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…

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 Articles: 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…

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 More information:Subscribe in iOS/AppleSubscribe in Android/GoogleMy Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)My ASU Web pagePodcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)Email: robgray@asu.edu Support the podcast and…

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 link Articles:Learning new gait patterns is enhanced by specificity of training rather than progression of task difficulty More information:Subscribe in iOS/AppleSubscribe in Android/GoogleMy Research Gate Page…

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: From Reflexes and Motor Programs to the Equilibrium-Point HypothesisThe Equilibrium-Point Hypothesis – Past, Present and Future More information:Subscribe in iOS/AppleSubscribe in Android/GoogleMy Research Gate Page (pdfs…

150A 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? Download link Articles:Motor repertoire and gray matter plasticity: Is there a link? The human sensorimotor cortex fosters muscle…