Rob

Is the batter’s eye in Seattle an Ames room? A perceptual analysis of the challenge of hitting in T-Mobile park

As documented in this great recent article by Mike Petriello, Seattle’s T Mobile Park is the most difficult place to hit in all of baseball. In fact, it is now right up there with Colorado as the most extreme ballpark in MLB – as much as Coors field’s altitude and large dimensions help hitters, T…

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525 – Variability of Practice & Education of Attention

525 Does adding more variability to practice conditions aid the process of education of attention? Can we predict the trajectory through informational space that occurs during learning?Download link Articles:The Education of Attention as Explanation of Variability of Practice Effects: Learning the Final Approach Phase in a Flight SimulatorLearning to control collisions: The role of perceptual…

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524 – Is it better to give a specific performance outcome target or one based on perception of effort?

524 A look at a new study with powerlifters comparing performance when instructed to lift the bar at “maximum velocity” versus a specific velocity target.Download link Articles:Considerations for Velocity-Based Training: The Instruction to Move “As Fast As Possible” Is Less Effective Than a Target Velocity More information:Subscribe in iOS/AppleSubscribe in Android/GoogleMy Research Gate Page (pdfs…

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523 – Critical Fluctuations as an Early Warning Signal of Sports Injuries: Proof of Concept

523 Can we predict sports injury by monitoring transition points between attractors states of a complex system, or, in other words, points of instability?  A test using soccer players.Download link Articles:Critical Fluctuations as an Early Warning Signal of Sports Injuries? A Proof of Concept Using Football More information:Subscribe in iOS/AppleSubscribe in Android/GoogleMy Research Gate Page…

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522 – Variability of Practice – A Deeper Dive

522 Variability of practice helps motor learning. That is an undeniable fact. But let’s consider some of the subtleties: what are the different ways we can create variability in practice? How do the benefits of variability depend on the initial variability of the learner?  Why exactly does variability have its effect? When should it be…

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521 – What’s Up With Me & Where is the Podcast Headed?

521 A brief personal update and update on the podcast before I break for the holidays 😊Download link More information:Subscribe in iOS/AppleSubscribe in Android/GoogleMy Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)My ASU Web pagePodcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)Email: robgray@asu.edu Support the podcast and receive bonus content

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520 – Okkulo – A Training System for Manipulating Visual Constraints in Sports (JC 45)

520  A discussion with Mel O’Connor and Jack Woodburn from Okkulo Ltd.Download link Links:https://www.okkulo.com/ More information:Subscribe in iOS/AppleSubscribe in Android/GoogleMy Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)My ASU Web pagePodcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)Email: robgray@asu.edu Support the podcast and receive bonus content

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519 – Replicating Key Evidence for Prospective Control in Ball Catching

519A review of a recent study that attempts to replicate the “angle of approach effect” and “movement reversals” found in previous research.Download link Articles:Angle-of-approach and reversal-movement effects in lateral manual interception More information:Subscribe in iOS/AppleSubscribe in Android/GoogleMy Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)My ASU Web pagePodcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)Email: robgray@asu.edu Support the…

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518 – The Effects of Concussion on Movement Coordination

518 How does a previous history of concussion effect movement coordination?Download link Articles:Altered inter-segmental coordination in athletes with a history of concussion More information:Subscribe in iOS/AppleSubscribe in Android/GoogleMy Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)My ASU Web pagePodcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)Email: robgray@asu.edu Support the podcast and receive bonus content

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517 – Still No Evidence for the Transfer of Generalized Perceptual-Cognitive Training to Sports Performance

517 A review of a follow-up study which fails to replicate one of the very few pieces of evidence supporting the benefits of generalized perceptual-cognitive training for sports.Download link Articles:No transfer of 3D-Multiple Object Tracking training on game performance in soccer: a follow-up study More information:Subscribe in iOS/AppleSubscribe in Android/GoogleMy Research Gate Page (pdfs of…

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