Month: March 2016

22C – Tactical Knowledge in Soccer, How Similar are Throwing & Serving?

22C News: How is coordination achieved in team sports? Does drawing plays on a white board really transfer to on field performance? Is telling a tennis player to “throw their racquet at the ball” a good way to teach serving? Download link Articles: Cognitive Representations and Cognitive Processing of Team-Specific Tactics in Soccer A kinematic…

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22B – Sport Science Shorts: Perceptual-Motor Control in Cycling

22B A look at some cycling science from a perceptual-motor control perspective. Where does a cyclist look when going around a curve? What control strategies do young cyclists use? Does seat height effect steering ability? Download link Articles: Cycling around a Curve: The Effect of Cycling Speed on Steering and Gaze Behavior Visual guidance during…

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22A – Interview with Nancy Cooke, ASU, Team performance

22A A discussion with Nancy Cooke, Professor of Human Systems Engineering at Arizona State University. We discuss topics including how individual and team cognition differ, Nancy’s theory of Interactive Team Cognition, how teamwork is acquired, and how team performance changes under pressure. Download link More information about my guest: http://poly.engineering.asu.edu/directory/nancy-cooke/ https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nancy_Cooke2 https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancy-cooke-a6164aa More information: My…

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22 – Braking & Steering/Knuckleballs

22 How does a driver know when to start braking and whether they are braking hard enough to avoid a collision? Where do we look when we steer around a curve? Do race car drivers look somewhere different? Why is it so hard to hit (and throw!) a knuckleball? (Time: 18:36) Download link Key points…

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