All Episodes

586 – Common Misconceptions about Ecological Dynamics, a discussion with Steve Whelan

585 - An Ecological Dynamics Approach to Golf Practice-Upcoming Webinar, Will Stubbs, Zen Golf

584 – The Talent Thief. What if the way we train young athletes is stealing the very talent we are trying to develop? Ted Kroeten

583 – Applying Dynamical Systems Theory in Coaching, New Course Announcement

582– Gibson, The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception, Chap 11 – The Discovery of the Occluding Edge and Invalidation of Perception-Memory Distinction

581 – My NEW book: Emergent Cognition

580 – The Ways of Knowing – The 4P Model w. Pete Blair

579 – Gibson, The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception, Chap 10 – Motion in the World and Movement of the Self (JC 65)

578 – Marco Perazzo, New Jersey Martial Arts (NJMA)

577 – Enskilled Knowledge & Education of Attention, Carl Woods

576 – Gibson, The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception, Chaps 9 – Evidence for Direct Perception (JC 64)

575 – On Water Bags and Adapting to Variability, Load, and Pain

574 – Reflections from the Road: Questions to Ask When Trying to Design a Good Constraint

573 – Reflections from the Road: The Critical Importance of Having Movements that are Information Driven in Practice

572 – An Emergent Discussion with Martial Arts Coach Adam Singer

571 – My Coach Education Workshops & New Book

570 – Gibson, The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception, Chaps 8 - Affordances (JC 63)

569 – Gibson, The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception, Chaps 6-7 (JC 62)

568 – Representations with Andrew Wilson

567 – An Ecological Account of Previewing and Using Advance Information

566 – Gibson, The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception, Chaps 5 (JC 61)

565 – Gibson, The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception, Chaps 3-4 (JC 60)

564 – Ecological Cognition IV: Decision Making

563 – Gibson, The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception (JC 59)

562 – Ecological Cognition III: Radical Embodied Cognitive Science (part 1)

561 – An Ecological Dynamics Account of Flow in Sport

560 – Ecological Cognition II: Resonance

559 – Turvey, Lectures on Perception: An Ecological Perspective, Chapter 26 (JC58)

558 – The Ecological Approach to Cognition: An Introduction

557 – Turvey, Lectures on Perception: An Ecological Perspective, Chapters 24-25 (JC57)

556 – State of the Podcast

555 – Turvey, Lectures on Perception: An Ecological Perspective, Chapters 22-23 (JC56)

554– Turvey, Lectures on Perception: An Ecological Perspective, Chapters 20-21 (JC55)

553 – Motor Signatures & Action Types, Bertrand Théraulaz and Prashant Patel

552 – Turvey, Lectures on Perception: An Ecological Perspective, Chapters 17-19 (JC54)

551 – Turvey, Lectures on Perception: An Ecological Perspective, Chapters 15 and 16 (JC53)

550 – Books, books, and more books. Webinars, workshops, and responses to YouTube comments!

549 – Enhancing Skill in American Football, Shawn Myszka

548 – Focus of Attention, the Structure of Variability & Placebo Effects

547 – How Effective are Coaches at Designing and Adapting Practice in the CLA?

546 – How Do Nonlinear & Linear Training Influence the Quantity and Quality of Search for a Movement Solution

545 – Turvey, Lectures on Perception: An Ecological Perspective, Chapters 13 and 14 (JC52)

544 – My Next Book – The Advanced Ecological Approach to Skill Development: Getting More Out of the CLA

543 – Why Do We Lose Calibration of Perceptual-Motor Skill so Quickly and What Can We Do About It?

542 – Training to Maintain, Skill Retention & Decay

541 – Task Simplification, Simplexity & Further Evidence Against the Need for Fundamentals

540 – How Does Variability of Practice Influence Search?

539 – Turvey, Lectures on Perception: An Ecological Perspective, Chapters 11 and 12 (JC51)

538 – Turvey, Lectures on Perception: An Ecological Perspective, Chapters 9 and 10 (JC49)

537 – Representative Design & Sampling from the Competitive Environment

536 – The value of opposed and unopposed practice, Tom Parry

535 – Individual Differences in the Benefits of Linear and Non-Linear Pedagogy Approach to Skill Training

534 – Is the Distance Effect Found in Focus of Attention Research Spatial or Temporal?

533 – The Integrated Anatomy of Pitching, Randy Sullivan

532 – Turvey, Lectures on Perception: An Ecological Perspective, Chapters 7 and 8 (JC49)

531 – The Constraints Led Approach to Soccer Coaching, Simon Schröttle

530 – Turvey, Lectures on Perception: An Ecological Perspective, Chapters 5 and 6 (JC48)

529 – Turvey, Lectures on Perception: An Ecological Perspective, Chapters 3 and 4 (JC47)

528 – Assessing Progress in the Ecological Approach: The Method of Progessive Constraints

527 – Turvey, Lectures on Perception: An Ecological Perspective, Chapters 1 and 2 (JC46)

526 – Why are Balance Bikes More Effective for Learning to Ride than Bikes with Training Wheels? A Variability Analysis

525 – Variability of Practice & Education of Attention

524 - Is it better to give a specific performance outcome target or one based on perception of effort?

523 – Critical Fluctuations as an Early Warning Signal of Sports Injuries: Proof of Concept

522 – Variability of Practice – A Deeper Dive

521 – What's Up With Me & Where is the Podcast Headed?

