siu.edu/ci/faculty-staff/faculty-all/fadde.php

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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26D – Interview with Peter Fadde, SIU, Sports Training and VR May 05, 2016

A discussion with Peter Fadde from Southern Illinois University. We touch on several topics related to training including perception-action coupling, part vs whole training and sport specificity. We also do a deep dive into VR use in sports, attempting to tackle the question: how real does virtual reality need to be?

More information about my guest:

http://peterfadde.com/

https://twitter.com/DrFadde

More information:

Sensorimotor Rhythm Neurofeedback Enhances Golf Putting Performance Can Perceptuo-Motor Skills Assessment Outcomes in Young Table Tennis Players (7–11 years) Predict Future Competition Participation and Performance? An Observational Prospective Study

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

via freemusicarchive.org

26C –Talent ID Using Perceptual-Motor Assessments/ Sensorimotor Rhythm Feedback for Training May 03, 2016

News: Can tests of general perceptual motor skills (e.g., agility, speed, eye-hand coordination) given to 7-11 year olds predict future participation and performance in sports? Can neurofeedback training improve sports performance?

Articles:

More information:

http://perceptionaction.com/pitchentropy

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Glyptotheque – Street Mystic Ping Pong

JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound – Bad News

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26B – Adventures in Analytics: Pitching Entropy/100th Episode May 02, 2016

Hurray for the 100th Episode of the Podcast! Can baseball pitchers overcome a lack of velocity by being less predictable? How does entropy relate to success in sports?

To See the Data, Figures & R Code from the Analysis Please Go To:

Articles/links:

The Relationship Between Visual Anticipation and Baseball Batting Game Statistics

http://www.brooksbaseball.net/

More information:

http://www.port.ac.uk/department-of-sport-and-exercise-science/staff/denise-hill.html

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lame Drivers –Let Me Get Those Numbers Down

Vegaenduro – High Speed Flash

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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26A– Interview with Denise Hill, University of Portsmouth, Choking Under Pressure Apr 28, 2016

A discussion with Denise Hill, Lecturer in Sport & Exercise Psychology at the University of Portsmouth. We discuss the experience of choking from the athlete’s point of view, whether we have been using the wrong definition of choking, how the effects of pressure are different for individual and team sports, and the importance of pre and post shot routines.

More information about my guest:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Denise_Hill2

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-denise-m-hill-cpsychol-7621386

https://twitter.com/psychskills

More information:

Evaluation of Six Night Vision Enhancement Systems: Qualitative and Quantitative Support for Intelligent Image Processing

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

via freemusicarchive.org

26 – Driver Assistance Systems & Automated Vehicles/Designing Effective Sports Training Apr 26, 2016

What new technologies are being developed to make driving safer? Will they remedy all the problems of driver distraction? Are we ready for an automated car to do the driving for us?

5 evidence-based tips for designing effective sports training (Time 18:24).

Articles:

Allocation of visual attention while driving with simulated augmented reality

Towards real-time recognition of driver intentions

Analysis of Human-Machine Cooperation When Driving with Different Degrees of Haptic Shared Control

http://www.autoblog.com/2015/10/07/volvo-accept-liability-self-driving-car-crashes/?ncid=edlinkusauto00000015

Five evidence-based principles of effective practice and instruction

More information:

http://perceptionaction.com/battinghand

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

The Love Me Nots – I Blame You

The Cynics – The Warning

The Party Faithful – Safe Distance

The Spectacular Fantastic – I Do it All for You

Fgo70 - Five six seven

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25E - Adventures in Analytics: Handedness & Batting Stance Apr 25, 2016

What is the relationship between the hand you throw with and how you hold a bat? How do players choose which side to bat from? Is it better to have your dominant hand higher or lower? My analysis of Major League Baseball data trying to answer these questions.

To See the Data, Figures & R Code from the Analysis Please Go To:

Articles/links:

Manual Laterality and Hitting Performance in Major League Baseball

Hand and Eye Dominance in Sport: Are Cricket Batters Taught to Bat Back-to-Front?

Speed differences between forehand and backhand in intermediate-level tennis players

More information:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jordan_Muraskin

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Cheap Time – Handyman

Shearer – In My Hand

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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25D– Interview with Jordan Muraskin, deCervo, Brain Recording & Sports Apr 21, 2016

A discussion with Jordan Muraskin, post-doctoral fellow at Columbia University and co-inventor of deCervo. We discuss topics including his research on the brain activity that underlies fast decision making in sport, combining EEG and fmri to understand where and when neural activity differs as function of expertise, action inhibition, and using brain recording as a tool for scouting and training in sport.

More information about my guest:

http://www.decervo.com/

https://twitter.com/deCervoProfile

https://twitter.com/jsm2112

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymCanyh_7yw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFktZBCUmU0

More information:

Fractional-Order Information in the Visual Control of Lateral Locomotor Interception

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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25C – Using Fractions to Save Soccer Balls/Gymnastics Movement Feedback Apr 19, 2016

News: How do soccer goalkeepers move in response to shots coming from different directions and with curved trajectories? How can fractions be used to explain this behavior? Which factors influence the way in which coaches give error feedback to gymnasts? How important are things like motor experience and biomechanical knowledge?

Articles:

How Do Gymnastics Coaches Provide Movement Feedback in Training?

http://www3.nd.edu/~msen/Teaching/UnderRes/FracCalc.pdf

More information:

Visual timing in hitting an accelerating ball.

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound – Bad News

Unfinished Symphony –Teenage Kicks

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25B - Sport Science Shorts: Why Can’t We Perceive Acceleration & Does it Matter? Apr 18, 2016

How can we be so good at hitting and catching accelerating objects when we can’t really judge acceleration? Do we use anticipation or just correct errors based on feedback?

Articles:

How Can People Be so Good at Intercepting Accelerating Objects if They Are so Poor at Visually Judging Acceleration?

Identifying the acceleration of visual targets.

Visual information about moving objects.

More information:

http://www.ase.tufts.edu/psychology/sommerslab/people/

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Stems – Slow Me Down

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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25A– Interview with Sam Sommers, Tufts University, This is Your Brain on Sports Apr 14, 2016

A discussion with Sam Sommers, Associate Professor of Psychology from Tufts University and co-author of the recently released book, This is Your Brain on Sports: The Science of Underdogs, the Value of Rivalry, and What We Can Learn from the T-Shirt Cannon. We discuss topics including why great athletes don’t always make for great coaches, whether all kids should be getting trophies, and how sports often mirrors our everyday lives.

More information about my guest:

http://brainonsports.com/

http://www.si.com/si-this-is-your-brain-on-sports-podcast

Other links:

http://perceptionaction.com/why/

http://perceptionaction.com/recommended/

More information:

http://about.att.com/story/smartphone_use_while_driving_grows_beyond_texting.html

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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25 – Driver Distraction /Bringing Sports into the Lab Apr 12, 2016

How much does talking or texting on a smart phone impair driving performance? How can we get drivers’ attention back on the road?

How can we effectively bring the sports field into the lab by creating representative task designs? Are coaches impairing skill acquisition by oversimplifying sports skills? (Time 20:47)

Links to articles discussed:

Interference between concurrent tasks of driving and telephoning

A meta-analysis of the effects of cell phones on driver performance

A meta-analysis of the effects of texting on driving

http://www.ghsa.org/html/stateinfo/laws/cellphone_laws.html

Examination of gaze behaviors under in situ and video simulation task constraints reveals differences in information pickup for perception and action

Issues and challenges in developing representative tasks in sport

Monocular Optical Constraints on Collision Control

More information:

Intrateam communication and performance in doubles tennis

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

The Mind Orchestra – Really Like Your Phone

Robin Grey – Looking for Distraction-

Poets of ELAN – I Won’t Call It

Reigning Sound – Call Me Number 1

The Monitors - No Callback

Twin Atlas – Calling For You

Lo Fi is Sci Fi – Behold! The New Design

Christian Bland & The Revelators – Emotionless Man

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24E - Sport Science Shorts: Nonverbal Communication Apr 11, 2016

How important is nonverbal communication (e.g., hand gestures, high fives, using gaze) in sports? Why is a lot of the communication that occurs between athletes ineffective?

Articles/links:

Real-time communication during play: Analysis of team-mates’ talk and interaction

Tactile Communication, Cooperation, and Performance: An Ethological Study of the NBA

More information:

http://ppc.uiowa.edu/people/daniel-mcgehee

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Steve Wynn- We Don’t Talk About It

Dazie Mae – A Far Point

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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24D– Interview with Dan McGehee, University of Iowa Apr 07, 2016

A discussion with Dan McGehee, Director of the Transportation and Vehicle Safety Research Program in the Public Policy Center at the University of Iowa. We discuss how driver behavior in a simulator compares to a real car, using black box recordings to understand how drivers react just before they crash, using instrumented vehicles to help reduce accidents by teen drivers, the transition to automated driving and his new program mycardoeswhat.

More information about my guest:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Daniel_McGehee

https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-v-mcgehee-62aa657

https://mycardoeswhat.org/

More information:

The ‘Quiet Eye’ and Motor Performance: A Systematic Review Based on Newell’s Constraints-Led Model Perceptual Training in Beach Volleyball Defence: Different Effects of Gaze-Path Cueing on Gaze and Decision-Making

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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24C – A Constraints-Led Approach to the Quiet Eye, Gaze Training in Beach Volleyball Apr 05, 2016

News: How has research on the quiet eye manipulated the performer, environment and task constraints? What questions are still unanswered? Does training a novice to have eye movements like an expert improve decision making?

