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…

166 How do we use information from our environment to select between different opportunities for action (i.e. affordances)? How do we pickup this information? A look at exploratory head movements in teams sports and the affordance competition hypothesis. Download link Articles: Don’t Turn Blind! The Relationship Between Exploration Before Ball Possession and On-Ball Performance in…

165 A look at a few different ways to adapt training to promote motor learning. A look at learner-controlled practice schedules, the win move/lose stay method, and adaptive, algorithm based schedules.Download link Articles: Performance-Based Adaptive Schedules Enhance Motor LearningTransfer of Training from Virtual to Real Baseball BattingWin-shift, lose-stay: contingent switching and contextual interference in motor…

164 Comparing and contrasting some different methods for using visual constraints during practice, including stroboscopic training, spatial and temporal occlusion. What transfers to competition?Download link Articles: Effects of Visual Control Training on the Shooting Performance of Elite Female Basketball PlayersThe impact of a training intervention with spatial occlusion goggles on controlling and passing a footballThe…

163 Part 4 in my series on the CLA. What is the purpose of adding constraints in the constraints led approach to coaching? How does this differ from what has been done in the past?  What are the different ways constraint manipulations can be used? How do constraints influence movement?Download link Me on the Talent…

162 Revisiting the theory of differential learning. How does it differ from contextual interference? How much structure should we use when varying conditions in practice? What is stochastic resonance?Download link Articles:On the optimal degree of fluctuations in practice for motor learningInvited commentary: Differential learning is different from contextual interference learningDifferential Learning as a Key Training…