520 – Okkulo - A Training System for Manipulating Visual Constraints in Sports (JC 45)

519 – Replicating Key Evidence for Prospective Control in Ball Catching

518 – The Effects of Concussion on Movement Coordination

517 – Still No Evidence for the Transfer of Generalized Perceptual-Cognitive Training to Sports Performance

516 – Do Averaged, Group Data Accurately Capture & Represent Individual Movements Solutions?

515 – Experience & Focus of Attention: Effect of Focus of Attention When Using the Dominant vs Non-Dominant Hand in MMA

514 – How Does an Athlete's Prior Coordination Solution Influence Learning a New One?

513 – My NEW Book is here: Learning to be an "Ecological" Coach

512 – Active Inference and the Control of Action

511 – Applying the Predictive Processing Theory of Action Control to Practice Design in Sports

510 – Self-Organization, The Great Unknown: Preview of the 2024 Baseball Skill Acquisition Summit

509 – A Call for More Clarity on How to Use the CLA: The 3 Questions Paper

508 – Liveliness in Training and the CLA, Interview w Pete Blair, Texas State University

507 - Nonlinear vs Linear Pedagogy for Police Training. What learners need vs. what they want

506 - Perceiving Higher Order Affordances in Sports & Fields of Safe Travel

505 – Synergies, Equilibrium Points & Fascia

504 – Is There An Optimal Amount of Practice Variability for Learning That Depends on Skill Level?

503 – An Ecological Approach to Police Defensive Tactics Training (JC44)

502 – A Framework for Using Virtual Reality (VR) in Sports, Luke Wilkins, LaTrobe University

501 – Kinesthetic Awareness Training to Support Skill Acquisition, Jo Shattuck PantherTec (JC43)

500 – Ask Me Anything (AMA)

499 – An Ecological Approach to Training Sword Martial Arts w Sean Franklin (JC42)

498 – Using a CLA to Encourage Exploration in Learning a Volleyball Serve

497 - "Throw Hard, Stay Healthy": Training to Increase Action Capacity in Baseball Pitchers W Ryan Crotin (JC41)

496 – Player Dynamics as a Measure of Skill

495 - An Ecological Approach to Submission Grappling/Jiu Jitsu Training w Greg Souders (JC40)

494 – Preventing Arm Injuries in Baseball Pitchers by Harnessing Variability In Training (JC 39)

493 – How Skill Shapes Functional Movement Variability& Exploration Tendencies

492 – An Ecological Approach to Physical Therapy, Rehab & Injury Prevention (JC38)

491 – Comparing Different Methods for Training the Action Capacity of Countermovement Jump (CMJ) Performance

490 – Understanding Sport Injury from a Dynamical Systems Approach

489 – Interview with Alex Sarama, Transforming Basketball

488- The Constraints-Led Approach (CLA) 2024

487 – Do the classic motor learning effects (eg focus of attention, choice) apply to experts?

486 – Functional Variability in the Cricket Bowling Delivery

485 – Coach Education Workshops, My New Book Coming Soon

484 – On the Value of a Skill Acquisition Specialist

483 – The Effects of the Yips on Muscle Synergies in Throwing

482 – The Coaching Eye – How Reliably can Expert Coaches Observe Movement?

481 – Why are Some Affordances More Inviting than Others?

480 – Ecological Approach to Rowing

479 – A CLA to Coaching Cricket Bowling: Task Manipulations

478 – Freezing and freeing of degrees of freedom in joint action learning

477 – Relationship Between the Yips and Motor Imagery Ability

476- Technique vs Skill

475- Exploring Coaches' Experiences in Adopting a Nonlinear Approach to Skill Development

474 – CLA to Swim Coaching, Andrew Sheaff

473 – New Research Addressing Some of the Limitations of the Focus of Attention Literature

472 – Is Premature Theorizing Hurting Skill Acquisition Research, Rajiv Ranganathan & Andrew Driska

471 – The Legacy of Michael Turvey

470 - Individual Differences in the Magnitude & Variability of Muscle Load With Repetitive Action

469 – On the Usefulness of the Concept of "Muscle Memory" in Skill Acquisition

468 – Representative Learning Design & The Ecological Approach to Transfer of Training

467 – Advice on Applying Ecological Dynamics in Coaching

466 – The Art & Science of Constraints-Based Coaching

465 – A Nonlinear Pedagogy Approach to Using Mental Imagery in Sports

464 – Preview of the 2023 Baseball Skill Acquisition Summit: Merging Physical Development & Baseball Skill

463 – Evidence Supporting the Ecological Approach to Skill Development

462 - Movement as Problem Solving

461 – Do Enhanced Expectations Help Us Under Pressure?

460 – How Much Progress Have We Made in Skill Acquisition and Where Do We Need to Go?

459 – An Applied Model for Using Variability in Practice

458 – Variability of Practice and Injury Risk

457 - Functional variability in the volleyball attack developed via the CLA

456 – The Myth of Contextual Interference & the Variability of Practice Effect?

455 – Do We Really Need to Learn The "Fundamentals" of a Skill Through Decomposition and Repetition First?

