Month: September 2017

79 – Designing Affective Practice I: Using Pressure to Aid Motor Learning

79 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. Download link Articles: The dynamics of expertise acquisition in sport: The role of affective learning design Training with mild anxiety may prevent choking under higher…

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78 – New Research on Changing Movement Patterns

78 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? Download link Articles: Do baseball pitchers improve mechanics after biomechanical…

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77 – Achieving & Assessing Transfer in Sport Training

77 What is “transfer of training”? How should we be assessing it and what does research tell us is the best way to achieve it? Download link Articles: Motor imagery and ‘placebo-racket effects’ in tennis serve performance Transfer of Movement Control in Skill Learning Changes in balance coordination and transfer to an unlearned balance task…

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76 – Interview with Mark Williams, Utah, Talent ID and Development

76 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. Download link More information about my guest: https://faculty.utah.edu/u6006972-ANDREW_MARK_WILLIAMS/research/index.hml More information: Subscribe in iOS/Apple Subscribe in Android/Google My Research Gate Page (pdfs…

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