111 As a coach, what should you do when your athletes do not seem to be responding to a new practice activity? Are there things you can change? What should you look for? When should you abandon it altogether and move on to something else? Download link Links: Why the Constraints Led Approach is Not…

110 How do you know whether a training activity that is very different from your sport will lead to transfer? Is their value in non-specific practice? Does it depend on skill level? What is a donor sport? Download link Articles/Books: http://www.mytpi.com/articles/swing/catching_ping_pong_balls_to_improve_quiet_eye_for_golf Especial Skills: Their Emergence With Massive Amounts of Practice The NFL Combine: Does It…

109 Is it better for an athlete to develop pre-formed, reflexive responses that operate outside of consciousness (in other words, habits)? Or should we be focusing on cultivating adaptive skills that involve reflection and awareness? Download link Articles: Habitual Reflexivity and Skilled Action The spontaneousness of skill and the impulsivity of habit More information: Subscribe…

108 Can noninvasive brain stimulation be used to enhance acquisition, performance and retention of sports skills? What exactly are tMS, tCS and tDCS? Are products like Halo Sport worth your investment? Download link Articles: Non-invasive Human Brain Stimulation in Cognitive Neuroscience: A Primer Neurodoping: Brain Stimulation as a Performance-Enhancing Measure Modulating Motor Learning through Transcranial…

107 A discussion with Mike Studer, President of Northwest Rehabilitation Associate. We discuss using dual tasks to encourage the development of procedural memories, constraint-induced practice, concussion rehabilitation in sports, and geriatric athletes. Download link More information about my guest: https://northwestrehab.com/ http://mikestuder.com/ More information: Subscribe in iOS/Apple Subscribe in Android/Google My Research Gate Page (pdfs of…

106 How effective is neurofeedback training for improving sports performance? Is it worth the investment of time and money? Which brain rhythm should we be targeting for the best results? Download link Articles: Effects of learning on electroencephalographic and electrocardiographic patterns in novice archers Investigating the efficacy of neurofeedback training for expediting expertise and excellence…

105 What is the optimal level of task difficulty to use in practice? How does it depend on the complexity of the skill and the experience of the learner? A look at the Challenge Point Hypothesis and studies which have tested its predictions. Download link Articles: Challenge Point: A Framework for Conceptualizing the Effects of…

104 What does it mean to “practice with intent”? How does intention shape the way we learn and perform perceptual motor skills? Download link Articles: The Intention Superiority Effect in Motor Skill Learning Effects of intention and learning on attention to information in dynamic touch Conscious intention and motor cognition More information: Subscribe in iOS/Apple…

103 A discussion with Rajiv Ranganthan, Assistant Professor of Kinesiology at Michigan State University. We discuss motor synergies and redundancy, the role of movement variability in the development of coordination, and using robot aided movements for rehabilitation Download link More information about my guest: https://sites.google.com/site/motrelab/ https://www.education.msu.edu/search/Formview.aspx?email=rrangana%40msu.edu https://twitter.com/rrangana1 More information: Subscribe in iOS/Apple Subscribe in Android/Google…

102 How can we best sort through the myriad of vision and perceptual-cognitive training tools for sports? What are the key characteristics we should be looking for? How effectively can skilled athletes inhibit and prepare to inhibit movements? Download link Articles: Modified perceptual training in sport: A new classification framework Proactive and Reactive Motor Inhibition…