12A Sports Science Shorts: Does making an athlete wait longer to perform a high pressure action (e.g., icing the kicker in football) increase the chance of them choking? If so, why does it occur? Download link Articles: Haste does not always make waste: Expertise, direction of attention, and speed versus accuracy in performing sensorimotor skills…

12 I tackle what has been one of the most interesting and contentious issues in sports psychology: hot and cold streaks in performance. Does the hot hand exist? What is the best way to get out a slump? Is an athlete’s ability to perform under pressure influenced by the streak they are on? What Grinds…

11D Sports Science Shorts: Can training with the new HeadTrainer app make you a better athlete? The beginning of My Head Training Journey where I dig into the science behind this first game in this app. Download link Articles: Reaction times and anticipatory skills of karate athletes Perceptual-cognitive skill training and its transfer to expert…

11C A discussion with Robert Gronbeck, owner and coach at Cairns Sport Performance Clinic in Australia. Covering topics including: being an entrepreneur in sports psychology, perceptual-cognitive training using multiple object tracking, evaluating concussions, and the relationship (and often lack thereof) between basic research and practice in sports. Download link More information about my guest: Cairns…

11B News: Do good endurance athlete have superior perceptual and cognitive skills? Why do we sometimes do exactly the thing we are trying to avoid under pressure? Download link Articles: It’s a Matter of Mind! Cognitive Functioning Predicts the Athletic Performance in Ultra-Marathon Runners Don’t Miss, Don’t Miss, D’oh! Performance When Anxious Suffers Specifically Where…

11A Is it better to play and home or on the road in a sudden death playoff game? Is the “home choke” real? Download link Articles: Paradoxical effects of supportive audiences on performance under pressure Disputing the effects of championship pressures and home audiences The home disadvantage in championship competitions: team sports The “Home Advantage”…

11 We have all seen it. A great athlete has a chance to win a championship. All that is required for them to do something they have done hundreds of times before…sink a 3 foot putt, make a free throw, kick a 20 year field goal. And they miss! In this episode I explore the…

10C Sports Science Shorts: This past Friday one of my personal favorite sporting events kicked off…the Rugby World Cup. The NFL Football season is also of course now in full swing. So, which sport has the bigger hits: football or rugby? Download link Articles/Links: Fox Sports Science Video Jarryd Hayne Perceiving and acting upon spaces…

10A Sports Science Shorts: Is the claim that visual training can “improve vision” deceptive and worthy of a $150K fine from the FTC? Can we say that the benefits of visual training will transfer to sports performance? Download link Articles/links: FTC Press release Improved Vision and On Field Performance in Baseball through Perceptual Learning More…