82 What are the key differences between describing an athlete’s movements, an athlete’s knowledge about those movements, and the instructions used by a coach to facilitate those movements? How can these different perspectives inform and sometimes hurt each other? Download link Articles: What does the questioning of expert coaches reveal about the biomechanical knowledge of…

81 A discussion with Tim Buszard, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Sport, Exercise & Active Living (ISEAL) & Tennis Australia. Topics include scaling sports equipment appropriately for kids, working memory capacity (WMC) and its role in implementing coaching instructions, whether contextual interference has value outside the lab, and Tim’s skill acquisition blog. Download link More…

80 A discussion with Gaby Wulf, Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences, UNLV, and Rebecca Lewthwaite, Director of Rehabilitation Outcomes Management at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center and adjunct faculty at USC. We discuss the OPTIMAL theory of motor learning: Optimizing performance through intrinsic motivation and attention for learning. Download link…

79 Why is it important to include emotional context in practice? A look at the evidence for the beneficial effects of anxiety in training and guidelines for implementing pressure training. Download link Articles: The dynamics of expertise acquisition in sport: The role of affective learning design Training with mild anxiety may prevent choking under higher…

78 When a coach identifies a maladaptive movement pattern in an athlete, what is the best way to change it? Do formal biomechanical evaluations help? How can we identify the origins of the problem? How can we improve agility and speed without disrupting perception-action coupling? Download link Articles: Do baseball pitchers improve mechanics after biomechanical…

77 What is “transfer of training”? How should we be assessing it and what does research tell us is the best way to achieve it? Download link Articles: Motor imagery and ‘placebo-racket effects’ in tennis serve performance Transfer of Movement Control in Skill Learning Changes in balance coordination and transfer to an unlearned balance task…

76 A discussion with Mark Williams, Professor and Chair of the Department of Health, Kinesiology, and Recreation at the University of Utah. We discuss designing effective practice, talent identification and development and anticipation training. Download link More information about my guest: https://faculty.utah.edu/u6006972-ANDREW_MARK_WILLIAMS/research/index.hml More information: Subscribe in iOS/Apple Subscribe in Android/Google My Research Gate Page (pdfs…

75 Can the two opposing theoretical views of the role of attention in choking under pressure be integrated? A look at some theories that have attempted to do so and consideration of what still needs to be done in this area. Download link Articles: Choking Under Pressure: Multiple Routes to Skill Failure Anxiety and perceptual-motor…

74 A discussion with Sam Vine. Senior Lecturer of Psychology & Human Movement Science from the University of Exeter. We discuss recent research and unresolved issues related to the Quiet Eye, appraisal of stress and performing under pressures, and Sam’s new VR training venture, Cineon Training. Download link More information about my guest: http://sshs.exeter.ac.uk/staff/index.php?web_id=Samuel_Vine https://twitter.com/SamuelJamesVine…