Articles:

More information:

Detecting Deception in Movement: The Case of the Side-Step in Rugby Deceptive Body Movements Reverse Spatial Cueing in Soccer Fooling the kickers but not the goalkeepers: behavioral and neurophysiological correlates of fake action detection in soccer Brain regions concerned with the identification of deceptive soccer moves by higher-skilled and lower-skilled players https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw8u0aEVJgo http://www.biomotionlab.ca/Demos/BMLwalker.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0kLC-pridI

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Sleep Out – Three Towns

JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound – Bad News

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24B - Sport Science Shorts: Bobbing, Weaving & Deceptive Actions Apr 04, 2016

Why do even the most elite athletes sometimes get completely fooled by a killer step-over move in soccer, head fake in football, or cross-over dribble in basketball? Where should an athlete look on their opponent’s body to avoid being deceived? What brain areas are involved in the perception of deceptive actions?

Articles/links:

More information:

http://www.its.leeds.ac.uk/people/n.merat

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Pheasant – Fools Gold

The Above – You Make it Real

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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24A– Interview with Natasha Merat, ITS, University of Leeds Mar 31, 2016

A discussion with Natasha Merat, Associate Professor in the Institute for Transport Studies at The University of Leeds. We discuss topics including detecting driving distraction, the effects of fatigue on driving and how to keep a driver in the loop with an automated vehicle.

More information about my guest:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/natasha-merat-879b7844

https://twitter.com/NatashaMerat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT7FMs9L_vM

More information:

How automatic is manual gear shifting?

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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24 – Attention & Memory in Driving/Tactical Creativity in Sports Mar 29, 2016

How much attention is required to drive effectively? Is driving a manual transmission really done automatically? How well do we remember the details of driving accidents?

What is the best way to develop tactical creativity and divergent thinking in young athletes? (Time 20:35)

Links to articles discussed:

Driving without awareness: The effects of practice and automaticity on attention and driving

Driving with the wandering mind: the effect that mind-wandering has on driving performance

Do familiarity and expectations change perception?

Forgetting Near-Accidents: The Roles of Severity, Culpability and Experience in the Poor Recall of Dangerous Driving Situations

Reconstruction of Automobile Destruction: An Example of the Interaction Between Language and Memory

Planting misinformation in the human mind: A 30-year investigation of the malleability of memory

Two strategies for learning a route in a driving simulator

Development of tactical creativity in sports

More information:

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/25372806/nfl-we-didnt-account-for-color-blindness-with-color-rush-jerseys

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Jacuzzi Boys – Automatic Jail

Six Star General – I Remember

The Yolks - Wandering

Kelley Stoltz – The Memory Collector

Josh Woodward – Memory Replaced

Steadman – Create Your Fate

Anitek – Divergent Thought

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23E- Sport Science Shorts: Color Blindness in Athletes & Fans Mar 28, 2016

Are athletes with color vision deficiencies less likely to make it to the elite levels of sport? If they do get there, will their color blindness effect their performance or determine which position they play?

Articles/links:

Colour blind cricketers and snowballs

Abnormal colour vision is a handicap to playing cricket but not an insurmountable one One of Australia's greatest cricketers was a protanope: a genetic detective story solved with the help of Schmidt's sign

More information:

http://trl.co.uk/academy-future-view/our-people/prof-nick-reed/

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Gal Pals- Gold Rush

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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23D– Interview with Nick Reed, Transport Research Lab Mar 24, 2016

A discussion with Nick Reed, Academy Director at the Transport Research Lab in the UK. We discuss topics including ball catching, distracted driving, new in car technologies, the human factors and ethical challenges associated driverless vehicles, and the real world mobility lab TRL is using to study the future of transportation.

More information about my guest:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-reed-a0aa0010

https://twitter.com/nreed_trl

https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=n9yvnLAAAAAJ&hl=en

More information:

Psychological states underlying excellent performance in professional golfers: “Letting it happen” vs. “making it happen” Computations underlying sensorimotor learning

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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23C – Letting it Happen vs Making it Happen/Challenging the Truths of Motor Learning Mar 22, 2016

News: What exactly does it mean to be in “the flow” as an athlete? Can we make it happen or do we just need to let it happen? Is it really true that skill acquisition is a single process that strives for low variability and is constrained by the speed-accuracy tradeoff?

Articles:

More information:

The Perceptual Illusion of Baseball's Rising Fastball and Breaking Curveball

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound – Bad News

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23B - Sport Science Shorts: Transfer from Cricket to Baseball Mar 21, 2016

Which is harder: hitting a baseball or cricket ball? Will Kieran Powell be successful in his attempt to transfer between the two sports?

Articles/links:

Visual judgements and misjudgements in cricket and the art of flight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYMhT_wgBwE&index=108&list=PLCc9T1oeaK1548na0ELb-4Q6urloNqEjG

http://www.si.com/mlb/2016/02/12/strike-zone-podcast-kieran-powell-cricket-west-indies

More information:

https://sites.google.com/site/appliedmotor/home

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Paul Collins – Different Kind of Girl

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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23A– Interview with Keith Lohse, Auburn, Motor Learning & Rehabilitation Mar 17, 2016

A discussion with Keith Lohse, Assistant Professor of Kinesiology and Director of the Rehabilitation Informatics Lab at Auburn University. We discuss topics including internal vs external focus of attention, the role of engagement in learning, physical therapy and problems with data analysis in skill acquisition research.

More information about my guest:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Keith_Lohse

https://www.linkedin.com/in/keith-lohse-53517485

More information:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP_jYmbke14

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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23 – Gap Acceptance in Driving/Pain Perception in Athletes Mar 15, 2016

How do drivers decide whether or not it is safe to make a turn in front of an oncoming car or overtake and pass a more slowly moving vehicle? Why are these situations so dangerous?

Do athletes have a higher tolerance for pain than non-athletes? (Time: 20:57)

Motion aftereffect demo:

Links to articles discussed:

Processes and countermeasures in overtaking road accidents

Multidisciplinary in-depth investigations of head-on and left- turn road collisions

Factors influencing driver’s left turn decisions

Scaling of relative velocity between vehicles

Perceptual-motor control strategies for left-turn execution

Risky driving behavior: a consequence of motion adaptation for visually guided motor action

Perceptual Processes Used by Drivers During Overtaking in a Driving Simulator

An Affordance-Based Approach to Visually Guided Overtaking

Pain perception in athletes compared to normally active controls: A systematic

review with meta-analysis

More information:

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2016/01/lumosity-pay-2-million-settle-ftc-deceptive-advertising-charges

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

The Monitors – Turn it On

Wheels of Fire – Turning into You

J Burn – Waiting

The Wingdale Community Singers – Passing Stranger

Haji Mike – Pain Pain Gain Gain

Eric & Magill – I Feel Your Pain

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22E- Sport Science Shorts: Lumosity & the Future of Brain Training in Sport Mar 14, 2016

What does the $2 million ruling against Lumosity mean for the future of brain training? Should we give up on generalized perceptual-cognitive training for sport, or do we just need more evidence?

Articles/Links:

http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/2016/01/21/lumosity-ceo-admits-brain-training-games-may-produce-no-direct-benefits/

http://www.cognitivetrainingdata.org/

http://ewep14.nl/

More information:

http://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/psy/Staff/Academic/Craig/

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Logan Whitehurst & The Jr Science Club – Prosthetic Brain

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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22D – Interview with Cathy Craig, QUB, Understanding & Improving Movement Mar 10, 2016

A discussion with Cathy Craig, Professor of Perception & Action Psychology at Queen’s University Belfast. We discuss topics including understanding and improvement movement in areas including pre-mature infants, soccer and Parkinson’s disease; how rugby players deceive their opponent; developing VR systems for training and research; and how we can learn a lot about perception from studying the rare instances when it fails.

More information about my guest:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Cathy_Craig

Movement Innovation Lab at QUB

More information:

Cognitive Representations and Cognitive Processing of Team-Specific Tactics in Soccer A kinematic comparison of the overhand throw and tennis serve in tennis players: how similar are they really?

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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22C – Tactical Knowledge in Soccer, How Similar are Throwing & Serving? Mar 08, 2016

News: How is coordination achieved in team sports? Does drawing plays on a white board really transfer to on field performance? Is telling a tennis player to “throw their racquet at the ball” a good way to teach serving?

Articles:

More information:

Cycling around a Curve: The Effect of Cycling Speed on Steering and Gaze Behavior Visual guidance during bicycle steering through narrow lanes: a study in children Bicycle rider control skills: expertise and assessment Effects of changing seat height on bike handling

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Nic Falon – Playing Fair

JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound – Bad News

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22B - Sport Science Shorts: Perceptual-Motor Control in Cycling Mar 07, 2016

A look at some cycling science from a perceptual-motor control perspective. Where does a cyclist look when going around a curve? What control strategies do young cyclists use? Does seat height effect steering ability?

Articles:

More information:

http://poly.engineering.asu.edu/directory/nancy-cooke/

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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22A – Interview with Nancy Cooke, ASU, Team performance Mar 03, 2016

A discussion with Nancy Cooke, Professor of Human Systems Engineering at Arizona State University. We discuss topics including how individual and team cognition differ, Nancy’s theory of Interactive Team Cognition, how teamwork is acquired, and how team performance changes under pressure.

More information about my guest:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nancy_Cooke2

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancy-cooke-a6164aa

More information:

A theory of visual control of braking based on information about time-to-collision

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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22 – Braking & Steering/Knuckleballs Mar 01, 2016

How does a driver know when to start braking and whether they are braking hard enough to avoid a collision? Where do we look when we steer around a curve? Do race car drivers look somewhere different?

Why is it so hard to hit (and throw!) a knuckleball? (Time: 18:36)

Links to articles discussed:

Time-to-contact judgment in the locomotion of adults and preschool children Visual control of braking: a test of the tau hypothesis Affordance-Based Control of Visually Guided Action A two-point visual control model of steering Where we look when we steer Which parts of the road guide steering?

