389 My interview with Todd Hargrove from Better Movement. How can playing with and exploring movement be beneficial? Why should we be thinking options not corrections in movement training and physical therapy? What is the Feldenkrais Method?Download link Links:https://www.bettermovement.org/ More information:Subscribe in iOS/AppleSubscribe in Android/GoogleMy Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)My ASU Web pagePodcast…

388 A look at the extended challenge point hypothesis. How can we get the level difficulty right to challenge a performer? What are 3 different goals coaches should consider when designing a practice?Download link Articles:An extended challenge-based framework for practice design in sports coachingA critical systematic review of the Neurotracker perceptual-cognitive training toolThe effectiveness of…

387 How do the components of our motor system flexibly reorganize in response to task demands? How do we use information about performance errors (knowledge of results) to search for new organizations? Do these processes involve the use of hard-wired motor programs or softly assembled devices specific to the constraints associated with the individual and…

386 A look at the recent systematic review of decision making in sports. Is decision making best explained as being emergent, mental model driven or both? Is this an example of integrating direct and indirect theories of perception?Download link Articles:Understanding a Player’s Decision-Making Process in Team Sports: A Systematic Review of Empirical EvidenceContinuous hitting movements…

385 A look Michaels and Palatinus’ 10 commandments for ecological psychology and their implications for skill acquisition research and coaching. Why are the principles of the ecological approach a package deal?Download link Articles:A Ten Commandments for Ecological Psychology More information:Subscribe in iOS/AppleSubscribe in Android/GoogleMy Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)My ASU Web pagePodcast Facebook…

384 How does pain shape learning and re-learning to move? How does it change the field of affordances available to an athlete? What is the best way to treat it?Download link Articles:Pain and the field of affordances: an enactive approach to acute and chronic pain More information:Subscribe in iOS/AppleSubscribe in Android/GoogleMy Research Gate Page (pdfs…

383 Why did I make the switch in my career from thinking about skill as an indirect, predictive process involving internal models to direct perception, ecological dynamics?  Why do I think the latter is a better approach to understanding and developing skill?  Download link Articles:“Markov at the Bat”: A Model of Cognitive Processing in Baseball…

382 What is the difference between using online vs offline information to our control our actions on the one hand and the dichotomy between direct vs indirect perception, on the other? How have these been used incorrectly in many attempts to integrate skill acquisition approaches? An attempt at some clarification.Download link Articles:/Links:Expert Anticipatory Skill in…

381 How can we apply an ecological approach to coaching volleyball? Are the ideas of “repetition without repetition” and motor synergies supported by research on this sport? What has research shown about the benefits of using the CLA and differential learning in volleyball?Download link https://youtu.be/c_yWNTxzaVE https://youtu.be/oULzGe8Lnf4 More information:Subscribe in iOS/AppleSubscribe in Android/GoogleMy Research Gate Page…