312A look at how modifying sports equipment (e.g., changing size, altering mass distribution or making more flexible) can enhance motor learning by adding variability, noise and increasing movement execution redundancy.Download link Articles: Equipment modification can enhance skill learning in young field hockey players“Essential noise” – Enhancing variability of informational constraints benefits movement control: A comment…

311A look at individual differences in motor learning and coordination. What are intrinsic dynamics and how do they influence learning? How do patterns of coordination change with learning? Why do some athletes seem to be better able to self-organize than others? How should we take this into account in coaching?Download link Articles:Multi-stability and meta-stability: understanding…

310 A look at the concepts of multi and meta-stability in coordination. How can a performer have multiple movement solutions that are both stable and flexible at the same time? How might we develop this by training within meta-stable regions?Download link Articles: Multi-stability and meta-stability: understanding dynamic coordination in the brainHow boxers decide to punch…

309I am joined by Damian Farrow, Alex Lascu, Derek Panchuk and Carl Woods to discuss the article: Sport Practitioners as Sport Ecology Designers: How Ecological Dynamics Has Progressively Changed Perceptions of Skill “Acquisition” in the Sporting Habitat. We discuss: the shift from coach as instructor to coach designer, the challenges of “hands-off” coaching, do coaches…

308 A discussion with Paula Silva from the University of Cincinnati. How can stress help a performer adapt and grow? What is anti-fragility? How do we measure and it and train it? How can it be used to challenge an athlete at the right level? What is dynamic touch and how is it important for…

307 How should biomechanics be applied in sport to improve performance and reduce injury? Should we be identifying ideal movement parameters from group based analyses or attempting to optimize for each individual athlete? How can we make biomechanics tools more accessible? Plus a discussion with Mike Sonne and Casey Mullholland about the development and use…

306 A discussion with Matt Dicks from the University of Portsmouth. How does “anticipation” behavior change as we vary the degree of perception-action coupling? What is the role of perceived afffordances and action capabilities in the control of action? How do we explore our environment to learn (i.e. acting to perceive) and learn to explore?…

304 A discussion with Wolfgang Schollhorn from the University of Mainz. What has research on coordination profiling shown about the role individuality and variability in skilled performance? Why is noise essential for perceptual-motor control? How does differential learning promote motor learning and what are practical guidelines for how to use it effectively?Download link More info…

303A look at some technologies that might allow a coach or therapist to guide motor learning remotely. What has initial research shown about the effectiveness of these devices? How should auditory and vibrotactile feedback be used to guide movement? Also including a discussion with the developer and some users of the Kinesthetic Awareness Training System…

302 A discussion with John van der Kamp from Vrije University in Amsterdam. What does the latest research say about the benefits of implicit learning? Does it promote automaticity? What are the roles of the dorsal and ventral streams in the control of action and the perception of affordances? How can constraints manipulations and adding…