549 I am joined by Shawn Myszka from Emergence to talk about our newly released book (w/ Tyler Yearby) – Enhancing skill in American football: revolutionizing practice design for transfer to game day.Download link Links:Enhancing skill in American football: Revolutionizing practice design for transfer to game day More information:Subscribe in iOS/AppleSubscribe in Android/GoogleMy Research Gate…

548 A look at a couple of studies examining the effect of focus of attention on performance. How does focus of attention affect good and bad movement variability? Does it alter placebo effects?Download link Articles:Changing one’s focus of attention alters the structure of movement variability The placebo effect in the motor domain is differently modulated…

547 How effective are coaches at designing and adapting constraints? Which has more impact: manipulating informational/verbal constraints or other (physical) task constraints?Download link Articles:The influence of coaches’ intervention on the technical-tactical performance dynamics of young soccer players More information:Subscribe in iOS/AppleSubscribe in Android/GoogleMy Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)My ASU Web pagePodcast Facebook page…

546 How does the quality and quantity of search for a movement solution differ for linear and nonlinear training approaches? Is it the case that linear approaches restrict the development of functional movement variability? Is there any case for ever using a linear approach?Download link Links:The influence of linear and nonlinear pedagogies on movement exploration …

545 On another edition of the Perception-Action journal club, I am joined by Andrew Wilson and Marianne Davies to discuss chapters 13 and 14 from Michael Turvey’s book “Lectures on Perception: An Ecological Perspective”Download link Links:https://www.amazon.com/Lectures-Perception-Perspective-Michael-Turvey/dp/1138335266 More information:Subscribe in iOS/AppleSubscribe in Android/GoogleMy Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)My ASU Web pagePodcast Facebook page (videos,…

544 A few personal updates and a preview of my next book: The Advanced Ecological Approach to Skill Development: Getting More Out of the CLADownload link Link: More information:Subscribe in iOS/AppleSubscribe in Android/GoogleMy Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)My ASU Web pagePodcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)Email: robgray@asu.edu Credits:The Flamin’ Groovies – Shake Some…

543 Revisiting the topic of calibration in direct learning, with a specific focus on why we lose calibration when not practicing. The blessing and curse of having a high learning rate.Download link Articles:Better with each throw—a study on calibration and warm-up decrement of real-time consecutive basketball free throws in elite NBA athletesA serial-position curve in…

542 How quickly does a skill decay if we don’t practice? How does it depend on factors such as complexity? What are the best ways to maintain skill?Download link Articles:Procedural skill retention and decay: A meta-analytic review.An extended challenge-based framework for practice design in sports coaching More information:Subscribe in iOS/AppleSubscribe in Android/GoogleMy Research Gate Page…

541 What is Simplexity? How does it relate to Task Simplification? And a look at another study providing evidence against the fundamentals first approach.Download link Articles:The impact of task simplification in skill acquisition for young children from a simplexity approach More information:Subscribe in iOS/AppleSubscribe in Android/GoogleMy Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)My ASU Web…

540 How does search in task and joint space (for an interception task) differ in blocked and random practice conditions?Download link Articles:Random and Blocked Practice Schedule Affect Search for New Movement Coordination Patterns Differently More information:Subscribe in iOS/AppleSubscribe in Android/GoogleMy Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)My ASU Web pagePodcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)Email:…