Using vision to control locomotion: looking where you want to go

Expert Baseball Batters Have Greater Sensitivity in Making Swing Decisions

Knuckleball graph link:

http://www.amazinavenue.com/2010/6/10/1511336/why-is-it-so-hard-to-hit-the

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36E46a1bG70

More information:

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2015/oct/27/to-see-or-not-to-see-australian-cricket-divided-over-pink-ball-test

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Split Single – Made for Breaking

Wheel on Fire – Hit You With a Kiss

Calexico – Bend to the Road

Mikal Cronin – Turn Around

Apache – Bloody Knuckles

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21E - Sport Science Shorts: A Ball By Any Other Color Feb 29, 2016

Does ball color effect performance in sports? Do cricket batsman have the right to complain about pink balls and baseball batters about the brief experiment with orange ones?

Articles/links:

Effect of ball color on hitting performance by college softball players

Effect of softball color on batting performance in players and non-players

Ball color, eye color, and a reactive motor skill

Behavior of College Baseball Players in a Virtual Batting Task

The role of the baseball seam pattern in pitch recognition

More information:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-noel-rousseau-13796a15

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

50 Foot Wave – Hot Pink, Distorted

Monk Turner – (Yellow)

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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21D – Interview with Noel Rousseau, PGA golf professional and coach Feb 25, 2016

A discussion with Noel Rousseau, PGA golf professional, coach and developer of the Everyday Golf Coach app. We discuss automaticity, how coaching needs to be tailored to individual players, handling pressure, and how sports psychology is viewed in golf.

More information about my guest:

http://www.everydaygolfcoach.com/about-everyday-golf-coach.php

https://twitter.com/noelrousseau

More information:

3D-Multiple Object Tracking training task improves passing decision-making accuracy in soccer players

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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21C – Does 3D MOT training transfer to sport? How good are airport baggage screeners? Feb 23, 2016

News: Does training using the 3D multiple object tracking (Neurotracker) system transfer to on-field performance in soccer? How good are baggage screeners at detecting threatening object? How does their performance depend on passenger volume and shift length?

Articles/links:

When and Why Threats Go Undetected: Impacts of Event Rate and Shift Length on Threat Detection Accuracy During Airport Baggage Screening

Multiple Object Tracking demo

More information:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVY8SbQGW-Y

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Hugh Cornwell – Wrong Side of the Tracks

JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound – Bad News

Karl Hendricks Trio – Men’ Room at the Airport

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21B – Sport Science Shorts: Skill Acquisition in the Movies, the Award goes to Feb 22, 2016

A look at some infamous movie training scenes from a skill acquisition and motor learning perspective. Awards for best use of contextual inference, best constraints led-approach, best use of key performance indicators and more! We’re gonna need a montage, montage!

Training Montages:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SUzcDUERLo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdZVWeA7a-Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFyLD8rmty8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7kWjf8Vm14

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZQTsy3pPwo

More information:

https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/staff-profiles/faculty-of-education-health-and-community/sport-studies-leisure-and-nutrition/amy-whitehead

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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21A – Interview with Amy Whitehead, LJMU, Think Aloud Protocols, Decision Making in Sport Feb 18, 2016

A discussion with Amy Whitehead, Senior Lecturer in Sports Coaching and Physical Education, at Liverpool John Moores University. We discuss her new study looking at the effect of pressure on the thought processes of golfers, using the Think Aloud protocol to investigate and improve sports performance, and what it’s like to work as an applied sports psychologist.

More information about my guest:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Amy_Whitehead4

https://twitter.com/a_whitehead1

Links:

Evidence for Skill Level Differences in the Thought Processes of Golfers During High and Low Pressure Situations

The Decision Specific Reinvestment Scale

More information:

The attentional demand of automobile driving

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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21 – Visual Perception in Driving/Heuristics & Decision Making in Sports Feb 16, 2016

How do drivers use visual cues to judge distance, speed and heading? How does our vision change during night driving?

What simple rules can athletes, referees and umpires use to make quick decisions? (Time: 19:45)

Links to articles discussed:

Scaling apparent distance in natural indoor settings.

The influence of visual pattern on perceived speed. The Optical Expansion-Pattern in Aerial Locomotion

Effects of luminance, blur, and age on nighttime visual guidance: A test of the selective degradation hypothesis

Simple Heuristics in Sports

Judgment Bias in Baseball Umpires' First Base Calls: A Computer Simulation

More information:

NAPSPA pre-conference event: Seeing the forest and the trees: Theoretical and practical issues in sport expertise

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Ramsden – Driving Rain

Royal Headache – Distance & Vague

Dot Wiggin Band – Speed Limit

RoMak and the Space Pirates – Driving

Wyldlife – One Night Only

The Goodnight Loving – Safe at Home

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20E- Sport Science Shorts: Unorthodox Technique Feb 15, 2016

Should we be correcting the form of an athlete with an unusual movement pattern? Or could this actually give them an advantage? What do the different skill acquisition theories have to say about it?

Articles/links:

Faubert - Neurotracker

Why didn’t everybody copy Bradman?

Uncovering the secrets of the ‘the Don’

More information:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuartarmstrong

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

The Parting Gifts – Strange Disposition

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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20D – Interview with Stuart Armstrong, Player Pathways Manager with the Rugby Football Union Feb 11, 2016

A discussion with Stuart Armstrong Rugby Football Union. We discuss topics including talent development and talent identification, the problems with competition, encouraging creativity through practice design and sports analytics.

More information about my guest:

http://www.thetalentequation.co.uk/

https://twitter.com/stu_arm

More information:

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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20C – The Ecological Approach to Perception-Action & Implications for Skill Acquisition Feb 09, 2016

What are the key ideas of the ecological approach to perception-action first proposed by James Gibson? How do they differ from the traditional approach? What are affordances? Are representations and internal models evil? Does perception work like Sherlock Holmes?

Book:

Direct Perception

More information:

Abstention from sex and other pre-game rituals used by college male varsity athletes

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

The New Mystikal Troubadours – Our Sacred Cues

Mondo Topless – Get Ready for Action

Big Blood- Sick with Information

Thomas Allen – Sensation

Zoe Muth – Try to Walk the Line

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20B - Sport Science Shorts: Let’s Talk about Sex & Sports Feb 08, 2016

Is there any validity to the long-held belief by many athletes and coaches that having sex the night before a big competition will impair sports performance? Should you be abstaining this Valentine’s Day if you have to play the next day?

Articles:

Effects of sexual intercourse on maximal aerobic power, oxygen pulse, and double product in male sedentary subjects

Altered sleep-wake cycles and physical performance in athletes

More information:

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

The Vaselines – Sex with an X

Leather Uppers – Sexy Time

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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20A – Interview with Barbara Barclay, President, Right Eye Feb 04, 2016

A discussion with Barbara Barclay, President of Right Eye, a company developing products to measure, analyze and transform visual performance. We discuss topics including the present and future of eye tracking for sport, how visual problems might underlie what seem to be complex performance problems, the FTC rulings against perceptual-cognitive training and plasticity in the visual-motor system.

More information about my guest:

http://www.righteye.com/

More information:

The PETTLEP Approach to Motor Imagery: A Functional Equivalence Model for Sport Psychologists

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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20 – Imagery & Observational Learning Feb 02, 2016

Exploration of ways in which an athlete can develop and enhance their sports skills without actually performing them: by using imagery and observational learning. Does mentally rehearsing or imaging yourself performing an action really make you a better athlete? Can it sometimes be a bad thing to do? What is going on in our brain when we do it? How can we improve our imagery ability? Can watching someone else perform a skill make us a better athlete? Can imagery and observational learning be used together? Imagine the possibilities!

Links to articles discussed:

It's All in the Mind: PETTLEP-Based Imagery and Sports Performance

"Don't Miss!" The Debilitating Effects of Suppressive Imagery on Golf Putting Performance

Putting in the mind versus putting on the green: Expertise, performance time, and the linking of imagery and action

A neuroscientific review of imagery and observation use in sport

Action Observation and Acquired Motor Skills: An fMRI Study with Expert Dancers

Visualizing Trumps Vision in Training Attention

A direct comparison of the effects of imagery and action observation on hitting performance

More information:

BBSRC funded study on cricket catching

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Bleeding Rainbows - Images

Electric Jellyfish – Image of Power, Poolside

Cortland Goffena – Oh, the Irony

Silence is Sexy – You are a Mirror

The Jay Vons – Keep on Moving

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19E - Sport Science Shorts: Some Super Football Science Feb 01, 2016

A little football science to get you ready for the big game on Sunday! How does a QB lead a receiver, how does the receiver using visual information to run to the ball and how good are officials at judging pass interference calls?

Articles/links:

To see or not to see: Effects of visual feedback on performance and intuitions of quarterbacks in American football

Receivers in American football use a constant optical projection plane angle to pursue and catch thrown footballs

Expertise and decision-making in American football

More information:

http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/staff/profile.aspx?ReferenceId=9921

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

El Sagrado – Pass Me the Fire

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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19D – Interview with Michael Grey, University of Birmingham, Motor Neuroscience, Neuroplasticity & Concussions Jan 28, 2016

A discussion with Michael Grey, Reader in Motor Neuroscience and Director of the Neuroplasticity & Neurorehabilitation Lab at the University of Birmingham. We discuss topics including neuroplasticity, applying brain stimulation to sports, the similarities between neurorehabilitation and skill acquisition, and share our thoughts on the recent Will Smith movie Concussion.

More information about my guest:

https://twitter.com/drmichaeljgrey

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Grey+MJ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MWbCvpnVn4

More information:

Color perception is impaired in baseball batters while performing an interceptive action Behavioral training to improve collision detection

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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19C – Are We Color Blind When Performing an Action? Can Collision Detection Be Trained? Jan 26, 2016

News: Does using our dorsal visual stream during the control of action make us color blind? When we improve after visual perception training is it really perception that is improved?

