The Perception & Action Podcast

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156 – How Consistently Do We Need to Move to Be Consistently Successful?

156 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...

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155 – How Soon Should you Give Performance Feedback?

155 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...

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154 – How is Peripheral Vision Used in Sports? Gaze Anchors & Pivot Points

154How 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. Download link...

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153 – Are we demanding enough of athletes in practice?

153Download link Articles:Taekwondo Fighting in Training Does Not Simulate the Affective and Cognitive Demands of Competition: Implications for Behavior and TransferBatting Practice Is Probably a Waste of Everyone’s Time...

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152 – Learning New Movement Patterns: Specificity vs Variability

152A 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?Download...

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151 –The Equilibrium Point Hypothesis of Motor Control

151 A look at the equilibrium point hypothesis of motor control. How can movements be controlled both actively (voluntarily) and re-actively (involuntarily)? Download link Articles: Evolution of Motor Control:...

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