18C News: Does going for a 30min run make it easier to learn a motor skill afterwards? Is there an optimal balance between stability and flexibility in practice? Download link Articles: A Single Bout of Moderate Aerobic Exercise Improves Motor Skill Acquisition Transfer as a function of exploration and stabilization in original practice Towards a…
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18B Answering listener questions about performing under pressure. Is choking contagious from a player to team? Do athletes know when it is happening? Is it genetic? Download link Articles: Together they stand: a life-threatening event reduces individual behavioral variability in groups of voles Definition of Choking in Sport: Re conceptualization and Debate Challenge and threat…
Read MoreFor those that enjoyed my episode on the Hot Hand in Sports (Episode 12) and my follow-up interview with Josh Miller that seems to have completely changed our thinking about this (Episode 15C), Josh was kind enough to send me links to some more recent work he and Adam Sanjurjo have done trying to provide…
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18A A discussion with Mark Upton, Coaching Science Manger, English Institute of Sport. We discuss skill acquisition, coaching under pressure, being a sports parent and complexity in practice design. Download link More information about my guest: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markuptononline https://myfastestmile.com/ https://twitter.com/uppy01 More information: My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles) My ASU Web page Podcast Facebook…
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18 With the ever increasing availability of tracking and monitoring technology it is becoming easier and easier for an athlete to get feedback about their results and performance. But is the too much of a good thing? How does feedback influence the acquisition and performance of sports skills? Which type of feedback should be used…
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17A News: My new year’s resolutions for 2016. Is there any evidence of NBA players being clutch under pressure? Download link Articles: Do clutch players win the game? Testing the validity of the clutch player’s reputation in basketball More information: My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles) My ASU Web page Podcast Facebook page…
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17 How much does an athlete need to practice to become truly elite? What should it involve? Should it be fun? Can everyone become a great athlete if they just practice enough? In this episode, I focus on the most well- known theory in this area called Deliberate Practice, popularized as the 10,000 hour rule….
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16B A replay of our live discussion on the topic skill acquisition in which we covered topics including: Early specialization vs diversification? Deliberate play vs deliberate practice? Are athletes born or made? What fundamental movement skills should a young athlete acquire? What advice would we give ourselves as young athletes if we could go back…
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16B How do people regulate and modify their emotions (e.g., when pretending to like a bad gift)? Is this what is involved in choking under pressure? Why do people slip on ice – is our visual system letting us down, literally? Why does everybody hate fruit cake – a lesson in multisensory perception? Download link…
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16 How can we learn to shoot a basketball by thinking about a cookie jar and learn to putt a golf ball by thinking about toothpaste?!! Can a novice athlete really become great without being given any verbal instructions about how to actually perform their skill? In the episode, I explore some approaches to learning…
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