Articles:

More information:

http://www.amazon.com/This-Your-Brain-Sports-Performance/dp/1608448649

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Reigning Sound – Two Thieves

JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound – Bad News

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19B - Sport Science Shorts: Review of This is Your Brain on Sports: Beating Blocks, Slumps & Performance Anxiety Jan 25, 2016

My review of the book “This is Your Brain on Sports: Beating Blocks, Slumps & Performance Anxiety”. How are past injuries and performance failures related to an athlete’s current struggles. Is Brain Spotting the key to preventing choking, the yips and freezing behavior in athletes?

Link:

More information:

http://jennifercumming.com/

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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19A – Interview with Jennifer Cumming, University of Birmingham, Imagery and Mental Skills Training Jan 21, 2016

A discussion with Jennifer Cumming, University of Birmingham. We discuss topics including imagery use and observational learning in athletes, mental skills training, tools for assessing the psychological abilities of athletes, and using sports psychology to help homeless kids.

More information about my guest:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jennifer_Cumming

http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/sportex/cumming-jennifer.aspx

https://twitter.com/drjenncumming

More information:

Leg muscle recruitment during cycling is less developed in triathletes than cyclists despite matched cycling training loads

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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19 – Consolidation & Interference Between Training Sessions Jan 19, 2016

What processes occur during the times when an athlete is not on the field or court, that is there off-time between practices and competitions. How important are these rest periods for learning sports skills? Does it matter what an athlete does during these periods? Could doing something like playing video games possibly interfere with the gains made during practice?

Links to articles discussed:

Practice With Sleep Makes Perfect: Sleep-Dependent Motor Skill Learning

The restorative effect of naps on perceptual deterioration

Experience-dependent changes in cerebral activation during human REM sleep

Watch and Learn: Seeing Is Better than Doing when Acquiring Consecutive Motor Tasks

Do action video games improve perception and cognition?

Action-Video-Game Experience Alters the Spatial Resolution of Vision

More information:

A schema theory of discrete motor skill learning.

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Twitter: @ShakeyWaits

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Thomas Allen – Rest Until I Die

Grumsling – Down Time

Silence is Sexy – The Science of Sleep

Auto Bonfire – I Sleep Fine

Screaming Mirror – The Observer

Saucy Jack – Beat You at Your Own Game

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18E –Sports Science Shorts: Schema Theory, the Motor Program & Contributions of Richard Schmidt Jan 18, 2016

Back in October of last year we lost one of the great thinkers and researchers in Motor Control and Motor Learning, UCLA Professor Richard Schmidt. Richard’s Schema Theory of Motor Learning and Generalized Motor Program have been both highly influential and highly contentious. What will their legacy be for future research?

Articles:

Motor Schema Theory After 27 Years: Reflections and Implications for a New Theory

Current status of the motor program: Revisited

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?pid=176037786

More information:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Duarte_Araujo

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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18D – Interview with Duarte Araujo, University of Lisbon, Portugal, Ecological Dynamics in Sport Jan 14, 2016

A discussion with Duarte Araujo, University of Lisbon. We discuss topics including an ecological approach to talent identification, affordances, non-linear pedagogy, developing sports analytics with a sound theoretical basis and Duarte’s upcoming book: Performance Analysis in Team Sports.

More information about my guest:

http://spertlab.fmh.ulisboa.pt/

More information:

A Single Bout of Moderate Aerobic Exercise Improves Motor Skill Acquisition

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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18C – Does Aerobic Exercise Improve Motor Learning, Designing Practice to Promote Transfer Jan 12, 2016

News: Does going for a 30min run make it easier to learn a motor skill afterwards? Is there an optimal balance between stability and flexibility in practice?

Articles:

Transfer as a function of exploration and stabilization in original practice

Towards a Grand Unified Theory of Sports Performance

More information:

Together they stand: a life-threatening event reduces individual behavioral variability in groups of voles

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

You Me Tree – Run

JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound – Bad News

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18B –Sports Science Shorts: Choking Under Pressure Q&A Jan 11, 2016

Articles:

Definition of Choking in Sport: Re conceptualization and Debate Challenge and threat

More information:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/markuptononline

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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18A – Interview with Mark Upton, Coaching Science Manger, English Institute of Sport Jan 07, 2016

A discussion with Mark Upton, Coaching Science Manger, English Institute of Sport. We discuss skill acquisition, coaching under pressure, being a sports parent and complexity in practice design.

More information about my guest:

https://myfastestmile.com/

https://twitter.com/uppy01

https://youtu.be/-ALDmwayyKQ

More information:

http://www.yorku.ca/dregan/

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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18 – Performance Feedback Jan 05, 2016

With the ever increasing availability of tracking and monitoring technology it is becoming easier and easier for an athlete to get feedback about their results and performance. But is the too much of a good thing? How does feedback influence the acquisition and performance of sports skills? Which type of feedback should be used and how often? Is providing biofeedback (e.g., heart rate, brain activity) effective? Can sounds and vibrations be used to shape movements?

My Research Influences: Martin Regan, York University

Links to articles discussed:

Effects of relative frequency of knowledge of results on retention of a motor skill

Relative frequency of knowledge of performance and motor skill learning

How Do Batters Use Visual, Auditory, and Tactile Information About the Success of a Baseball Swing?

Effects of learning on electroencephalographic and electrocardiographic patterns in novice archers

Investigating the efficacy of neurofeedback training for expediting expertise and excellence in sport

The vibrating 'Ghost' glove that can train your muscles to replicate Tiger's swing

Auditory concurrent feedback benefits on the circle performed in gymnastics

More information:

Do clutch players win the game? Testing the validity of the clutch player's reputation in basketball

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Orbits – This Girl’s Opinion

Pierced Arrows – In My Brain

Three Chord Monte – Tell Me What’s on Your Mind

The Judy Blooms – Swimming in Caves

My Morning Jacket – One Big Holiday

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17A – New Year’s Resolutions, Do Clutch Athletes Really Exist? Dec 29, 2015

News: My new year’s resolutions for 2016. Is there any evidence of NBA players being clutch under pressure?

Articles:

More information:

The Role of Deliberate Practice in the Acquisition of Expert Performance

robgray@asu.edu

Twitter: @shakeywaits

Credits:

Roger McGuinn- Aulde Lang Syne

VicRippa – Jordan in the Clutch

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17 – Getting Deliberate About Practice & The 10K Hour Rule Dec 22, 2015

How much does an athlete need to practice to become truly elite? What should it involve? Should it be fun? Can everyone become a great athlete if they just practice enough? In this episode, I focus on the most well- known theory in this area called Deliberate Practice, popularized as the 10,000 hour rule.

Technically Challenged: Review of the Gazepoint GP3 Eye tracker and software http://www.gazept.com/product/gazepoint-gp3-eye-tracker/

Links to articles discussed:

Outliers: The Story of Success

Wrestling with the nature of expertise: a sport specific test of Ericsson, Krampe and Tesch-Romer's (1993) theory of deliberate practice

The Developmental Activities of Elite Ice Hockey Players

Annual age-grouping and athlete development: a meta-analytical review of relative age effects in sport

Routledge Handbook of Sport Expertise

More information:

Late specialization: the key to success in centimeters, grams, or seconds (cgs) sport Genomic predictors of trainability Fundamental Movement Skills Are More than Run, Throw and Catch: The Role of Stability Skills

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Paul Collins Beat – Working Too Hard

Josh Woodward – Effortless

The Willing – Better

The Ettes – Crown of Age

Beans & Bullets - Love Machine

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16B –Live Skill Acquisition Discussion with Shawn Myszka Dec 17, 2015

A replay of our live discussion on the topic skill acquisition in which we covered topics including: Early specialization vs diversification? Deliberate play vs deliberate practice? Are athletes born or made? What fundamental movement skills should a young athlete acquire? What advice would we give ourselves as young athletes if we could go back in time?

Articles/Links:

More information:

Esteem threat, self-regulatory breakdown, and emotional distress as factors in self-defeating behavior

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

The Dirtbombs – Get it While You Can

The Greenhornes – Saying Goodbye

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16A - Xmas Special: Bad Gifts, Slipping on Ice, The Problem with Fruit Cake Dec 15, 2015

How do people regulate and modify their emotions (e.g., when pretending to like a bad gift)? Is this what is involved in choking under pressure? Why do people slip on ice – is our visual system letting us down, literally? Why does everybody hate fruit cake – a lesson in multisensory perception?

Articles:

Temporal links to performing under pressure in international soccer penalty shootouts

Reappraising Threat: How to Optimize Performance Under Pressure

There's No Prospective Information About Friction, or, Why I Fell Over on the Ice

A systems perspective of slip and fall accidents on icy and snowy surfaces

Why walkers slip: shine is not a reliable cue for slippery ground

On the psychological impact of food colour

More information:

http://www.perceptionaction.com/

The implicit benefit of learning without errors

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

Reigning Sound - If Christmas Can’t Bring You Home

Mudhoney – Slipping Away

Rocketship Park – Cakes & Cookies

Rue Royale – Deck the Halls

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16 – Implicit Learning & Learning By Analogy Dec 08, 2015

How can we learn to shoot a basketball by thinking about a cookie jar and learn to putt a golf ball by thinking about toothpaste?!! Can a novice athlete really become great without being given any verbal instructions about how to actually perform their skill? In the episode, I explore some approaches to learning and coaching sports skills that are radically different to the traditional methods most of us have experienced.

