417 A case study in how we should be doing theoretically-based task analyses of practice activities: the Rondo in soccer. Will the activity achieve its goals? Is it representative? Does it foster creativity and functional variability? Will it transfer to competition? My interview with Karl Marius Aksum.Download link Links:https://twitter.com/aksumfootball/status/1555122997433774080 https://www.linkedin.com/in/karl-marius-aksum-27691010a/ More information:Subscribe in iOS/AppleSubscribe in…

416 How do motor synergies develop when we learning to catch a ball? How is this development shaped by the constraints imposed on the performer such as the information available during practice, the actions catching is nested within like postural control, and disorders like DCD?Download link Articles:One more time about motor (and non‑motor) synergiesManipulating Visual…

415 What is hysteresis in movement coordination? How can it be use to explain how the history and sequence of events influence an athlete’s performance – without the need to bring in memory or inference processes?Download link Articles:Baseball Catching Patterns Differ According to Task ConstraintsThe application of co-ordination dynamics to the analysis of discrete movements…

414 Is there one ideal gaze strategy for performing a sports skill as has been suggested by the quiet eye research? My interview with Ben Franks from Oxford Brookes University looking st some of his research taking an ecological, individualized view of the quiet eye.Download link Articles:A Descriptive Case Study of Skilled Football Goalkeepers During…

413 Can athletes perceive which balls, sticks, bats, racquets, etc afford the greatest opportunity for hitting, throwing, etc? What information do they use for this and how does it relate to Gibson’s concept of dynamic touch? How can we use this better design and fit sports equipment?Download link Articles:Perceiving the sweet spotLearning to throw to…

412 So, by now we all know movement variability is good!  But it’s not all good. A look at a framework for categorizing different types of movement variability and how it might allow us to better design training to enhance the good.Download link Articles:A Proposed Framework to Describe Movement Variability within Sporting Tasks: A Scoping…

411 How do instructions about task constraints influence how a performer searches for a movement solution? Is movement variability still beneficial even when you guide a performer towards the optimal solution?Download link Articles:Instructions on Task Constraints Mediate Perceptual-Motor Search and How Movement Variability Relates to Performance Outcome More information:Subscribe in iOS/AppleSubscribe in Android/GoogleMy Research Gate…

410 What are the combined effects of manipulating practice variability (for example, blocked vs random) and errorful versus errorless practice, which know influence implicit learning.Download link Articles:An Examination of the Contextual Interference Effect and the Errorless Learning Model during Motor Learning More information:Subscribe in iOS/AppleSubscribe in Android/GoogleMy Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)My ASU…

409 My interview with James Vaughn discussing his recent case study of the role of social and cultural constraints on skill development in team sports.Download link Articles:Social and Cultural Constraints on Football Player Development in Stockholm: Influencing Skill, Learning, and Wellbeing More information:Subscribe in iOS/AppleSubscribe in Android/GoogleMy Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)My ASU…

408 Do external focus of attention instructions promote more movement variability? Do we have to prescribe the fundamentals to an athlete before we allow athletes to explore movement solutions?Download link Articles:Female Athletes Exhibit Greater Trial-to-Trial Coordination Variability When Provided with Instructions Promoting an External FocusIs Prescription of Specific Movement Form Necessary for Optimal Skill Development?…