Making adjustments to a heavily practiced, well established skill can be one of the most difficult tasks required of an experienced athlete. Although there can be several situations in sport for which this is required (e.g., rule or/and equipment changes, advancement to a higher level of play), there are a dearth of empirical studies that have examined the processes underlying successful technique change. In this episode, I explore what is involved in: opening an athlete’s performance black box to get the new technique in place and then hiding the key so that it is resistant to the effects of pressure. 

Research confessions: Why aren’t practitioners reading our papers?

Links to articles discussed:

Switching tools: perceptual-motor recalibration to weight changes

Two methods for recommending bat weights

On the fragility of skilled performance: what governs choking under pressure?

Refining and regaining skills in fixation/diversification stage performers: the Five-A Model

A case study of technical change and rehabilitation: Intervention design and interdisciplinary team interaction

Sources, topics and use of knowledge by coaches

To What Extent do the Findings of Laboratory-Based Spatial Attention Research Apply to the Real-World Setting of Driving?

Tim Tebow video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=22&v=4deYMDDxC34

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Twitter: @Shakeywaits

Email: robgray@asu.edu

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

June & Jean Millington – One for Change

Lame Drivers – Change Your Mind

Junk Boys – No Change

Benji Cossa –Time for a Change

Farmertan  - Ugly Truth

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