454 – How to Coach – An Integrated Framework

453 – On the Coach's Role in the CLA

452 – WTF is an Uncontrolled Manifold?! Andrew Wilson

451 – Coach Journeys: Drew Dunlop, Building a Basketball Laboratory

450 – Coach Journeys: Scott Sievewright, Finding Authenticity in an Ecological Approach to MMA

449 – Coach Journeys: Marianne Davies, Exploring the Ecological Approach from Horses to Rivers to Mountains

448 – Our New Book: CLA to Baseball Coaching, Randy Sullivan

447 – Kicking Against Walls and Decision Making in Practice

446 – Learning to Do it "Right" by Practicing Doing it "Wrong"

445 – Coach Journeys: Wes Goodman, Biomechanics from the Lab to the Gym

444 – Coach Journeys: Kasey Crider, Finding Congruence with an Ecological Approach

443 – Sh*t About Movement You Should Know!, Tracy Hayes

442 – An Ecological Dynamics Approach to Measuring and Developing Collective Behavior, Job Fransen

441 – Knowing, Wayfinding, Corresponding & Guiding On and Off the Sports Field; Carl Woods

440 – Coach Journeys: Greg Souders, Standard Jiu-Jitsu

439 – The Tyranny of Talent, Joe Baker

438 – Applying Ecological Dynamics to Physical Therapy, Martijn Lips & William Spinhoven

437– Training Visual Capabilities in Sport, Zoe Wimshurst

436 – Coach Journeys: Craig Morris, Embracing Not-Knowing

435 – Perceiving the Affordances of Others

434 – Coach Journeys: Martijn Nijhoff, Dutch Baseball

433 – How Does Motivation Fit in an Ecological Approach to Skill?

432 – Applying the CLA to Coach Development, Matt Wood

431 – My NEW book is here, Learning to Optimize Movement: Harnessing the Power of the Athlete-Environment Relationship

430 – News and Notes

429 – How Should We Be Varying Information in Practice? Does it HAVE to be Specifying?

428 - On Planning, Adapting & Co-Designing Practice

427 – Letting the Body Find its Way: On the Role of Attention in Skilled Movement

426 – On Specificity, Representative Design & Whether the Game is Always the Best Teacher

425 – Kinematic Sequencing: Variability in the Kinetic Chain?

424 – Action Capacity vs Skill: Training to Expand the Field of Affordances

423 – Implicit Training to Reduce Injury Risk, Eline Nijmeijer and Anne Benjaminse

422– Learning Multiple Movements in Parallel

421 – Intro to Ecological Psychology, Julia Blau and Jeff Wagman

420 – Creativity & Motor Skills, Skill Acquisition Summit 22

419 – The Effect of Different S&C Training Methods on Reducing Risk for Knee Injury

418 - Linking Movement Analysis, S&C and Skill Training

417 – Practice Activity Analysis, Karl Marius Aksum

416 – The Development of Motor Synergies & the Influence of Constraints

415 – Hysteresis in Movement Coordination

414 – An Ecological Approach to the Quiet Eye, Ben Franks

413 – Perceiving Affordances of Sports Equipment: Implications for Design & Fitting

412 – A Theoretical Framework for Describing Movement Variability

411 – How do Instructions Shape Search for a Movement Solution

410 – Combined Effects of Variability and Errors in Practice Design

409 – Social & Cultural Constraints in Skill Development, James Vaughn

408– Prescription, Focus of Attention Instructions & Movement Variability

407 – An Ecological Approach to Hockey Goaltending Practice Design

406 – An Ecological Approach to Deception in Sports

405 – Ecological Approach to Practice Design in American Football

404 – Training Anticipation with Eye Movement Sonification

403 – Manipulating Ball Weight as a Constraint in Practice

402 – Regulating Motor Redundancy in Throwing

401 – Using Blur to Train Perceptual-Motor Skills

400 – JC #37: Skill Acquisition Theory & Coaching

399 – Predicting Individual Differences in Motor Learning

398 – Decision Making IV: Debating Ecological vs Information Processing Approaches

397 – Reorganization of Action from Changing Task Constraints

396 – The Science of the Racer's Brain

395 – Key Principles of the Ecological Approach to Skill

394 – Models of Motor Learning

393 – Reconciling Differential Learning and External Focus of Attention Findings

392 – What is the Role of "Memory" in the Ecological Approach to Skill?

391 – Are "Advance Cues" Used for Predictive or Prospective Control?

390 – Movement & Skill Acquisition Ireland Webinar Series 2022

389 – Interview with Todd Hargrove, Playing with Movement, The Feldenkrais Method

388 – An Extended Challenge Point Framework for Practice Design

387 – Task Specific Devices & Soft Assemblies

386 – Decision Making III: Emergent, Mental Model Driven or Both?

385 – A 10 Commandments for an Ecological Approach to Skill

384– Learning to Move with Pain: Affordances & Constraints

383 – Why I Switched Sides to the Ecological Approach

382– Online vs Offline Information VS Direct vs Indirect Perception

381– An Ecological Approach to Volleyball Coaching & Practice Design

380 – Interview with Brian Bushway & Tom Izdebski from Acoustic Athletics, Learning to Use Auditory Information in Sports

379 – Journal Club #36: Making Isolated, At-Home Training More Representative

378 – Achieving Balance (and Integration?) in Skill Acquisition Research & Theory

377 – Nonlinear Pedagogy Revisited

376 – Why Ecological PLUS Dynamics? What is Metastable Attunement?

375 – Journal Club #35: Pursuing Further Education in Skill Acquisition for Coaches & Practitioners

374 – My Book is Here! How We Learn to Move: A Revolution in the Way We Coach & Practice Sports Skills

373 – Journal Club #34: An Ecological Approach to the Use of Film/Video Analysis in Coaching

372 – An Ecological Approach to Basketball Practice Design and Coaching

371 – Interview with Andrew Wilson, The Ecological Learning Lab

370 - Analogy Instructions & Movement Coordination, Skill Acquisition Summit Preview

369 – Journal Club #33: An Ecological Approach to Martial Arts and MMA

368 – Article Review: Do self-organization training methods better promote creativity?

