Day: May 19, 2020

Task Decomposition vs Task Simplification and How they Align with the Skill Acquisition Approaches

It is clear that one way in which we can help facilitate the process of skill acquisition in sports is by not “throwing the learner in the deep end” right away. That is, not including all the complexities, variability and task demands they will face in competition right at the early stages of learning. This…

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194- Journal Club #11: Prospective Control

194 I am joined by Andrew Wilson, Tyler Yearby and Garrett Boyum to discuss Prospective Control. We talk about how it differs from predictive control, the patterns of behaviors it creates, how it de-emphasizes the importance of reaction time, how it changes with practice and affordance-based control.Download link Articles: Prospective control in sport More information:Subscribe…

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