Month: August 2022

416 – The Development of Motor Synergies & the Influence of Constraints

416 How do motor synergies develop when we learning to catch a ball? How is this development shaped by the constraints imposed on the performer such as the information available during practice, the actions catching is nested within like postural control, and disorders like DCD?Download link Articles:One more time about motor (and non‑motor) synergiesManipulating Visual…

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415 – Hysteresis in Movement Coordination

415 What is hysteresis in movement coordination? How can it be use to explain how the history and sequence of events influence an athlete’s performance – without the need to bring in memory or inference processes?Download link Articles:Baseball Catching Patterns Differ According to Task ConstraintsThe application of co-ordination dynamics to the analysis of discrete movements…

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414 – An Ecological Approach to the Quiet Eye, Ben Franks

414 Is there one ideal gaze strategy for performing a sports skill as has been suggested by the quiet eye research? My interview with Ben Franks from Oxford Brookes University looking st some of his research taking an ecological, individualized view of the quiet eye.Download link Articles:A Descriptive Case Study of Skilled Football Goalkeepers During…

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413 – Perceiving Affordances of Sports Equipment: Implications for Design & Fitting

413 Can athletes perceive which balls, sticks, bats, racquets, etc afford the greatest opportunity for hitting, throwing, etc? What information do they use for this and how does it relate to Gibson’s concept of dynamic touch? How can we use this better design and fit sports equipment?Download link Articles:Perceiving the sweet spotLearning to throw to…

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412 – A Theoretical Framework for Describing Movement Variability

412 So, by now we all know movement variability is good!  But it’s not all good. A look at a framework for categorizing different types of movement variability and how it might allow us to better design training to enhance the good.Download link Articles:A Proposed Framework to Describe Movement Variability within Sporting Tasks: A Scoping…

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