367 – Journal Club #32: Exploring Ecological Dynamics

366 – Article Review: Balancing the Demands of Learning and Performance in Sports

365 – Article Review: Does More Representative Practice Design Lead to Better Transfer of Training?

364 – Article Review: The Role of Movement Variability in Movement Accuracy

363 – Article Review: Choosing the Optimal Task Difficulty for Training

362 – Smart Perceptual Mechanisms & Training an Athlete to "See Through the Matrix"

361 – Self Organization & Self-Regulation in Skill Acquisition: Clarifying Some Confusions

360 – Biotensegrity

359 – Habit vs Skill II: Being Fast and Adaptable

358 - Article Review: Interoceptive Attention & Adaptation to Individual Constraints

357 - Article Review: Does the structure and amount of variability in practice matter?

356 – Article Review: How do Changes in Informational Constraints Influence Movement Variability?

355 – Article Review: How Does Movement Coordination Change with Increased Effort?

354 – Article Review: Does Practice Representativeness Effect Perceptual-Motor Calibration?

353 – Article Review: Variability of Practice as an Injury Prevention Mechanism

352 – Top Research Articles of 2021 (So Far)

351 – Perceptual-Motor Styles

350 – Movement Sonification to Aid Motor Learning

349 – Movement Reversals & what they tell us about Motor Control

348 – The Color of Noise in Motor Control

347 - Journal Club #31: Using Observation and Imagery in Coaching

346 – How Do Action Capabilities Constrain Affordance Perception & Decision Making

345 - Journal Club #30: An Ecological Approach to Youth Sports Coaching & Physical Education

344 – Co-Adaptation: How Can Pitchers Exploit the Perceptual-Motor Strategies used by Hitters?

343 – Journal Club #29: Exploring the Ecological Approach to Skill Acquisition

342 – A Constraints-Based, Grand Unifying Theory of Sports Performance

341 – Interview with Ollie Runswick, King's College, Anticipation, Adding Context to Practice, Video Feedback

340 – Educating a Coach's Attention & the Use of Diagnostic Constraints

339 - Journal Club #28: Ingold's "Perception of the Environment" Part I

338 - Journal Club #27: Positively Advancing the Coaching Science Discussion in 2021

337 – An Ecological, Enactive Account of the Use of Mental Imagery in Sports

336 – Strong Anticipation: Coordinating with the Future without Predicting It

335 – Skilled Intentionality

334 – Interview with Dan Peterson & Len Zaichkowsky, The Playmaker's Decisions

333 – Journal Club #26: Using Verbal Instructions in Coaching

332 - Journal Club #25: Translating Theory into Coaching Practice

331 - Journal Club #24: Talent Development & How Elite Athletes are Made

330 – Interview with Bill Warren, Brown, The Ecological Approach to Perception-Action

329 - Journal Club #22: Designing Practice Warm-Up

328 – Interview with Frans Bosch, Movement Analysis in Sport

327 – Interview with Sian Beilock, Barnard, Building a Toolbox for Performing Under Pressure

326 – Revisiting "Automaticity" & Its Relevance to Skilled Performance

325 - Journal Club #21: Fundamental Movement Skills

324 – An Ecological Approach to Sports Injury Prevention & Adaptation (Not Recovery)

323 - The Role of Movement Efficiency & Economy in Motor Learning: A Constraints-Based Framework

322 – Overspeed Perception & Decision Making Training

321 – Differential Learning III: Clarifying Methodology, Acute Training Effects & Brain Activity

320 – Using a Constraints Led Approach to Develop Tactical Skill

319 – Instruction, Feedback and the Promotion of Self-Organization

318 – My Recent Skill Acquisition Studies

317 – Interview with Kevin Becker, TWU, Focus of Attention & Holistic Cueing

316 – Machine Learning for Understanding Motor Learning

315 – Interview with Christian Vater, Bern, Using Peripheral Vision in Sports, Gaze Training

314 – Knowing Your Opponent: Deception & an Ecological View on Using Probability Information

313 – Do Explicit Strategies for Altering Technique Interfere with Implicit Motor Learning?

312 – Adding Variability, Execution Redundancy & "Essential Noise" to Practice with Equipment Modifications

311– Individual Differences & Intrinsic Dynamics: Why Do Some Performers Self-Organize Better Than Others?

310 – Developing Adaptable Performers: Training in Regions of Metastability

309 - Journal Club #20: Sport Practitioners as Sport Ecology Designers

308 – Interview with Paula Silva, Cincinnati, Anti-fragility, Movement Adaptability, Dynamic Touch

307- Using Biomechanical Analyses to Reduce Injury & Improve Performance

306 – Interview with Matt Dicks. Portsmouth, Perception-Action Coupling, Exploring to Learn, Affordances

305- Journal Club #16: What are "normal movements" in atypical populations?

