The Two Skill Acquisition Approaches: Key Differences
Outlining the key differences between the Information Processing and Ecological Approaches to Skill Acquisition. Is this a useful dichotomy?
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325 – Journal Club #21: Fundamental Movement Skills
325 I am joined by Stu Armstrong and Kasey Crider to discuss Karl Newell’s recent article “What are Fundamental Motor Skills and What is Fundamental About Them?” What exactly are they? Do we need to teach them to new learners before they can begin to explore and self-organize? What are the potential dangers of doing…
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Why Cristiano Ronaldo’s Ability to Play “in the Dark” is not Evidence for Predictive Control
I think by now most people have seen the video demonstrating Christiana Ronaldo’s incredible ability to play soccer “in the dark” – that is, execute skilled actions when the lights are turned completely off at some point. The typical explanation for why he can do this (including the one given by the people in the…
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324 – An Ecological Approach to Sports Injury Prevention & Adaptation (Not Recovery!)
324 An ecological approach to preventing and adapting to sports injury. To what extent can we predict injury from technique? How is injury risk related to movement variability and attentional focus? Can we reduce risk by increasing variability through training? Does injury induce functional neuroplastic changes in our brain?Download link Articles: Reviewing the Variability-Overuse Injury…
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323 – The Role of Movement Efficiency & Economy in Motor Learning: A Constraints-Based Framework
323 Do learners choose movement solutions that are economical – that is those which not only achieve their performance goal but are also the most efficient and have low energy expenditure? What information is available to guide a performer to a more economical movement solution and how does it depend on attentional focus? How can…
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322 – Overspeed Perception & Decision Making Training
322 Can decision making in sports be improved by using above real time or “overspeed” video based training? Does it seem more “game-like” to athletes? Does it result in transfer of training to improved decisions on the field? Download link Articles:Sports training technologies: Achieving and assessing transferThe speed of perception: the effects of over‑speed video…
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