Progress in Skill Acquisition Research

The podcast episode discusses the progress made in skill acquisition research and highlights the need for further advancements. The hosts review a paper by Mark Williams and Nicky Hodges that examines common practices in skill acquisition and challenges existing myths about practice design. While some progress has been made, such as the increasing popularity of constraint-based approaches, there is still work to be done. Skill acquisition specialists are recognized as important in support teams, but there is a lack of direct training programs for the profession. The episode emphasizes the importance of recognizing skill acquisition as a vital part of training and calls for partnerships between coaches and skill acquisition specialists for data-driven practice design.