21B A look at some infamous movie training scenes from a skill acquisition and motor learning perspective. Awards for best use of contextual inference, best constraints led-approach, best use of key performance indicators and more! We’re gonna need a montage, montage! Download link Training Montages: More information: My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)…
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21A A discussion with Amy Whitehead, Senior Lecturer in Sports Coaching and Physical Education, at Liverpool John Moores University. We discuss her new study looking at the effect of pressure on the thought processes of golfers, using the Think Aloud protocol to investigate and improve sports performance, and what it’s like to work as an…
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21 How do drivers use visual cues to judge distance, speed and heading? How does our vision change during night driving? What simple rules can athletes, referees and umpires use to make quick decisions? (Time: 19:45) Download Link Key points • Driving is predominately a visually control action, with it being estimated by some that…
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20E Should we be correcting the form of an athlete with an unusual movement pattern? Or could this actually give them an advantage? What do the different skill acquisition theories have to say about it? Download link Articles/links: NAPSPA pre-conference event: Seeing the forest and the trees: Theoretical and practical issues in sport expertise Faubert…
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20D A discussion with Stuart Armstrong Rugby Football Union. We discuss topics including talent development and talent identification, the problems with competition, encouraging creativity through practice design and sports analytics. Download link More information about my guest: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuartarmstrong http://www.thetalentequation.co.uk/ https://twitter.com/stu_arm More information: My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles) My ASU Web page Podcast…
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20C – The Ecological Approach to Perception-Action & Implications for Skill Acquisition What are the key ideas of the ecological approach to perception-action first proposed by James Gibson? How do they differ from the traditional approach? What are affordances? Are representations and internal models evil? Does perception work like Sherlock Holmes? Download link Key Points…
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Is there any validity to the long-held belief by many athletes and coaches that having sex the night before a big competition will impair sports performance? Should you be abstaining this Valentine’s Day if you have to play the next day? Download link Articles: Abstention from sex and other pre-game rituals used by college male…
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20A A discussion with Barbara Barclay, President of Right Eye, a company developing products to measure, analyze and transform visual performance. We discuss topics including the present and future of eye tracking for sport, how visual problems might underlie what seem to be complex performance problems, the FTC rulings against perceptual-cognitive training and plasticity in…
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20 Exploration of ways in which an athlete can develop and enhance their sports skills without actually performing them: by using imagery and observational learning. Does mentally rehearsing or imaging yourself performing an action really make you a better athlete? Can it sometimes be a bad thing to do? What is going on in our…
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19E A little football science to get you ready for the big game on Sunday! How does a QB lead a receiver, how does the receiver using visual information to run to the ball and how good are officials at judging pass interference calls? Download link Articles/links: To see or not to see: Effects of…
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