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The Perception & Action Podcast

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

Oct 25, 2022
57:35
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Exploring the connection between action capacity and skill in baseball, the concept of affordances in training, how affordances in the environment can conflict with practice design, the influence of physical environment and sensory information on affordances, analyzing the force behind Rampage's punch, the relationship between action capacity and skill development, and the importance of connecting action capacity with practice design.
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Quick takeaways

  • Action capacity and skills are interconnected and should be developed together to enhance performance.
  • Training to increase action capacity should involve variability, overload, and perturbations.

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The Difference Between Action Capacity and Skill

Action capacity refers to physical or psychological abilities that influence the field of affordances for a given task, while skills involve using information from the environment to find and execute a movement solution. Increasing action capacity can lead to more invitations or opportunities for action. Developing action capacities should focus on principles of force and speed generation rather than an ideal technique.

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