164 Comparing and contrasting some different methods for using visual constraints during practice, including stroboscopic training, spatial and temporal occlusion. What transfers to competition?Download link Articles: Effects of Visual Control Training on the Shooting Performance of Elite Female Basketball PlayersThe impact of a training intervention with spatial occlusion goggles on controlling and passing a footballThe…

163 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?Download link Me on the Talent…

162 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?Download link Articles:On the optimal degree of fluctuations in practice for motor learningInvited commentary: Differential learning is different from contextual interference learningDifferential Learning as a Key Training…

161 Are there benefits to doing interleaved practice with partner? Is it better if you work on the same or different skills?Download link Articles:Manipulations to practice organization of golf putting skills through interleaved matched or mismatched practice with a partner More information:Subscribe in iOS/AppleSubscribe in Android/GoogleMy Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)My ASU Web…

160 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. Download link Articles:A…

159 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?Download link Articles:Kinematic information feedback and task constraintsIn search of sports biomechanics’ holy grail: Can athlete-specific optimum sports techniques be identified?Should Common…

158 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? Download link Articles:Search Strategies in the Perceptual-Motor Workspace and the Acquisition of Coordination,…

157 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.Download link Articles:A functional modulation for timing a movement: A coordinative structure in baseball hitting More information:Subscribe in iOS/AppleSubscribe in Android/GoogleMy Research Gate Page (pdfs…

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 goal? How should we be measuring and conceptualizing movement variability?Download link Articles:Timing an attacking forehand drive in table tennisThe amount and structure of human movement variabilityThe…

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 and feedback being processed? Download link Articles:Feedback delay attenuates implicit but facilitates explicit adjustments to a visuomotor rotationAn interpolated activity during the knowledge-of-results delay interval eliminates…