4 – Anticipation in Sports

How do great athletes seem to know what is going to happen next?  What information to they use to predict the next serve will be cross court instead of down the line, how does a baseball batter know the next pitch will be a fastball, and how does an NFL quarterback know the defense will blitz? Can these abilities be improved through training? In this episode I explore the topic of anticipation in sports.  What Grinds My Gears: Conference false advertising and fishing in movement science experiments   Temporal occlusion video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8idV0V1Is8    Links to articles discussed: Anticipation in squash: differences in advance cue utilization between expert and novice players Can the anticipatory skills of experts be learned by novices? Anticipation skill in a real-world task: measurement, training, and transfer in tennis Behavior of college baseball players in a virtual batting task A model of motor inhibition for a complex skill: baseball batting Expert anticipatory skill in striking sports: a review and a model The Moneyball Problem: What is the best way to present situational statistics to an athlete? On the continuing problem of inappropriate learning measures: Comment on Wulf et al. (2014) and Wulf et al. (2015)   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) Twitter: @Shakeywaits Email: [email protected]   Credits: The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action The Body Breaks – Devendra Banhart I Can See the Future - Eleni Mandell  I Can See the Future - Lo Fi Is Sci Fi Reigning Sound – Straight Shooter   via freemusicarchive.org