75 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. Download link Articles: Choking Under Pressure: Multiple Routes to Skill Failure Anxiety and perceptual-motor…
Read More[shadowbox] Why is it difficult to catch a poorly thrown or kicked football? A perceptual perspective With the NFL preseason underway I thought I would turn my eye to the gridiron. For a football quarterback or punter it is advantageous to throw (or kick) the ball so that it travels in a perfect spiral for…
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74 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. Download link More information about my guest: http://sshs.exeter.ac.uk/staff/index.php?web_id=Samuel_Vine https://twitter.com/SamuelJamesVine…
Read More[shadowbox] Eye & Head Movements in Batting: Challenging the “Truths” Having considered what a batter should do with their eyes before the ball is released in my previous post, I now want to move on to look how a batter tracks the ball from the pitcher’s hand to the plate. In reviewing what we understand…
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73 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? Download link Articles: Putting pressure on theories of choking: towards an expanded perspective on breakdown in skilled performance The fourth dimension: A motoric perspective on…
Read More[shadowbox] “Soft Focus” or Visual Pivot Point: Which Should Baseball Batters Use? The Challenge: In order to hit a baseball you obviously need to be able to “see it” first. Evidence has shown that good hitters can follow the ball’s flight via eye and head movements and can pick up subtle information from the ball’s…
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72 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. Download link More information about my guest: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Edward_Coughlan2 http://dredwardcoughlan.com/profile/ https://twitter.com/DrSkillAcq http://www.chinupgoggles.com/ More information: Subscribe in iOS/Apple Subscribe in Android/Google My Research Gate…
Read More[shadowbox] Visual Information about Horizontal Pitch Movement: Sensitivity, Release Points & Eye Separation Following up on my post on pitch tunneling which examined pitch movement in the vertical plane, I want to now consider visual information available to a batter about the trajectory of pitch in the horizontal plane (e.g., whether it will cross on…
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71 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? Download link Articles: Behavior of College Baseball Players in a Virtual Batting Task Perceiving and Acting upon Spaces…
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