My Research Influences: Barrie Frost, Queens University, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Barrie_Frost

Links to articles discussed:

Analogy learning and the performance of motor skills under pressure

From novice to no know-how: a longitudinal study of implicit motor learning

Challenges and Solutions When Applying Implicit Motor Learning Theory in a High Performance Sport Environment: Examples from Rugby League

More information:

Visual illusions can facilitate sport skill learning

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Golden Blondes – Skilled

The Head and the Heart – Lost in My Mind

Reigning Sound – Everything I Do is Wrong

Alabama Shakes - Hang Loose

My Morning Jacket – One Big Holiday

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15D - Sports Science Shorts: Top 5 Sport Psychology Stories of 2015 Dec 07, 2015

My list of the top 5 stories in sports psychology/motor learning in 2015:

5.Skill acquisition is better when things look bigger

4.Is sports psychology research reliable

3.Neurodoping! Becoming a better athlete with brain stimulation

2.Yes, Virginia! There is a hot hand!

1.Perceptual-cognitive training in sports: science or snake oil?

Articles/links:

Manipulating target size influences perceptions of success when learning a dart-throwing skill but does not impact retention

Enhanced expectancies facilitate golf putting

Estimating the reproducibility of psychological science

Replication in Psychological Science

Non-invasive Human Brain Stimulation in Cognitive Neuroscience: A Primer

Cathodal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Over Left Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Area Promotes Implicit Motor Learning in a Golf Putting Task

Surprised by the Gambler's and Hot Hand Fallacies? A Truth in the Law of Small Numbers

https://thebrainstimulator.net/shop/

https://thebraindriver.com/tdcs-accelerated-performance.html#acceleratedperformance

More information:

http://didattica.unibocconi.eu/mypage/index.php?IdUte=111643&cognome=MILLER&nome=JOSHUA%20BENJAMIN&urlBackMy=

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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15C – Interview with Josh Miller. Have We Been Wrong About the Hot Hand Effect for 30 Years? Dec 03, 2015

A discussion with Josh Miller, Assistant Professor of Decision Sciences at Bocconni University, about his and Adam Sanjurjo’s recent work which has reversed the findings of 30 years of research on performance streaks in sports. Their work provides pretty convincing evidence that the hot hand is not a fallacy or illusion after all. I try (and fail) to explain the sampling bias they identified in my own words. In addition we discuss performance under pressure, how athletes know a teammate is hot or not, slumps and the future of research in this area.

More information about my guest:

Articles/links:

Is it a Fallacy to Believe in the Hot Hand in the NBA Three-Point Contest?

Surprised by the Gambler's and Hot Hand Fallacies? A Truth in the Law of Small Numbers

Collection of reactions to Josh and Adam’s papers

More information:

The gambler's fallacy in penalty shootouts

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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15B - Are Goalkeepers Gambling in Penalty Shoot Outs, Feeling the Wind in Sailing Dec 01, 2015

News: Do soccer goalkeepers suffer from the gambler’s fallacy in penalty shoot-outs? Are expert sailors better at judging the direction of wind from the feel on their skin?

Articles:

Expertise effects in cutaneous wind perception

More information:

Action anticipation and motor resonance in elite basketball players

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Crevulators – Gambler’s Blues

JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound – Bad News

Beach Baby – Glove Compartment

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15A - Sports Science Shorts: Perception through the Eyes of the Fan. Is Watching Sports a Skill That Improves with Practice? Nov 30, 2015

How do fans perceive the action going on in sports? Does your ability to watch a sport improve with hours of practice in front of your TV? How does the perception of fans differ from the perception of the athletes themselves? Why was the Fox puck pure evil?

Articles/links:

Foul or dive? Motor contributions to judging ambiguous foul situations in football

Psychophysiological Responses of Sport Fans

The Fox Puck:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grOttsHuuzE

More information:

Visual control of foot placement when walking over complex terrain

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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15– Live from the Grand Canyon! Perception in Hiking & Climbing Nov 24, 2015

How do we use vision to control the placement of our feet on rough terrain, to avoid spraining that ankle? How do anxiety, fear and fatigue change the way we perform these activities? What differs between elite and novice climbers? Did I survive a rim to rim hike in the Grand Canyon? Let’s hit the trail….

Articles:

Anxiety–performance relationships in climbing: a process-oriented approach

Anxiety-induced changes in movement behaviour during the execution of a complex whole-body task.

Changes in the perception of action possibilities while climbing to fatigue on a climbing wall

Practice with anxiety improves performance, but only when anxious: evidence for the specificity of practice hypothesis

Short report: the effect of expertise in hiking on recognition memory for mountain scenes

More information:

http://community.runnersworld.com/topic/pearl-izumi-ad-campaign?reply=54776376858447655

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Closely Watched Trains – Hills Climb

The Spectacular Fantastic – Echo Mountain

Arsonist – Hot Salsa Trip\

Johnny Weltraum – Blackout

Karmafish – Dusty Trail

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14D - Sports Science Shorts: Are Running & Finishing a Marathon the Same? Nov 23, 2015

Is Pearl Izumi right: “marathons have changed from a race to run to a box to be checked”? Is Associative or Dissociative Attention better for running and how does it depend on pace?

Articles/links:

Attentional focus in endurance activity: new paradigms and future directions

A social-cognitive perspective of perceived exertion and exertion tolerance

Marathon Training Academy podcast

More information:

http://www.shu.ac.uk/research/cser/professor-keith-davids

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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14C – Interview with Keith Davids, Sheffield Hallam University, Constraints-Led Approach to Skill Acquisition Nov 19, 2015

A discussion with Keith Davids, Professor of Motor Learning at Sheffield Hallam University and an innovator of the constraints lead approach to skill acquisition and coaching. We discuss using ecological dynamics to study sports performance, sport analytics, ecological psychology, team coordination and designing for exercise and health promotion.

More information about my guest:

http://www.humankinetics.com/products/all-products/dynamics-of-skill-acquisition

https://www.routledge.com/products/9780415744393

http://www.amazon.com/Visual-Perception-Action-Sport-Davids/dp/041918290X

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K17791XqNqU

More information:

Skilled players' and novices' difficulty anticipating left- vs. right-handed opponents' action intentions varies across different points in time

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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14B - On the Advantage of Being a Lefty in Sports, Cooperating with Automated Cars Nov 17, 2015

News: Why is it so difficult to play against left-handed opponents in sports? Will you drivers be ready when automated cars need them to take over?

Articles:

What determines the take-over time? An integrated model approach of driver take-over after automated driving

More information:

http://www.amazon.com/See-To-Play-Elite-Athletes/dp/1938008006

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

Mr & Mrs Smith – Left Handed Right Handed Blues

JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound – Bad News

Andy Wagner – Driver’s Seat

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14A - Sports Science Shorts: Review of See to Play, The Eyes of Elite Athletes Nov 16, 2015

My Review of the book “See to Play, The Eyes of Elite Athletes” by Dr Michael Peters. Do I see eye to eye with his views on the role of vision in sports?

Articles/links:

More information:

Switching tools: perceptual-motor recalibration to weight changes

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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14 –Technique Change Nov 10, 2015

Making adjustments to a heavily practiced, well established skill can be one of the most difficult tasks required of an experienced athlete. Although there can be several situations in sport for which this is required (e.g., rule or/and equipment changes, advancement to a higher level of play), there are a dearth of empirical studies that have examined the processes underlying successful technique change. In this episode, I explore what is involved in: opening an athlete’s performance black box to get the new technique in place and then hiding the key so that it is resistant to the effects of pressure.

Research confessions: Why aren’t practitioners reading our papers?

Links to articles discussed:

Two methods for recommending bat weights

On the fragility of skilled performance: what governs choking under pressure?

Refining and regaining skills in fixation/diversification stage performers: the Five-A Model

A case study of technical change and rehabilitation: Intervention design and interdisciplinary team interaction

Sources, topics and use of knowledge by coaches

To What Extent do the Findings of Laboratory-Based Spatial Attention Research Apply to the Real-World Setting of Driving?

Tim Tebow video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=22&v=4deYMDDxC34

More information:

Effects of moderate cold on performance of psychomotor and cognitive tasks

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

June & Jean Millington – One for Change

Lame Drivers – Change Your Mind

Junk Boys – No Change

Benji Cossa –Time for a Change

Farmertan - Ugly Truth

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13D - Sports Science Shorts: The Effect of Cold Weather on Sports Performance Nov 09, 2015

Ice, Ice Baby! As the thermometer keeps dropping what effect will the cold weather have on the perceptual-motor abilities of athletes?

Articles/links:

A Meta-Analysis of Performance Response Under Thermal Stressors

Interactions between cold ambient temperature and older age on haptic acuity and manual performance

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=12137030

http://archive.advancedfootballanalytics.com/2007/11/nfl-home-field-advantage-by-climate.html

http://archive.advancedfootballanalytics.com/2008/01/cold-weather-effect-on-scoring.html

More information:

https://blab.im/rob-gray-the-perception-action-podcast-live-skill-acquisition-in-sports-1

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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P&A Podcast going LIVE! Nov 05, 2015

The Perception & Action Podcast is going LIVE and I want you to be involved (or at least just watch). On Wednesday November 11, 2015 at 9AM AZ/8 AM PST I will host my first live discussion on the general topic of skill acquisition using blab.im. My co-host for this topic will be performance advisor and coach for the NFL, Shawn Myszka.

Blab.im is a new platform which allows up to 4 people to video chat. The fun thing is that people can jump in an out for as long as they like and "fill the seats" around the discussion table. There is also a chat room for people to get side discussions going and/or ask questions.

To subscribe so you will be notified when we do go live please go to:

For more information please see:

http://perceptionaction.com/live/

If you can't make the live event the audio will be used to create a future podcast episode and the video will be posted on http://perceptionaction.com/live/

Finally, I will be hosting more of these in the future so if you have topic ideas and/or would like to be a co-host please contact me.

