36B News: What type of feedback do coaches give to boxers between rounds? Does the attentional focus, level of autonomy and valence of the feedback relate to winning and losing? How do the inherent capabilities of a performer (i.e., skill level) interact with their momentary capabilities? Download link Articles/links: http://sports-biometrics-conference.com/ Coaching cues in amateur boxing:…
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36A A discussion with Amit Katwala, senior writer for Sport Magazine and author of the new book: The Athletic Brain: How Neuroscience is Revolutionizing Sport and Can Help You Perform Better. We discuss topics including how the brains of elites athletes are different than normal people, some methods teams are using to short cut this…
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35C Does the advantage of being relatively older (being born in Jan, Feb or March) hold up when the highest levels of sport are examined? Why might this effect reverse, giving a clear advantage to the relatively young underdogs? Download link Articles: Annual age grouping and athlete development: A meta-analytical review of relative age effect…
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35B News: A look at a couple recent motor learning studies. How can we build on basic concepts such like contextual interference and extrinsic feedback to speed skill acquisition? Download link Articles: The Effect of Gradual Increase in Contextual Interference on Acquisition, Retention and Transfer of Volleyball Skills More Feedback Is Better than Less: Learning…
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35A One of the greatest challenges those of us working in sports currently face is how to keep athletes healthy and on the field. Should we take a conservative approach, giving them more rest days and not pushing them so hard in practice? Or should we believe what doesn’t kill them will only make the…
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34B What are conditional probabilities and how can they be used to help you draft and set you weekly lineup for a fantasy football team? Download link More about the analysis: https://perceptionaction.com/bayesintro More information: My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles) My ASU Web page Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc) Twitter: @Shakeywaits Email:…
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34A A few thoughts on the “Seeing the forest and the trees: Theoretical and practical issues in sport expertise” workshop held in conjunction with Annual Meeting of the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSA) on June 14, 2016. Download link http://naspspa.com/2016-naspspa-conference-workshops/ More information: My Research Gate Page (pdfs of…
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28B A look at the psychological side of penalty kicks to get you ready for Euro 2016. How does a penalty shootout compare to high pressure situations in other sports? What is the best strategy for taking a penalty? Is it important to have a pre-kick routine and celebrate if you win? Download link Articles/links:…
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28A A discussion with Sam Miller, Editor in Chief at Baseball Prospectus and co-author of the new book: The Only Rule Is It Has to Work: Our Wild Experiment Building a New Kind of Baseball Team. We discuss the story of how Sam and his co-author Ben Lindbergh, two self-acclaimed stat head nerds, were put…
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27E How well do performers recover from incidents of choking under pressure? An examination of some baseball data to determine which factors influence whether or there is lingering performance effect after a choke. Download link To See the Data, Figures & R Code from the Analysis Please Go To: https://perceptionaction.com/chokehangover Articles/links: http://www.baseball-reference.com/play-index/ From attentional control…
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