304 – Interview with Wolfgang Schollhorn, Mainz, Differential Learning

303 - New Remote Motor Learning Technology

302 – Interview with John van der Kamp, VU, Implicit Learning, Ventral vs Dorsal Stream, Movement Creativity

301- Journal Club #14: Deliberate Practice

300 - Evolution of My Ideas: How I Self-organized towards Self-Organization

199 – Interview with Kate Wilmut, Oxford Brookes, Perceptual-Motor Control in DCD, Embodied Perception vs Action

198- Journal Club #13: Affordances

197 - Journal Club #12: Talent ID & Selection

196 – Interview with James Rudd, LJMU, An Ecological Dynamics Approach to Improving Physical Literacy & Movement Skills in PE

195 – Interview with Jia Yi Chow, NTU Singapore, Nonlinear Pedagogy

194 - Journal Club #11: Prospective Control

193 – Interview with Ben Cohen, WSJ, The Hot Hand: The Mystery & Science of Streaks

192- Journal Club #10: VR Training

191- Journal Club #9: Skill Acquisition Summit Roundtable

190 - Prescriptive Instruction vs Self Organization: Comparative Research & Playing Both Sides

189 - Journal Club #8: Focus of Attention and Proprioceptive Information

188 - Journal Club #7: Focus of Attention and Cueing in Injury Rehabilitation

187 – Interview with Joan Ryan, Intangibles: Unlocking the Science & Soul of Team Chemistry

186 - Journal Club #6 – General vs Specific Training & "Learning to Learn to Move"

185 – Freezing Degrees of Freedom as an Early Movement Solution

184 - Journal Club #5: Bringing Representative Learning Design to Home Training

183 – Interview with Greg Appelbaum, Duke University, Sports Vision Testing and Training, Brain & Behavior

182 - Journal Club #4: Ecological Cognition & Sports Decision Making

181 – Interview with Fabian Otte, Cologne, Applying the Periodization of Skill Training Framework

180 – Interview with Nick Winkelman, Irish Rugby, The Language of Coaching: The Art & Science of Teaching Movement

179 - Journal Club #3: Pitch Information & the Regulation of Baseball Swing Timing

178 – Interview with Chris Button, Otago, 2nd Ed of Dynamics of Skill Acquisition, Applying Ecological Dynamics to Water Safety

177 - Journal Club #2 - Attractor Stability & Adaptation to Constraints

176 – Journal Club #1: Equipment Scaling & Functional Variability

175 – What is the Role of Eye Dominance in Skilled Motor Action?

174 – Technique Change II: Proactive Interference, Constraints & Individual Differences

173 – Practice Design to Improve Emergent Decision Making

172 – Game-Based Approaches to Coaching

171 – Coordination, Control & Skill: A Three Stage Model of Motor Learning

170 – Interview with Shawn Eagle, Pittsburgh, A Perception-Action Coupling Approach to Sport Concussion

169 - Going Blind: Are there Benefits to Training without Vision?

168 – Periodization of Skill Acquisition

167 – New Research on Generalized Perceptual-Cognitive Training

166 - Exploratory Search for Information, Affordances & Action Selection

165 – Adaptive Training to Promote Motor Learning

164 – Constraining Vision to Educate Attention & Promote Skill Acquisition

163 – The Constraints-Led Approach to Coaching IV: Why do we "Constrain"?

162 – Differential Learning II: Contextual Interference vs Stochastic Resonance

161 - Practicing with a Partner: Matched or Mismatched

160 – Visuomotor Calibration & Frames of Reference

159 – What is an Optimal Movement Pattern?

158 – Motor Learning as a Search within Perceptual-Motor Workspace

157 – Coordinative Structures in Skilled Performance

156 – How Consistently Do We Need to Move to Be Consistently Successful?

155 - How Soon Should you Give Performance Feedback?

154 – How is Peripheral Vision Used in Sports? Gaze Anchors & Pivot Points

153 - Are we demanding enough of athletes in practice?

152 - Learning New Movement Patterns: Specificity vs Variability

151 –The Equilibrium Point Hypothesis of Motor Control

150 – New Motor Learning Neuroscience Research

149 - How Does Noise Shape Motor Learning?

148 - On Becoming Skillful: A Dynamical Systems Approach

147 - New Constraints Led Approach (CLA) Research

146 –Effects of Analogy, Explicit Instruction & Attentional Cues on Performance

145 – Incidental Training, Goal Babbling & Motor Exploration

144 – An Ecological Dynamics Assessment of Perceptual-Cognitive & VR Training in Sport

143 – Naturalistic, Recognition-Primed Decision Making

142 – Affordance Based Control

141 - Demonstration & Imitation as Rate Enhancers in Skill Acquisition

140 – An Ecological Approach to Visual Anticipation in Sports

139 - Improving Performance by Amplifying Errors

138 – Alternative Ways to Cue & Provide Feedback

137 – The Yips

136 - Talent Equation Podcast Panel - Applying Theory to Coaching

135 – The Problem of Motor Redundancy vs the Bliss of Motor Abundance

134 – Are there General Perceptual-Motor Abilities? Should we be Testing & Training Them?

133 – New Representative Design Research

132 – Simple vs Complex Motor Skills: Do Training Principles Generalize?

131 – How Should we Space Training to Optimize Skill Acquisition?

130 – Designing Affective Practice II: Emotion as a Constraint, Role of a Coaches' Emotions

129 – The Legacy of Paul Fitts II: A Three Stage Model of Motor Learning

128 – Affordances & Momentum, Value of Unstructured Practice

127 – The Legacy of Paul Fitts I: Fitts' Law & the Speed-Accuracy Tradeoff

126 – Guiding Movement by Coupling Taus

125 – The Legacy of James J Gibson III: The Ecological Approach, Research & Challenges

124 – The Legacy of James J Gibson II: The Theory of Affordances & Its Application to Sports

123 – The Legacy of James J Gibson I: Invariants & Direct Perception

122 – Reflections on the FBR Summit: Putting Self Organization into Practice

121 - How Much Variability in Practice & When? Does Water Immersion Enhance Motor Learning?