More information:

http://www.optimizemovement.com/sq/35323-movement-mastery-intro

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

via freemusicarchive.org

13C – Interview with Shawn Myszka, Movement Mastery, NFL Skills Trainer Nov 03, 2015

A discussion with Shawn Myszka, movement skills trainer for the National Football League. We discuss connecting research and practice, technique change, dealing with injury, choking under pressure and look at the constraints lead or dynamic systems approach to skill acquisition.

More information about my guest:

https://footballbeyondthestats.wordpress.com/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI0sfP6vEMuR-EyC673uplg

More information:

http://headtrainer.com/#/

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

via freemusicarchive.org

13B - Sports Science Shorts: My Head Training Journey Part 2 Nov 02, 2015

The second installment of My Head Training Journey where I examine whether a smart phone app can improve sports performance. Does the luge game race to the finish or going flying off the track? My first episode on this topic can be found here: http://perceptionaction.com/11d

Articles/Links:

As soon as the bat met the ball, I knew it was gone”: Outcome prediction, hindsight bias, and the representation and control of action in expert and novice baseball players

Visual and skill effects on soccer passing performance, kinematics, and outcome estimations

More information:

Superstitious behavior in sport: Levels of effectiveness and determinants of use in three collegiate sports

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

via freemusicarchive.org

13A - Halloween Special: Superstitious Rituals in Sports Oct 29, 2015

How prevalent are superstitious rituals in sports e.g., always wearing the same socks, eating the same meal or listening to the same music on game day? Do they serve actually serve a purpose?

Articles:

Superstitious Behavior Among American and Japanese Professional Baseball Players

More information:

Neuropsychological testing for sports-related concussion: how athletes can sandbag their baseline testing without detection

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

Port City Music – Night Terrors

Out of Orion – Horror House

Little Debbie – Halloween Instrumental

Aritus –Path of Witches

Shrink - Fearworks

Blik – Halloween Rendezvous

Nightfall-Psicodreams

Lullaby for the Darkness - Psicodreams

Monk Turner –Halloween Night

via freemusicarchive.org

13 –Dealing with Sports Injuries Oct 27, 2015

Recovering from an injury can be one of the most difficult challenges an athlete can face. In this episode I discuss two topics related to this issue. First, I look at the growing epidemic that is sport related concussions and consider issues related to detection, assessment, multiple concussion syndrome, and when an athlete can return to play. Second, I discuss the role of attention in recovery from knee and elbow injuries and how we might get an athlete to stop being overly focused on their injury.

Technically Challenged: A few podcast recommendations

Links to articles discussed:

Perceptual relearning of complex visual motion after V1 damage in humans

The effects of attentional focus on jump performance and knee joint kinematics in patients after ACL reconstruction

Other podcasts links:

http://www.radiolab.org

http://www.npr.org/programs/invisibilia/

http://www.eis2win.co.uk/Pages/inthezone_podcasts.aspx

http://eliteftssportsperformance.libsyn.com/

http://humanfactorsblog.org/2015/07/10/psychology-podcasts/

More information:

High-Performance Vision Training Improves Batting Statistics for University of Cincinnati Baseball Players

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Reigning Sound – Love Won’t Leave You With a Song

Jahzzar – Out of School

Archers – Radical Opinion

Brian Fallon – American Slang

Beans & Bullets – Love Machine

via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

12D – Sports Science Shorts: 25 Years of Dynavision, a Case Study in Vision Training in Sports Oct 26, 2015

Dynavision is a visual training device that has been marketed for improving sports performance and has been around for roughly 25 years. It has received a lot of anecdotal support from athlete but what does the research say about its effectiveness. Surely, in 25 years there must be a ton of studies that have evaluated it? What can we learn from this case study of visual training in sport?

Articles:

An Exploratory Study of the Potential Effects of Vision Training on Concussion Incidence in Football

The impact of a sports vision training program in youth field hockey players

The influence of sport goggles on visual target detection in female intercollegiate athletes

L-alanyl-L-glutamine ingestion maintains performance during a competitive basketball game

More information:

http://www.fitlighttraining.com/

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

via freemusicarchive.org

12C – Interview with Alana D’Andrade, Fitlight Sport Corporation Oct 22, 2015

A discussion with Alana D’Andrade, Director of Business Development for Fitlight Sport Corporation whose main product is the Fitlight Trainer, a system designed to improve an athlete’s reaction time, speed, agility and awareness. Along with exploring the Fitlight Trainer in detail, we also discuss the value of research validation for products like this and what it’s like to be a part of the rapidly expanding sports technology industry.

More information about product discussed:

https://twitter.com/fitlighttrainer

More information:

Sports can protect dynamic visual acuity from aging: A study with young and older judo and karate martial arts athletes

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

via freemusicarchive.org

12B - Everybody Sees Better after Kung Fu Fighting, The Danger of Watching Novices Oct 20, 2015

News: Do sports help protect against the effects of ageing? Can observing the performance of a novice hurt the actions of an expert?

Articles:

Watching novice action degrades expert motor performance: Causation between action production and outcome prediction of observed actions by humans

Hitting is contagious: experience and action induction

More information:

Haste does not always make waste: Expertise, direction of attention, and speed versus accuracy in performing sensorimotor skills

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

Bored With Four – Kung Fu

JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound – Bad News

Learning Music - Contagious

via freemusicarchive.org

12A - Sports Science Shorts: Icing the Kicker, The Effect of Waiting on High Pressure Performance Oct 19, 2015

Does making an athlete wait longer to perform a high pressure action (e.g., icing the kicker in football) increase the chance of them choking? If so, why does it occur?

Articles:

Pressure Kicks in the NFL: An Archival Exploration into the Deployment of Timeouts and Other Environmental Correlates

More information:

The Hot Hand In Basketball: On the Misperception of Random Sequences

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

via freemusicarchive.org

12 –Hot Hands, Cold Hands & Performance Streaks Oct 13, 2015

I tackle what has been one of the most interesting and contentious issues in sports psychology: hot and cold streaks in performance. Does the hot hand exist? What is the best way to get out a slump? Is an athlete’s ability to perform under pressure influenced by the streak they are on?

What Grinds My Gears: Interviewing fails

Links to articles discussed:

Twenty years of ‘hot hand’ research: Review and critique

The hot hand reconsidered: A meta-analytic approach

The Hot and Cold Hand in Volleyball: Individual Expertise Differences in a Video-Based Playmaker Decision Test

Interactions between performance pressure, performance streaks, and attentional focus

More information:

http://headtrainer.com/#/

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

The Agrarians – We Run Hot, We Run Cold

Reigning Sound – You Got Me Humming

Mondo Topless – Break the Ice

Milgrom – Hot

Six Star General – Cold

via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

11D - Sports Science Shorts: My Head Training Journey Oct 12, 2015

Can training with the new HeadTrainer app make you a better athlete?

The beginning of my “head training journey” (http://perceptionactionpodcast.libsyn.com/join-me-on-my-head-training-journey) where I dig into the science behind this first game in this app.

Links to articles discussed:

Reaction times and anticipatory skills of karate athletes

Perceptual-cognitive skill training and its transfer to expert performance in the field: Future research directions

How to Listen & Subscribe to The Perception Action Podcast:

http://perceptionactionpodcast.libsyn.com/podcast/how-to-listen-and-subscribe-to-the-perception-action-podcast-0

More information:

http://www.cairnssportsperformanceclinic.com.au/

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

via freemusicarchive.org

11C – Interview with Robert Gronbeck, Perceptual-Cognitive Sports Trainer & Coach Oct 08, 2015

A discussion with Robert Gronbeck, owner and coach at Cairns Sport Performance Clinic in Australia. Covering topics including: being an entrepreneur in sports psychology, perceptual-cognitive training using multiple object tracking, evaluating concussions, and the relationship (and often lack thereof) between basic research and practice in sports.

More information about my guest:

https://www.linkedin.com/pub/robert-gronbeck/6a/245/844

More information about products discussed:

http://neurotracker.net/

How to Listen & Subscribe to The Perception Action Podcast:

http://perceptionactionpodcast.libsyn.com/podcast/how-to-listen-and-subscribe-to-the-perception-action-podcast-0

More information:

It’s a Matter of Mind! Cognitive Functioning Predicts the Athletic Performance in Ultra-Marathon Runners

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

via freemusicarchive.org

11B - Ultra-Marathoners Mental Skills, Choking Under Pressure-How Ironic! Oct 06, 2015

News: Do good endurance athlete have superior perceptual and cognitive skills? Why do we sometimes do exactly the thing we are trying to avoid under pressure?

Articles:

Don’t Miss, Don’t Miss, D’oh! Performance When Anxious Suffers Specifically Where Least Desired

More information:

Paradoxical effects of supportive audiences on performance under pressure

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound – Bad News

via freemusicarchive.org

11A - Sports Science Shorts: The Home Choke & MLB Playoffs Oct 05, 2015

Is it better to play and home or on the road in a sudden death playoff game? Is the “home choke” real?

Links to articles discussed:

Disputing the effects of championship pressures and home audiences

The home disadvantage in championship competitions: team sports

The “Home Advantage” in Athletic Competitions

How to Listen & Subscribe to The Perception Action Podcast:

http://perceptionactionpodcast.libsyn.com/podcast/how-to-listen-and-subscribe-to-the-perception-action-podcast-0

More information:

Test anxiety and direction of attention

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

via freemusicarchive.org

11 –Performing & Choking Under Pressure Sep 29, 2015

We have all seen it. A great athlete has a chance to win a championship. All that is required for them to do something they have done hundreds of times before…sink a 3 foot putt, make a free throw, kick a 20 year field goal. And they miss! In this episode I explore the fascinating topic of choking under pressure. Why do some athletes excel in these situations while others fail? What causes choking and want can an athlete do to prevent it?

Research confessions: Choking under pressure while talking about choking under pressure

Links to articles discussed:

Choking under pressure: self-consciousness and paradoxical effects of incentives on skillful performance

Paradoxical effects of supportive audiences on performance under pressure: The home field disadvantage in sports championships

Thoughts and attention of athletes under pressure: skill-focus or performance worries?

