Degrees of Freedom, Skill Development, and Coaching

The first episode in a series looking at the contributions of Nikolai Bernstein to our understanding of motor control and motor learning. What were Bernstein's "problems? Is finding solutions to these problems really what effective coaching is all about?

Articles/Books:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Bernstein

Dexterity and Its Development

The Bernstein perspective: I. The problems of degrees of freedom and context-conditioned variability

Issues in the Theory of Action: Degrees of Freedom, Coordinative Structures and Coalitions

More information:

http://perceptionaction.com/

My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)

My ASU Web page

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