120 – Perceptual-Motor Calibration

119 – Interview with Jeff Fairbrother, Tennessse, Motor Learning, Feedback, Focus of Attention

118 – Interview with Paul Venner, Dutch Baseball, Variability & Constraints in Movement, S&C

117 – Shared Mental Models vs Shared Affordances in Team Coordination

116 – New Research on Implicit Learning: Is it a More Effective Way to Acquire New Skills?

115 – Interview with Randy Sullivan, Florida Baseball Ranch, Skill Acquisition Summit

114 – Interview with Israel Halperin, Skill Acquisition Training & Research, Cueing, Combat Sports

113 – Online vs Internal, Model-Based Control of Action

112 - Interview with Len Zaichkowsky & Dan Peterson, The Playmaker's Advantage

111 – When Should a Coach Abandon a Practice Activity and Try Something Else?

110 – Donor Sports & the Value of Non Sport Specific Practice

109 – Habit vs Skill: Which Should We Attempt to Develop in Performers?

108 – Does Brain Stimulation Enhance Acquisition, Performance and Retention of Sports Skills?

107 – Interview with Mike Studer, President NWRA, Applying motor learning principles to rehabilitation

106 – Does Neurofeedback Training Improve Sports Performance?

105 – How Difficult Should Practice Be? The Challenge Point Hypothesis

104 – Practicing with Intent: The Role of Intention in Action

103 – Interview with Rajiv Ranganthan, MSU, Motor Learning, Variability & Coordination

102 – Modified Perceptual Training, Proactive & Reactive Motor Inhibition

101 – Brain Dynamics & Psychomotor Efficiency, Effect of Culture on Movement

100 – The Why, What, How & When of Movement Variability

99 – Interview with Shawn Myszka, Sport Movement Skill Conference, Ecological Dynamics

98 – Interview with Movement & Skill Acquisition Ireland, Constraints Based Coaching

97 – Interview with Mark O'Sullivan, AIK, Affordances, Practice Design & Talent Development

96 – Can Assisted Movement Facilitate Skill Acquisition?

95 – The Legacy of Nikolai Bernstein III: "Repetition without Repetition" & Beyond

94 – The Legacy of Nikolai Bernstein II: Skill Acquisition through Free(z)ing Degrees of Freedom

93 – The Legacy of Nikolai Bernstein I: Problems in Movement Coordination

92 – Differential Learning

91 – Variability of Practice Revisited

90 – Interview with Leah Robinson, Michigan, Fundamental Movement Skills

89 – The Constraints-Led Approach to Coaching III: Evaluating its Effectiveness

88 – The Constraints-Led Approach to Coaching II: Dynamics & Representative Design

87 – The Constraints-Led Approach to Coaching I: What are Constraints?

86 – Interview with Brian McCormick, Talent Development & Practice Design in Basketball

85 – Interview with Dave Mann, Vrije University, Vision & Gaze Behavior in Sports

84 – Time Scales in Motor Learning

83 – Vision & Gaze Behavior in Baseball Batting

82 - Movement Instruction, Knowledge & Description

81 – Interview with Tim Buszard, ISEAL, Scaling Equipment, WMC, Contextual Interference

80 – Interview with Gaby Wulf & Rebecca Lewthwaite, OPTIMAL Theory of Motor Learning

79 – Designing Affective Practice I: Using Pressure to Aid Motor Learning

78 – New Research on Changing Movement Patterns

77 – Achieving & Assessing Transfer in Sport Training

76 – Interview with Mark Williams, Utah, Talent ID and Development

75 – Attentional Theories of Choking Under Pressure Revisited II: Integrative Theories

74 – Interview with Sam Vine, Exeter, Quiet Eye, Pressure, VR Training

73 – Attentional Theories of Choking Under Pressure Revisited I: Critiques

72 – Interview with Edward Coughlan, CIT, Skill Acquisition & Deliberate Practice

Skill Acquisition AZ (SAAZ) 2017 Meeting Announcement

71 – Virtual Environments for Training & Understanding Sports Skills III: Altering Reality for Research

70 – Interview with Anne Benjaminse, Groningen, Attentional Focus in Injury Prevention & Recovery

69 – Virtual Environments for Training & Understanding Sports Skills II: Evaluating the Evidence

68 – Interview with Emma Mosley, Southampton Solent, Emotional Intelligence, HRV & Pressure

67 – Virtual Environments for Training & Understanding Sports Skills I: Why, How and When?

66 – Interview with Gerard Jones, Bristol Rovers FC, Coaching to Develop Decision Making

65 – Body Awareness, Kinaesthetic Sensitivity & Proprioceptive Training

64 – Intermittent Vision: How Much Do We Need to Be Able to See To Act?