Attending to the Execution of a Complex Sensorimotor Skill: Expertise Differences, Choking, and Slumps

On the fragility of skilled performance: what governs choking under pressure?

Knowledge, Knerves and Know-How - the Role of Explicit Versus Implicit Knowledge in the Breakdown of a Complex Motor Skill under Pressure

Changes in putting kinematics associated with choking and excelling under pressure

The influence of anxiety on visual attentional control in basketball free throw shooting

Quiet Eye Training: Effects on Learning and Performance Under Pressure

Choking under pressure: the neuropsychological mechanisms of incentive-induced performance decrements

More information:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7tGY-VDx3o

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Bellevue – Pressure

Eric & Magill – Don’t Worr

Wyldlife – She’s Making Me Nervous

Mouthbreathers - Anxiety

John Collins – Watching Over Me

Farmertan – Ugly Truth

via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

10C - Sports Science Shorts: Which is Tougher, Rugby or Football? Sep 28, 2015

This past Friday one of my personal favorite sporting events kicked off…the Rugby World Cup. The NFL Football season is also of course now in full swing. So, which sport has the bigger hits: football or rugby?

Links to articles discussed:

http://www.sportingnews.com/nfl/story/2015-09-11/jarryd-hayne-49ers-nfl-rugby-league-running-back-position-cut-san-francisco-monday-night-football

http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/_/id/3423412/jarryd-hayne

Perceiving and acting upon spaces in a VR rugby task: expertise effects in affordance detection and task achievement.

How to Listen & Subscribe to The Perception Action Podcast:

http://perceptionactionpodcast.libsyn.com/podcast/how-to-listen-and-subscribe-to-the-perception-action-podcast-0

More information:

Exploring Game Performance in the National Basketball Association Using Player Tracking Data

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

via freemusicarchive.org

10B – NBA Performance Analysis, Will Automated Cars Make Us Complacent? Sep 22, 2015

News: Do NBA All Stars run further and faster? Do in-car technologies make drivers complacent?

Articles:

How does a collision warning system shape driver's brake response time? The influence of expectancy and automation complacency on real-life emergency braking

Google car accident data

More information:

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2015/09/ftc-charges-marketers-vision-improvement-app-deceptive-claims

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound – Bad News

John Welsey Coleman – Ooh Basketball

via freemusicarchive.org

10A - Sports Science Shorts: The Case of the FTC v Ultimeyes Sep 21, 2015

Is the claim that visual training can “improve vision” deceptive and worthy of a $150K fine from the FTC? Can we say that the benefits of visual training will transfer to sports performance?

Links to articles discussed:

Improved Vision and On Field Performance in Baseball through Perceptual Learning

How to Listen & Subscribe to The Perception Action Podcast:

http://perceptionactionpodcast.libsyn.com/podcast/how-to-listen-and-subscribe-to-the-perception-action-podcast-0

More information:

Long-term effects of type of practice on the learning and transfer of a complex motor skill

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

via freemusicarchive.org

Join Me on My Head Training Journey Sep 20, 2015

Hi Everyone,

HeadTrainer is one the newest applications in the continually growing market of perceptual-cognitive training products for athletes. One of the most striking things about this app is the budget behind it – the production values are at the level of many video games and the company has a team of pretty high profile celebrity endorsers including racecar driver Dale Ernhardt Jr, baseball player Jose Bautista, surfer Alana Blanchard and golfer Rickie Folwer. The program (which costs $4.99/month for the full edition) includes exercises designed to improve decision making, processing speed, focus, visual-spatial awareness and memory. But does it work?!

Well, I have signed up! So, over the next few weeks I am going to look more closely at the science behind this product AND give regular updates on my progress through the training. I will also be giving an analysis of the contents of the training as an alleged expert in this area J Finally, I will be doing pre and post sports related skills tests to see if there is any transfer effect to my performance. So, I am basically doing a single subject, pre-post case study on myself. Not exactly rigorous scientifically but it should be fun and give me a chance to embarrass myself.

So keep watching this space for blog posts, videos and podcast segments as I attempt to train my head!

Cheers,

Rob

(And just so you know, I have no affiliation with this company).

10 - Skill Retention and Transferring to a New Sport Sep 15, 2015

How long do athletes retain the sports skills they learn: 5 years, 10 years, forever? If they do lose something, what is it? How easy is it to transfer from one sport to another? What factors determine whether or not transfer will be successful? This episode explores the topic of retention and transfer of sports skills.

Links to articles discussed:

Retention of Quiet Eye in Older Skilled Basketball Players

Do pattern recognition skills transfer across sports? A preliminary analysis

The cycling physiology of Miguel Indurain 14 years after retirement

Transfer of motor and perceptual skills from basketball to darts

Virtual realities as optimal learning environments in sport – A transfer study of virtual and real dart throwing

More information:

http://espn.go.com/tennis/usopen15/story/_/id/13618884/us-open-numbers-explain-why-serena-williams-queen-clutch

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

The Split Squad – Feel the Same

Still the Same – Talley LambertAllister Thompson - Somewhere New

Soultravelers – Brand New Life

Reigning Sound - Straight Shooter

via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

9B - Sports Science Shorts: Serena’s Choke? Auburn’s Virtually Awful QB Sep 14, 2015

Did Serena Williams choke under pressure in her historical US Open loss?

Is virtual reality training going to revolutionize quarterback play? It certainly doesn't seem to be working for Auburn's Jeremy Johnson.

Links to Articles Discussed:

http://espn.go.com/tennis/usopen15/story/_/id/13632981/us-open-statistically-nerves-factored-serena-williams-loss

http://www.al.com/auburnfootball/index.ssf/2015/08/vr_troopers_auburn_institutes.html

How to Listen & Subscribe to The Perception Action Podcast:

http://perceptionactionpodcast.libsyn.com/podcast/how-to-listen-and-subscribe-to-the-perception-action-podcast-0

More information:

Eddie would(n’t) go! Perceptual-cognitive expertise in surfing

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

Shake Some Action by The Flamin' Groovies via freemusicarchive.org

9A - Catching the Perfect Wave, You’ve Got Distraction! Sep 08, 2015

News: Can surfers really detect a perfect wave? Are smart phone notifications distracting us?

Articles:

The Attentional Cost of Receiving a Cell Phone Notification

More information:

http://inertia-technology.com/promove-mini

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound – Bad News

The Pharoas – Mission Bucharest

Pirato Ketchup – Speed Surfer

Pro Move Mini Motion Tracking System Review Sep 01, 2015

Pro Move Mini Motion Tracking System Review

Note: the images and data plots are meant to accompany the review in Episode 9, Time Code 18:21

Test 1: One sensor, linear motion

-plots are acceleration data for me attempting to do 3 slow movements followed by 3 fast movements constrained to one axis. (Note, I did not use any kind of frame to constrain movements so there will be some cross talk Data are filtered with a second-order Butterworth frequency of 20 Hz.

Test 2: One sensor, rotation

-same as Test #1 except rotating about 1 axis

Test 3: Two sensors

-Holding one sensor in each hand. In-phase motion in first half, anti-phase in second half

9 - Off the Learning Curve - Measuring Skill Acquisition Sep 01, 2015

How do we know how well a new training program or piece of sports equipment is working? Is looking at how performance changes in practice (by plotting a "learning curve") really the best way to assess skill acquisition. No, no it isn’t. In this episode I make the case for going off the learning curve in favor of other ways of measuring skill learning in sport.

Technically Challenged:Review of motion tracking system http://inertia-technology.com/promove-mini

Links to articles discussed:

Contextual interference effects on the acquisition, retention, and transfer of a motor skill

Contextual interference: a meta-analytic study

Practicing Field Hockey Skills Along the Contextual Interference Continuum: A Comparison of Five Practice Schedules

Increased movement accuracy and reduced EMG activity as the result of adopting an external focus of attention

More information

Blaming Bill Gates AGAIN! Misuse, overuse and misunderstanding of performance data in sport

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Minimal Damage – Learning Curve

Jenny O – Learned My Lessons

Greg Houwer – Slow Learner

Pablo – Learn a Lesson

Golden Blondes – Skilled

Beans & Bullets - Love Machine

via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

8A - Sports Technology Evils, Police Chase Pressure Aug 25, 2015

News: Are coaches using too much sports technology to evaluate players? How do police officers handle the pressure of a high speed chase?

Articles:

Psychophysiological Assessment of Acute Stress Induced by High-Pressure Law-Enforcement Driving: A Pilot Study

More information

Movement automaticity in sport

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound – Bad News

8- How Do We Become an Expert? Intro to Skill Acquisition Aug 18, 2015

Legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden once said: “The importance of repetition until automaticity cannot be overstated”. Reaching a stage where some skills can be performed “automatically” is thought to be one of the main goals of sports training and one of the defining characteristics of being an expert. But what exactly does it mean for a sports skill to be “automatic” and how exactly is this desired state achieved through training? In this episode, I introduce the topic of skill acquisition be exploring traditional theories of how an athlete progresses from a novice to an expert.

Research confessions: Does research always happen like we say it does in journal articles?

Links to articles discussed:

From attentional control to attentional spillover: a skill-level investigation of attention, movement, and performance outcomes

Expertise, attention, and memory in sensorimotor skill execution: impact of novel task constraints on dual-task performance and episodic memory

Fitts & Posner

More information

Three Decades Later: The Life Experiences and Mid-Life Functioning of 1980s Heavy Metal Groupies, Musicians, and Fans

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Matt Augustine - Learn How to Swim

Jonathan DImmel – Learn From Me

Sonic Avenues – Automatic

Arsonist – Hot Salsa Trip

Room One Eleven – Automatic

via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

7A – Is Listening to Heavy Metal Music Bad For You? Aug 11, 2015

News: Is listening to heavy metal music bad for you?

