Rob

360 – Biotensegrity

360 What is biotensegrity? How can it be used to understand movement coordination and preparation on an individual level and team coordination?  How does it relate to Bernstein’s concepts of motor synergies and muscle tone?Download link Articles:The Medium of Haptic Perception: A Tensegrity HypothesisIs Tensegrity the Functional Architecture of the Equilibrium Point Hypothesis?Linking Tensegrity to…

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359 – Habit vs Skill II: Being Fast and Adaptable

359 Conscious control seems to be far too slow to account for skilled performance in sports while using automatic habits seems not to be smart enough to allow for adaptation to the ever-changing constraints an athlete faces. How can we be both adaptable and fast? Does adaptability require mental representation?Download link Articles:Neither mindful nor mindless,…

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358 – Article Review: Interoceptive Attention & Adaptation to Individual Constraints

358 What is interoceptive attention and how might it help an performer adapt to changes in individual constraints like fatigue and anxiety?Download link Articles:What Makes an Elite Shooter and Archer? The Critical Role of Interoceptive Attention More information:Subscribe in iOS/AppleSubscribe in Android/GoogleMy Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)My ASU Web pagePodcast Facebook page (videos,…

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357 – Article Review: Does the structure and amount of variability in practice matter?

357 Does the amount of and structure of variability matter when training a new learner? Are there benefits to using Differential Learning over a simple serial, variable practice schedule?Download link Articles:Null Effects of Different Amounts of Task Variation in Both Contextual Interference and Differential Learning Paradigms More information:Subscribe in iOS/AppleSubscribe in Android/GoogleMy Research Gate Page…

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Ecological Optics & the Ambient Array: Gibson’s new conception of vision

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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