63 – Innovative Video Feedback, Affordances for Movement & Team Coordination

62 – Interview with Stephanie Rossit, East Anglia, How the Brain Supports Perception & Action

61 – Interview with Damian Farrow, Victoria University/AIS, Practice Design

60 – Interview with Jenelle Gilbert, CSU Fresno, Mental Skills Training

59 – Interview with Bruce Hoyer, MMA Coach, Next Edge Academy

58 – Flow & Psychological Momentum

57 – Interview with John Kiely, UCLAN, Rethinking the Stress Process & Periodization

56 – Variability & Motor Learning, Attentional Training, Explicit Instructions & Skill Transfer

55 – Interview with Harri Mannonen, Finland, Basketball as a Complex System

54 – Perceptual Learning III: Application to Sports

53 – Perceptual Learning II – Direct Learning

52 – Perceptual Learning I: Introduction

51 – Rule Changes to Make Sports More Exciting

50 – Structure of Motor Variability & Learning Rate, Facebook & Anxiety, Child vs Adult Motor Learning

49 – Interview with Danny Newcombe, Oxford Brookes University, CLA & Coaching

48 – Interview with Diane Ste-Marie, University of Ottawa, Observational Learning & Feedback

47 – Interview with Dave Collins, Institute of Coaching & Performance, UCLAN

46 – Self Talk & Mantras in Sport

45 – Soccer Illusions, Detecting Opponents with Sound & Training with Mirrors

44 –Social Facilitation of Performance & The 1st Sports Psych Experiment

43 – P&A Court II: Low vs High Variability in Motor Control & Learning

42 – Top 5 Sport Psychology Stories of 2016

41 – Motion in Depth Blindness & Visual Channels

40B – Report from Sports Biometrics Conference

40A – Anxiety & Performance: Planning Actions, Motor Learning and Holistic Goals

40 – P&A Court I: Monocular vs Binocular Vision

39B – Specificity vs Variability in Training/My Ultra Update

39A – Halloween Special II: Effects of Fear on Perception & Performance

39 – Perceptual-Motor Development II: Ecological Approach

38A – Interview with Andrew Wilson, Leeds Beckett, Ecological Approach

38 – Perceptual-Motor Development I: Traditional Approaches

37D - Sciencing My Way Through Ultrarunning: Intro

37C – Interview with Kylie Steel, Western Sydney, Applying Biological Motion

37B – Sports Science Shorts: Stereotype Threat & Performance

37A – Interview with Joe Baker, York, Talent ID & Development

37 – UAVs, Drones & Helicopters/Inhibiting Actions in Sports

36C – Interview with Costas Karageorghis, Brunel, Applying Music in Sport

36B – Ringside Feedback in Boxing, Action Capabilities & Perceived Location

36A – Interview with Amit Katwala, Applying Neuroscience to Sports

36 – Aviation Instruments & Automation/Causal Mechanisms of the Quiet Eye

35C – Sports Science Shorts: Reversal of the Relative Age Effect

35B – Effects of Increasing Contextual Interference & Augmented Audio Feedback on Motor Learning

35A - Sport Science Shorts: Review of "The Arm", Injury Prevention & Recovery

35 – Flight Simulation & Training/Part vs Whole Practice

34B - Adventures in Analytics: Intro to Bayes Theorem & Fantasy Football

34A – Report from Sports Expertise Workshop

34 – Plane Crash Analysis/Famous Sporting Errors

33 – Information Processing in Aviation /Self-Controlled Feedback in Sports

32 – Spatial Disorientation in Aviation/Ironic Effects of Pressure in Pitching

31 –Visual Perception in Aviation/ Manipulating Spatial & Temporal Constraints in Practice

30 –Driver Training & Testing/What is the Greatest Sports Record?

29 –Risk Perception & Tolerance in Driving/Glare & Sports

28B - Sport Science Shorts: Soccer Penalty Kicks

28A – Interview with Sam Miller, Baseball Prospectus, Putting Analytics into Practice

28 – Older and Younger Drivers/Guiding an Athlete's Attention

27E - Adventures in Analytics: Spieth's Future and the Choking Hangover

27D – Interview with Anders Ericsson, FSU, The New Science of Expertise

27C – Effects of Mental Fatigue on Attention & Decision Making in Sports

27B - Sport Science Shorts: Augmented Reality in Sports Broadcasting

27A – Interview with Mark Anshell, MTSU, In Praise of Failure

27 – Driver Warnings/Tunnel Vision in Sports

26E - Sport Science Shorts: Psychology Strikes Out!

26D – Interview with Peter Fadde, SIU, Sports Training and VR

26C –Talent ID Using Perceptual-Motor Assessments/ Sensorimotor Rhythm Feedback for Training

26B – Adventures in Analytics: Pitching Entropy/100th Episode

26A– Interview with Denise Hill, University of Portsmouth, Choking Under Pressure

26 – Driver Assistance Systems & Automated Vehicles/Designing Effective Sports Training

25E - Adventures in Analytics: Handedness & Batting Stance

25D– Interview with Jordan Muraskin, deCervo, Brain Recording & Sports

25C – Using Fractions to Save Soccer Balls/Gymnastics Movement Feedback

25B - Sport Science Shorts: Why Can't We Perceive Acceleration & Does it Matter?

25A– Interview with Sam Sommers, Tufts University, This is Your Brain on Sports

25 – Driver Distraction /Bringing Sports into the Lab

24E - Sport Science Shorts: Nonverbal Communication

24D– Interview with Dan McGehee, University of Iowa

24C – A Constraints-Led Approach to the Quiet Eye, Gaze Training in Beach Volleyball

24B - Sport Science Shorts: Bobbing, Weaving & Deceptive Actions

24A– Interview with Natasha Merat, ITS, University of Leeds

24 – Attention & Memory in Driving/Tactical Creativity in Sports

23E- Sport Science Shorts: Color Blindness in Athletes & Fans

23D– Interview with Nick Reed, Transport Research Lab

23C – Letting it Happen vs Making it Happen/Challenging the Truths of Motor Learning

23B - Sport Science Shorts: Transfer from Cricket to Baseball

23A– Interview with Keith Lohse, Auburn, Motor Learning & Rehabilitation

23 – Gap Acceptance in Driving/Pain Perception in Athletes

22E- Sport Science Shorts: Lumosity & the Future of Brain Training in Sport

22D – Interview with Cathy Craig, QUB, Understanding & Improving Movement

22C – Tactical Knowledge in Soccer, How Similar are Throwing & Serving?

