19 – Consolidation & Interference Between Training Sessions

What processes occur during the times when an athlete is not on the field or court, that is there off-time between practices and competitions.  How important are these rest periods for learning sports skills?  Does it matter what an athlete does during these periods?  Could doing something like playing video games possibly interfere with the gains made during practice?   Links to articles discussed: Leg muscle recruitment during cycling is less developed in triathletes than cyclists despite matched cycling training loads Practice With Sleep Makes Perfect: Sleep-Dependent Motor Skill Learning The restorative effect of naps on perceptual deterioration Experience-dependent changes in cerebral activation during human REM sleep Watch and Learn: Seeing Is Better than Doing when Acquiring Consecutive Motor Tasks Do action video games improve perception and cognition? Action-Video-Game Experience Alters the Spatial Resolution of Vision   More information: http://www.perceptionactionpodcast.libsyn.com/ My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles) My ASU Web page Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc) Email: [email protected] Twitter: @ShakeyWaits   Credits: The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action Thomas Allen – Rest Until I Die Grumsling – Down Time Silence is Sexy – The Science of Sleep Auto Bonfire – I Sleep Fine Screaming Mirror – The Observer Saucy Jack – Beat You at Your Own Game   via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com