176I am joined by Marianne Davies and Ben Franks to discuss the really interesting article by Tim Buszard and colleagues from AIS: Scaling sports equipment for children promotes functional movement variability.  Download link Articles: Scaling sports equipment for children promotes functional movement variability Video version: More information:Subscribe in iOS/AppleSubscribe in Android/GoogleMy Research Gate Page (pdfs…

175What is the relevance of ocular dominance for the control of action? How might it effect an athlete’s choice of stance or side? Is there any evidence to support the idea that being cross-dominant (different dominant hand and dominant eye) is advantageous in sports?Download link Articles: The Advantage of Eye–Hand Cross-Dominance for Baseball BattersSensory Eye…

174 Revisiting the issue of technique change, first discussed in Episode 14. How do we prevent proactive interference from a well-learned technique? How does this vary between individuals? How is technique change conceptualized in the ecological approach to skilled performance? Download link Articles: Reducing Proactive Interference in Motor TasksInterindividual differences in the capability to change…

173A look at decisions as emerging from a process searching for information to act and acting to acquire information. How can we manipulate constraints and interaction with opponents in practice to improve this process?Download link Articles: The ecological dynamics of decision making in sport Changes in practice task constraints shape decision-making behaviours of team games…

172A look at games based approaches to coaching. How do methods like teaching games for understanding differ from the constraints led approach? Is the CLA just “old wine in new bottles” or does it add something new? Download link Articles: Old wine in new bottles: a response to claims that teaching games for understanding was…

171 What are the differences between coordination, control and skill? A look at a 3 stage model of skill acquisition and its implications for coaching and motor learning research.Download link Articles: Coordination, control and skill Change in Motor Learning: A Coordination and Control Perspective More information:Subscribe in iOS/AppleSubscribe in Android/GoogleMy Research Gate Page (pdfs of…

170 Applying perception-action principles to concussion and behavioral injury risk. How does concussion affect an athlete’s perception of affordances and action boundaries in their environment?Download link Articles: Increased Risk of Musculoskeletal Injury Following Sport-Related Concussion: A Perception-Action Coupling ApproachDoes Concussion Affect Perception-Action Coupling Behavior? Action Boundary Perception as a Biomarker for Concussion.Intersession Reliability and Within-Session…

169 Does training blind under non-vision conditions result in improved performance when the athlete returns to full vision conditions? Does it allow a performer to become more sensitive to information from other senses (e.g. proprioception and audition) or is learning specific to the conditions of practice? Download link Articles: Improved Muscle Activity Following Motor Training…

168 How might we periodize skill acquisition in a manner similar to physical training – taking into account factors like specificity, load, progression and reversibility? A look at the skill acquisition periodization and periodization of skill training frameworks.Download link Articles: Development of a skill acquisition periodisation framework for high-performance sportSkill Training Periodization in “Specialist” Sports…

167 A look at some recent studies investigating generalized, perceptual-cognitive training for sport. Is there any evidence that training perception and cognition out of context will result in transfer to improved performance on the sports field?Download link Articles: The Effectiveness of Different Visual Skills Training Programmes on Elite Cricket PlayersPerceptual vision training in nonsport- specific…