Month: August 2024

506 – Perceiving Higher Order Affordances in Sports & Fields of Safe Travel

506 How well can athletes perceive higher-order affordances (that is, affordances made up of combinations of lower-order ones)? Do we perceive these directly or combine affordances?  Do we directly perceive the field of safe travel on a sports field?Download link Articles:Perception of higher-order affordances for kicking in soccerA theoretical field-analysis of automobile-driving More information:Subscribe in…

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505 – Synergies, Equilibrium Points & Fascia

505 Pulling together several key concepts in the dynamical systems conceptualization of motor control. How are motor synergies realized within the human body what implications does this have for sports training?Download link Articles:Motor Synergies and the Equilibrium-Point HypothesisFascial organisation of motor synergies: a hypothesis More information:Subscribe in iOS/AppleSubscribe in Android/GoogleMy Research Gate Page (pdfs of…

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504 – Is There An Optimal Amount of Practice Variability for Learning That Depends on Skill Level?

504 When it comes to practice variability is more not always better? Is there a Goldilocks Effect. In other words – Is there an optimal amount (not too much, not too little) that depends on the learner’s skill level?Download link Articles:Applying different levels of practice variability for motor learning: More is not better More information:Subscribe…

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