NEW Video Article Review: Donor Sports, Dance & Coordinating Degrees of Freedom
Dance training improves the CNS’s ability to utilize the redundant degrees of freedom of the whole body
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336 – Strong Anticipation: Coordinating with the Future without Predicting It
336 Can we “anticipate” the future without predicting it? Are delays in our perceptual-motor system flaws that we must compensate for or actually advantageous? A look at the concept of strong anticipation.Download link Articles: On Strong AnticipationAnticipating synchronization as an alternative to the internal modelLectures on Perception (Chapter 26) More information:Subscribe in iOS/AppleSubscribe in Android/GoogleMy…
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NEW Video Article Review: Equipment scaling, variability & information for learning
Children’s coordination of the sweet spot when striking a forehand is shaped by the equipment used
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335 – Skilled Intentionality
335 How do skilled performers selectively respond to some of the many available affordances (or opportunities for action) in their environment? How do they coordinate their action to keep multiple affordances available? How can this ability be developed in practice? Download link Articles: Ecological-Enactive Cognition as engaging with a field of relevant affordances: The Skilled…
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Article Review: An adversarial exploration into the compatibility of IP and ecological theories
Information Processing and Constraints-based Views of Skill Acquisition: Divergent or Complementary?
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334 – Interview with Dan Peterson & Len Zaichkowsky, The Playmaker’s Decisions
334 A discussion with Dan and Len about their new book: The Playmaker’s Decisions – The Science of Clutch Plays, Mental Mistakes and Athlete Cognition.Download link Current book, The Playmaker’s Decisions: https://geni.us/theplaymakersdecisions Previous book, The Playmaker’s Advantage: https://geni.us/ThePlaymakersAdvantage More information:Subscribe in iOS/AppleSubscribe in Android/GoogleMy Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)My ASU Web pagePodcast Facebook…
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Direct Learning Resource Page
A new resource page with infographic, definition of key terms, and links to resources for Jacobs and Michaels (2007) Direct Learning theory. Direct Learning
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Article Review: A proposed reconciliation of ecological & information processing theories of perception-action
Two visual systems and two theories of perception: An attempt to reconcile the constructivist and ecological approaches
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Article Review: Contextualized Skill Acquisition Research – Dexterity development in Brazil soccer
Malandragem and Ginga: Socio-cultural constraints on the development of expertise and skills in Brazilian football
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333 – Journal Club #26: Using Verbal Instructions in Coaching
333 A discussion with Rajiv Ranganathan and Andrew Wilson about using verbal instructions as constraints in coaching/ When should a coach use instruction and how should they use it? 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…
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