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356 – Article Review: How do Changes in Informational Constraints Influence Movement Variability?
356 How do changes in the perceptual information available alter movement variability? If we constrain vision with occluding glasses or constrain audition with headphones how do performers adapt their movements? How does this depend on skill level?Download link Articles:The role of variability in the control of the basketball dribble under different perceptual setups More information:Subscribe…
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355 – Article Review: How Does Movement Coordination Change with Increased Effort?
355 How does the constraint of effort (for example, throwing at 80% of your max vs 100%) change the coordination of degrees of freedom in movement? Do movements become mostly invariant across individuals at max effort or is there still a role for variability?Download link Articles:Effort‑dependent effects on uniform and diverse muscle activity features in…
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NEW Paper: “Enskilment: an Ecological-Anthropological Worldview of Skill, Learning and Education in Sport”
Was very excited to be one of the co-authors on this new paper with Carl Woods, Keith Davids & James Rudd Open Access copy available here: https://sportsmedicine-open.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40798-021-00326-6
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354 – Article Review: Does Practice Representativeness Effect Perceptual-Motor Calibration?
354 Does the representativeness of a practice task effect perceptual-motor calibration? For example, is the calibration of decision making and gaze behavior more effective when hitting off a pitcher vs a tee in baseball?Download link Article:To Tee, Or Not to Tee: Exploring the Relationship Between Representative Practice and Performance in Highly Skilled Baseball Hitters More…
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353 – Article Review: Variability of Practice as an Injury Prevention Mechanism
353 A look at a new study comparing the effects of the CLA, differential learning, and prescriptive training on risk factors for ACL injury.Download link Articles:Motor learning methods that induce high practice variability reduce kinematic and kinetic risk factors of non-contact ACL injury More information:Subscribe in iOS/AppleSubscribe in Android/GoogleMy Research Gate Page (pdfs of my…
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Implementing a Constraints Led Approach (CLA) to Coaching in VR
My talk from the ESAN 2021 Pre-conference workshop: Developing perceptual cognitive expertise: Considerations for the role for virtual immersive technology
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352 – Top Research Articles of 2021 (So Far)
352A look at some of the most interesting research articles from 2021 so far. How do constraints shape skill acquisition? How can we interpret some of the classic problems in perception from an ecological point of view? What have we learned about the search for optimal movement solutions?Download link Youtube Playlist Link: More information:Subscribe in…
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351 – Perceptual-Motor Styles
351 Why do many individuals have a distinctive manner of performing a motor action (aka a perceptual-motor style)? How can we determine whether a particular style is functional? How do styles change with development, sports training and through rehabilitation?Download link Articles:Perceptual‑motor stylesA whole body characterization of individual strategies, gender differences, and common styles in overarm…
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