15A How do fans perceive the action going on in sports? Does your ability to watch a sport improve with hours of practice in front of your TV? How does the perception of fans differ from the perception of the athletes themselves? Why was the Fox puck pure evil? Download link Articles/links: Action anticipation and…
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15 How do we use vision to control the placement of our feet on rough terrain, to avoid spraining that ankle? How do anxiety, fear and fatigue change the way we perform these activities? What differs between elite and novice climbers? Did I survive a rim to rim hike in the Grand Canyon? Let’s hit…
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14D Is Pearl Izumi right: “marathons have changed from a race to run to a box to be checked”? Is Associative or Dissociative Attention better for running and how does it depend on pace? Download link Articles/links: http://community.runnersworld.com/topic/pearl-izumi-ad-campaign?reply=54776376858447655 Attentional focus in endurance activity: new paradigms and future directions A social-cognitive perspective of perceived exertion and…
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14C A discussion with Keith Davids, Professor of Motor Learning at Sheffield Hallam University and an innovator of the constraints lead approach to skill acquisition. We discuss using ecological dynamics to study sports performance, sport analytics, team coordination and designing for exercise and health promotion. Download link More information about my guest: http://www.shu.ac.uk/research/cser/professor-keith-davids http://www.humankinetics.com/products/all-products/dynamics-of-skill-acquisition https://www.routledge.com/products/9780415744393…
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14B News: Why is it so difficult to play against left-handed opponents in sports? Will you drivers be ready when automated cars need them to take over? Download link Articles: Skilled players’ and novices’ difficulty anticipating left- vs. right-handed opponents’ action intentions varies across different points in time What determines the take-over time? An integrated…
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14A My Review of the book “See to Play, The Eyes of Elite Athletes” by Dr Michael Peters. Do I see eye to eye with his views on the role of vision in sports? Download link Links: http://www.amazon.com/See-To-Play-Elite-Athletes/dp/1938008006 More information: My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles) My ASU Web page Podcast Facebook page…
Read More14 Making adjustments to a heavily practiced, well established skill can be one of the most difficult tasks required of an experienced athlete. Although there can be several situations in sport for which this is required (e.g., rule or/and equipment changes, advancement to a higher level of play), there are a dearth of empirical studies…
Read More13D Sports Science Shorts: Ice, Ice Baby! As the thermometer keeps dropping what effect will the cold weather have on the perceptual-motor abilities of athletes? Download link Articles/links: Effects of moderate cold on performance of psychomotor and cognitive tasks A Meta-Analysis of Performance Response Under Thermal Stressors Interactions between cold ambient temperature and older age…
Read MoreThe Perception & Action Podcast is going LIVE and I want you to be involved (or at least just watch). On Wednesday November 11, 2015 at 9AM AZ/8 AM PST I will host my first live discussion on the general topic of skill acquisition using blab.im. My co-host for this topic will be performance advisor…
Read More13C A discussion with Shawn Myszka, movement skills trainer for the National Football League. We discuss connecting research and practice, technique change, dealing with injury, choking under pressure and look at the constraints lead or dynamic systems approach to skill acquisition. Download link More information about my guest: https://footballbeyondthestats.wordpress.com/ http://www.optimizemovement.com/sq/35323-movement-mastery-intro https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI0sfP6vEMuR-EyC673uplg More information: My Research…
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