Articles:

More information

When paying attention becomes counterproductive

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

Insane Ride – Sound of Rock n Roll

Jose O Salvador – For Those About to Rock

Behold the Living Corpse – Death March

Without God – Space Weed

Wizardry – Keeper of Doom

Vincebus Eruptum – Hand of Doomish

Metamophosis – Ballada Bezbozna

Tombs – Seven Stars of The Angel of Death

Hellcore - Sakit Jiwa Terinfeksi

Subterrestrial – We Live Inside

The Old Submarine – Flawless

Utopian Condition – Human Despair

Singularity – Screaming at the Sun

Hound – Sleeping Hound

Silent Sorrow - The Sorrow Embrace

Zoliborz - To Balagopalan Ganapathy

via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

7 – What Should an Athlete Pay Attention To? Aug 04, 2015

What should an athlete focus their attention on when performing their sport? Should you pay attention to how your body is moving, the crowd, your opponents, what you need to buy at the store after the game, or something else? Is it the same if you just learning the sport? In this episode I focus my attention of focusing attention.

What Grinds My Gears: Does sports science get enough respect? Internal/external focus debate

Links to articles discussed:

Attending to the Execution of a Complex Sensorimotor Skill: Expertise Differences, Choking, and Slumps

Attention and motor performance: Preferences for and advantages of an external focus

Enhancing the learning of sport skills through external-focus feedback

From attentional control to attentional spillover: A skill-level investigation of attention, movement, and performance outcomes

Effects of focus of attention on baseball batting performance in players of different skill level

Increasing the distance of an external focus of attention enhances learning

Enhancing performance proficiency at the expert level: Considering the role of ‘somaesthetic awareness’

Why did Tiger Woods shoot 82? A commentary on Toner and Moran (2015)

More information

Alleviating Simulator Sickness with Galvanic Cutaneous Stimulation

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

The Cute Leepers – All this Attention is Killing Me

Conny Olivetti – Attention Span Zero

Fallen to Flux – Outside, Looking In

Reigning Sound - Straight Shooter

Via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

6A – Motion Sickness, Anticipation Neurons Jul 28, 2015

News: Are brain areas that produce movement involved in anticipating it? How can we reduce motion sickness?

Articles:

An action-incongruent secondary task modulates prediction accuracy in experienced performers: evidence for motor simulation

More information

Embodied Perception and the Economy of Action

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound – Bad News

Jonathan Coulton - Re: Your Brains

via freemusicarchive.org

6 – Embodied Perception in Sport Jul 21, 2015

Why do great athletes claim that on some nights baseballs look as big as a grapefruit, basketball hoops are like oceans and things move in slow motion? Are they just blowing a lot of hot air or is this really the way they see the world? In this episode, I explore embodied perception in sport…the idea that the way we see the world changes as a function of our action capabilities (e.g., whether we are an expert or novice, whether we are fresh or fatigued, etc). I also consider how we might take advantage of these effects in sports training programs.

What Grinds My Gears: Publishing

Links to articles discussed:

Embodied perception in sport

Apparent Ball Size Is Correlated With Batting Average

Being selective at the plate: processing dependence between perceptual variables relates to hitting goals and performance

Action-specific effects in aviation: What determines judged runway size?

Target-directed visual attention is a prerequisite for action-specific perception

How “Paternalistic” Is Spatial Perception?

An Embodied Approach to Perception: By What Units Are Visual Perceptions Scaled?

Action’s Effect on Perception

Size estimates remain stable in the face of differences in performance outcome variability in an aiming task

Attentional focus, perceived target size, and movement kinematics under performance pressure

More information

The impact of pressure on performance: Evidence from the PGA TOUR

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

JoosTVD – Bigger Things

The Jacobins – Slow Motion

Leather Uppers – Bigger Than a Breadbox

Ergo Phizmiz – Pressures from Golf

Reigning Sound - Straight Shooter

via freemusicarchive.org

5A – Choking in Golf, Return Trips Jul 14, 2015

News: Can the threat of losing $50K on one putt make a pro golfer choke? Why is "back again" shorter than there?

Articles:

The Return Trip Is Felt Shorter Only Postdictively: A Psychophysiological Study of the Return Trip Effect

More information

Accuracy of estimating time to collision using binocular and monocular information

Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound – Bad News

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5 –Vision in Hitting and Catching Jul 07, 2015

How does an athlete get their glove, racquet, hand, or foot to the right place at the right time to hit, catch or strike a moving object? In this episode, I explore visual information that can be used to judge the time to contact and direction of motion of an approaching object and how it can be applied to the outfielder problem.

Research Confessions: The time I nearly published completely artifactual results

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The Black Cloud

Lee’s 1976 paper

Grasping tau

Estimating the time to collision with a rotating nonspherical object

The visual perception of motion in depth

Catching a baseball: OAC

How baseball outfielders determine where to run to catch fly balls

Unconfounding the direction of motion in depth, time to passage and rotation rate of an approaching object

Motion perception and driving: predicting performance through testing and shortening braking reaction times through training

IOVD Figure

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The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Between the Eyes – Christian Milone

Catch Me, I’m Falling – Oblivion’s Garden

Farmertan - Ugly Truth

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4 – Anticipation in Sports Jun 23, 2015

How do great athletes seem to know what is going to happen next? What information to they use to predict the next serve will be cross court instead of down the line, how does a baseball batter know the next pitch will be a fastball, and how does an NFL quarterback know the defense will blitz? Can these abilities be improved through training? In this episode I explore the topic of anticipation in sports.

What Grinds My Gears: Conference false advertising and fishing in movement science experiments

Temporal occlusion video:

Links to articles discussed:

Anticipation in squash: differences in advance cue utilization between expert and novice players

Can the anticipatory skills of experts be learned by novices?

Anticipation skill in a real-world task: measurement, training, and transfer in tennis

Behavior of college baseball players in a virtual batting task

A model of motor inhibition for a complex skill: baseball batting

Expert anticipatory skill in striking sports: a review and a model

The Moneyball Problem: What is the best way to present situational statistics to an athlete?

On the continuing problem of inappropriate learning measures: Comment on Wulf et al. (2014) and Wulf et al. (2015)

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Visual search, anticipation and expertise in soccer goalkeepers

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Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

The Body Breaks – Devendra Banhart

I Can See the Future - Eleni Mandell

I Can See the Future - Lo Fi Is Sci Fi

Reigning Sound – Straight Shooter

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3 – Eye Movements in Sports Jun 09, 2015

What should an athlete look at when performing their sport? For example, should a soccer goalkeeper keep their eye on the shooter’s leg when trying to stop a penalty kick or on their upper body? Should a golfer look at the ball or the hole when putting? Do expert athletes look at different things than novices? Is it really possible to always keep your eye on the ball? In this episode, I examine the role of eye movements in sports.

Research Confessions: My first batting simulator experiment and the importance of keeping conditions in an experiment the same

Links to articles mentioned in the podcast:

Anticipation and visual search behaviour in expert soccer goalkeepers

Visual search strategies of baseball batters: eye movements during the preparatory phase of batting

The role of central and peripheral vision in expert decision making

Gaze control in putting

Quiet eye duration, expertise, and task complexity in near and far aiming tasks

The "quiet eye" and motor performance: task demands matter!

Visual Movements of Batters

Why can't batters keep their eyes on the ball?

From eye movements to actions: how batsmen hit the ball

The Head Tracks and Gaze Predicts: How the World’s Best Batters Hit a Ball

Quiet Eye Training Facilitates Competitive Putting Performance in Elite Golfers

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Do generalized visual training programmes for sport really work?

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Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Still Pluto – Open Up Your Eyes

Two Prong – Search Your Eyes

The Rusty Bells – Drop Your Eyes

Justin Townes Earle – Mama’s Eyes

Farmertan - Ugly Truth

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2 - Vision Training Programs May 26, 2015

Since the early 1980's, there have been several vision training programs developed which propose to improve the vision of athletes resulting in an associated improvement in their sports performance. Do these training programs actually work? Or could practice time be put to better use? In this episode, I review the research that has evaluated the effectiveness of these programs.

Links to articles mentioned in podcast:

High-performance vision training improves batting statistics for University of Cincinnati baseball players

Enhancing Ice Hockey Skills Through Stroboscopic Visual Training

The Impact of a Sports Vision Training Program in Youth Field Hockey Players

Improved vision and on-field performance in baseball through perceptual learning

The BASES Expert Statement on the Effectiveness of Vision Training Programmes

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Popular Science Monthly tests Babe Ruth

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1 - Vision in Sports May 14, 2015

Sports talk is littered with phrases related to our eyes. We talk of great court vision, a good eye at the plate and seeing the ball well. But just how critical is vision to an athlete?Do professional athletes see better than we do? Can you play sports effectively if you have poorer than 20/20 vision? In this episode I dive into the topic of research in vision in sports.

Links to articles mentioned in podcast:

St. Louis Cardinals slugger Pujols gets Babe Ruth test

The visual function of professional baseball players

Dynamic visual acuity: a possible factor in catching performance

The role of visual perception measures used in sports vision programmes

Size of the Visual Field in Collegiate Fast-Pitch Softball Players and Nonathletes

Motion perception and driving: predicting performance through testing and shortening braking reaction times through training

Interaction of hand preference with eye dominance on accuracy in archery

Is optimal vision required for the successful execution of an interceptive task?

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Podcast Preview May 11, 2015

A preview of the new Perception & Action Podcast. An exploration of how psychological research can be applied to improving performance, accelerating skill acquisition and designing new technologies in sports, driving and aviation. Hosted by Rob Gray, professor of Human Systems Engineering at Arizona State University, the podcast will review basic concepts and discuss the latest research in these areas.

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