News: Listener picks for articles to review including more research on the effect of variability on motor learning, attention training to reduce the effects of stress on performance and the effect of explicit instructions.

Articles:

High variability impairs motor learning regardless of whether it affects task performance

The effects of attention training techniques on stress and performance in sports The Effect of Variability of Practice at Execution Redundancy Level in Skilled and Novice Basketball Players Explicit instruction of rules interferes with visuomotor skill transfer

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

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Findings: Little benefit from execution variability

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