The Perception & Action Podcast
..where I discuss how psychological research can be applied to improving performance, accelerating skill acquisition & designing technologies.
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483 – The Effects of the Yips on Muscle Synergies in Throwing
483 How does the presence of the Yips influence motor coordination in throwing? Do the muscle synergies used to control our abundant motor system change?Download link Articles:Spatiotemporal patterns of...
482 – The Coaching Eye – How Reliably can Expert Coaches Observe Movement?
482 Can expert coaches reliably judge the key features of a sporting action like a tennis serve? Does viewing angle, age and gender matter?Download link Articles:The expert eye? An...
481 – Why are Some Affordances More Inviting than Others?
481 Revisiting the conceptualization of affordances as invitations for action. Why are some affordances more inviting than others and how can we influence this as a coach?Download link Articles:Affordances...
480 – Ecological Approach to Rowing
480 How can an ecological approach be applied to understanding and coaching rowing. A look at a few research studies. Download link Articles:‘Embracing turbulent waters’: Enhancing athlete self-regulation using...
479 – A CLA to Coaching Cricket Bowling: Task Manipulations
479 A look at a study examining the effects of a constraints-led approach to coaching cricket bowling. What type of task constraint manipulations can be used to improve bowling...
478 – Freezing and freeing of degrees of freedom in joint action learning
478 How do we coordinate degrees of freedom when learning a joint action, like carrying a piano, where two people are working together to achieve a goal? Do we...