412 So, by now we all know movement variability is good!  But it’s not all good. A look at a framework for categorizing different types of movement variability and how it might allow us to better design training to enhance the good.Download link Articles:A Proposed Framework to Describe Movement Variability within Sporting Tasks: A Scoping…

411 How do instructions about task constraints influence how a performer searches for a movement solution? Is movement variability still beneficial even when you guide a performer towards the optimal solution?Download link Articles:Instructions on Task Constraints Mediate Perceptual-Motor Search and How Movement Variability Relates to Performance Outcome More information:Subscribe in iOS/AppleSubscribe in Android/GoogleMy Research Gate…

410 What are the combined effects of manipulating practice variability (for example, blocked vs random) and errorful versus errorless practice, which know influence implicit learning.Download link Articles:An Examination of the Contextual Interference Effect and the Errorless Learning Model during Motor Learning More information:Subscribe in iOS/AppleSubscribe in Android/GoogleMy Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)My ASU…

409 My interview with James Vaughn discussing his recent case study of the role of social and cultural constraints on skill development in team sports.Download link Articles:Social and Cultural Constraints on Football Player Development in Stockholm: Influencing Skill, Learning, and Wellbeing More information:Subscribe in iOS/AppleSubscribe in Android/GoogleMy Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)My ASU…

408 Do external focus of attention instructions promote more movement variability? Do we have to prescribe the fundamentals to an athlete before we allow athletes to explore movement solutions?Download link Articles:Female Athletes Exhibit Greater Trial-to-Trial Coordination Variability When Provided with Instructions Promoting an External FocusIs Prescription of Specific Movement Form Necessary for Optimal Skill Development?…

407 How can we apply the principles of ecological dynamics to coaching ice hockey goaltenders? What has research shown about skill acquisition in goalkeeping?Download 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 Support the podcast and receive bonus content

406 My interview with Harry Ramsey and Matt Dicks to discuss their interesting new paper – Maximising Grip on Deception and Disguise: Expert Sports Performance During Competitive Interactions. How can we understand deception in an ecological approach? How should we be studying these phenomena?Download link Articles: Maximising Grip on Deception and Disguise: Expert Sports Performance…

405 My interview with Tyler Yearby and Shawn Myszka about their new paper looking at an ecological approach to practice design in American football.Download link Articles:Applying an ecological approach to practice design in American football: some case examples on best practice More information:Subscribe in iOS/AppleSubscribe in Android/GoogleMy Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)My ASU…

404 Can you improve an athlete’s ability to anticipate the actions of an opponent by guiding their gaze to particular locations using sound?  Download link Articles:The effect of eye movement sonification on visual search patterns and anticipation in novices More information:Subscribe in iOS/AppleSubscribe in Android/GoogleMy Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)My ASU Web pagePodcast…

403 Does training with lighter or heavier than regulation balls improve performance? What adaptations to coordination patterns do they encourage? Do they increase the chance of injury?Download link Articles:Weighted-Ball Velocity Enhancement Programs for Baseball PitchersEffect of a 6-Week Weighted Baseball Throwing Program on Pitch Velocity, Pitching Arm Biomechanics, Passive Range of Motion, and Injury Rates…