22B - Sport Science Shorts: Perceptual-Motor Control in Cycling

22A – Interview with Nancy Cooke, ASU, Team performance

22 – Braking & Steering/Knuckleballs

21E - Sport Science Shorts: A Ball By Any Other Color

21D – Interview with Noel Rousseau, PGA golf professional and coach

21C – Does 3D MOT training transfer to sport? How good are airport baggage screeners?

21B – Sport Science Shorts: Skill Acquisition in the Movies, the Award goes to

21A – Interview with Amy Whitehead, LJMU, Think Aloud Protocols, Decision Making in Sport

21 – Visual Perception in Driving/Heuristics & Decision Making in Sports

20E- Sport Science Shorts: Unorthodox Technique

20D – Interview with Stuart Armstrong, Player Pathways Manager with the Rugby Football Union

20C – The Ecological Approach to Perception-Action & Implications for Skill Acquisition

20B - Sport Science Shorts: Let's Talk about Sex & Sports

20A – Interview with Barbara Barclay, President, Right Eye

20 – Imagery & Observational Learning

19E - Sport Science Shorts: Some Super Football Science

19D – Interview with Michael Grey, University of Birmingham, Motor Neuroscience, Neuroplasticity & Concussions

19C – Are We Color Blind When Performing an Action? Can Collision Detection Be Trained?

19B - Sport Science Shorts: Review of This is Your Brain on Sports: Beating Blocks, Slumps & Performance Anxiety

19A – Interview with Jennifer Cumming, University of Birmingham, Imagery and Mental Skills Training

19 – Consolidation & Interference Between Training Sessions

18E –Sports Science Shorts: Schema Theory, the Motor Program & Contributions of Richard Schmidt

18D – Interview with Duarte Araujo, University of Lisbon, Portugal, Ecological Dynamics in Sport

18C – Does Aerobic Exercise Improve Motor Learning, Designing Practice to Promote Transfer

18B –Sports Science Shorts: Choking Under Pressure Q&A

18A – Interview with Mark Upton, Coaching Science Manger, English Institute of Sport

18 – Performance Feedback

17A – New Year's Resolutions, Do Clutch Athletes Really Exist?

17 – Getting Deliberate About Practice & The 10K Hour Rule

16B –Live Skill Acquisition Discussion with Shawn Myszka

16A - Xmas Special: Bad Gifts, Slipping on Ice, The Problem with Fruit Cake

16 – Implicit Learning & Learning By Analogy

15D - Sports Science Shorts: Top 5 Sport Psychology Stories of 2015

15C – Interview with Josh Miller. Have We Been Wrong About the Hot Hand Effect for 30 Years?

15B - Are Goalkeepers Gambling in Penalty Shoot Outs, Feeling the Wind in Sailing

15A - Sports Science Shorts: Perception through the Eyes of the Fan. Is Watching Sports a Skill That Improves with Practice?

15– Live from the Grand Canyon! Perception in Hiking & Climbing

14D - Sports Science Shorts: Are Running & Finishing a Marathon the Same?

14C – Interview with Keith Davids, Sheffield Hallam University, Constraints-Led Approach to Skill Acquisition

14B - On the Advantage of Being a Lefty in Sports, Cooperating with Automated Cars

14A - Sports Science Shorts: Review of See to Play, The Eyes of Elite Athletes

14 –Technique Change

13D - Sports Science Shorts: The Effect of Cold Weather on Sports Performance

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13C – Interview with Shawn Myszka, Movement Mastery, NFL Skills Trainer

13B - Sports Science Shorts: My Head Training Journey Part 2

13A - Halloween Special: Superstitious Rituals in Sports

13 –Dealing with Sports Injuries

12D – Sports Science Shorts: 25 Years of Dynavision, a Case Study in Vision Training in Sports

12C – Interview with Alana D'Andrade, Fitlight Sport Corporation

12B - Everybody Sees Better after Kung Fu Fighting, The Danger of Watching Novices

12A - Sports Science Shorts: Icing the Kicker, The Effect of Waiting on High Pressure Performance

12 –Hot Hands, Cold Hands & Performance Streaks

11D - Sports Science Shorts: My Head Training Journey

11C – Interview with Robert Gronbeck, Perceptual-Cognitive Sports Trainer & Coach

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

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

11 –Performing & Choking Under Pressure

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

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

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

10 - Skill Retention and Transferring to a New Sport

9B - Sports Science Shorts: Serena's Choke? Auburn's Virtually Awful QB

9A - Catching the Perfect Wave, You've Got Distraction!

9 - Off the Learning Curve - Measuring Skill Acquisition

8A - Sports Technology Evils, Police Chase Pressure

8- How Do We Become an Expert? Intro to Skill Acquisition

7A – Is Listening to Heavy Metal Music Bad For You?

7 – What Should an Athlete Pay Attention To?

6A – Motion Sickness, Anticipation Neurons

6 – Embodied Perception in Sport

5A – Choking in Golf, Return Trips

5 –Vision in Hitting and Catching

4 – Anticipation in Sports

3 – Eye Movements in Sports

2 - Vision Training Programs

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