PodEpisodes

174 – Technique Change II: Proactive Interference, Constraints & Individual Differences

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…

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173 – Practice Design to Improve Emergent Decision Making

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…

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172 – Game-Based Approaches to Coaching

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…

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171 – Coordination, Control & Skill: A Three Stage Model of Motor Learning

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…

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170 – Interview with Shawn Eagle, Pittsburgh, A Perception-Action Coupling Approach to Sport Concussion

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…

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169 – Going Blind: Are there Benefits to Training without Vision?

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…

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168 – Periodization of Skill Acquisition

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…

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167 – New Research on Generalized Perceptual-Cognitive Training

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…

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166 – Exploratory Search for Information, Affordances & Action Selection

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…

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165 – Adaptive Training to Enhance Motor Learning

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…

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