PodEpisodes

11B – Ultra-Marathoners Mental Skills, Choking Under Pressure-How Ironic!

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…

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11A – Sports Science Shorts: The Home Choke & MLB Playoffs

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”…

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11 –Performing & Choking Under Pressure

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…

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10C – Sports Science Shorts: Which is Tougher, Rugby or Football?

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…

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10B – NBA Performance Analysis, Will Automated Cars Make Us Complacent?

10B News: Do NBA All Stars run further and faster? Do in-car technologies make drivers complacent? Download link Articles: Exploring Game Performance in the National Basketball Association Using Player Tracking Data How does a collision warning system shape driver’s brake response time? The influence of expectancy and automation complacency on real-life emergency braking Google car…

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10A – Sports Science Shorts: The Case of the FTC v Ultimeyes

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…

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10 – Skill Retention and Transferring to a New Sport

10 How long do athletes retain the sports skills they learn: 5 years, 10 years, forever? If they do lose something, what is it? How easy is it to transfer from one sport to another? What factors determine whether or not transfer will be successful? This episode explores the topic of retention and transfer of…

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9B – Sports Science Shorts: Serena’s Choke? Auburn’s Virtually Awful QB

9B Sports Science Shorts: Did Serena Williams choke under pressure in her historical US Open loss? Is virtual reality training going to revolutionize quarterback play? It certainly doesn’t seem to be working for Auburn’s Jeremy Johnson. Download link Articles: Serena Clutch Serena Choke Auburn QB Training with VR System More information: My Research Gate Page…

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9A – Catching the Perfect Wave, You’ve Got Distraction!

9A News: Can surfers really detect a perfect wave? Are smart phone notifications distracting us? Download link Articles: Eddie would(n’t) go! Perceptual-cognitive expertise in surfing The Attentional Cost of Receiving a Cell Phone Notification More information: My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles) My ASU Web page Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc) Twitter:…

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9 – Off the Learning Curve: Measuring Skill Acquisition

9 How do we know how well a new training program or piece of sports equipment is working? Is looking at how performance changes in practice (by plotting a “learning curve”) really the best way to assess skill acquisition. No, no it isn’t. In this episode I make the case for going off the learning…

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