This podcast explores the Constraints-Led Approach to Coaching, discussing principles such as representative design, perception-action loop, and ecological dynamics. It highlights the emergence of coordination through self-organization and the organization of neuromuscular skeletal components. The implications of ecological dynamics models for skill acquisition and practice design are also explored, emphasizing the importance of interaction with the environment and representative design. Retention of functional coupling and action fidelity, as well as developing functional movement patterns in sports, are discussed as key factors in enhancing performance.

The podcast explores the Constraints-Led Approach in coaching, debunking misconceptions and emphasizing the importance of understanding constraints. It delves into how constraints shape movement solutions in sports like field hockey and football, highlighting the interplay between individual, task, and environmental constraints for optimal performance.

A discussion with Brian McCormick, Head basketball coach at Broward College in Florida. Topics include current problems with the way we identify and develop talent, coaching fake fundamentals, and designing practice to increase game intelligence and awareness.   More information about my guest: https://learntocoachbasketball.com/ https://twitter.com/brianmccormick https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianmccormick/   More information: http://perceptionaction.com/ My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles) My ASU Web page Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc) Twitter: @Shakeywaits Email: robgray@asu.edu   Credits: The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org

A discussion with Dave Mann, Assistant Professor at Vrije University in Amsterdam. Topics include gaze behavior, handedness and stance in batting; developing vision standards for Paralympic sports; and how expert athletes seem to be able to flexibly use central and peripheral vision   More information about my guest: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/David_Mann5 https://twitter.com/david_l_mann   More information: http://perceptionaction.com/ My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles) My ASU Web page Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc) Twitter: @Shakeywaits Email: robgray@asu.edu   Credits: The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org

Is motor learning a single process that occurs at one time scale as suggested by the famous learning curve? Or are things happening simultaneously at multiple time scales, with some adaptations taking seconds and others years? What might this mean for coaching?   Articles/links: Warm-up Decrement in Performance on the Pursuit-Rotor The second facet of forgetting: A review of warm-up decrement The activity-set hypothesis for warm-up decrement Time scales in motor learning and development The acquisition of skilled motor performance: Fast and slow experience-driven changes in primary motor cortex Explicit and Implicit Processes Constitute the Fast and Slow Processes of Sensorimotor Learning   More information: http://perceptionaction.com/ My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles) My ASU Web page Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)   Subscribe in iOS/Apple Subscribe in Anroid/Google   Credits: The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

Just in time for the start of the World Series: a look vision and gaze behavior in baseball batting. Which aspects of vision are critical for hitting? Do great batters have superior vision? Where do good batters look before the ball is released?   Articles Defining elite athletes: Issues in the study of expert performance in sport psychology The visual function of professional baseball players Visual abilities distinguish pitchers from hitters in professional baseball Depth Perception Improvement in Collegiate Baseball Players with Vision Training The Effect of Interpupillary Distance and Pupil Diameter on Major League Baseball Performance Statistics An investigation of the visual behavior of professional baseballers prior to the execution of batting     My related blog posts: Pitch Tunneling & Perceptually Equivalent Pitches A Baseball Batter’s Perception of Spin & How it Relates to Hitting Performance Visual Information about Horizontal Pitch Movement: Sensitivity, Release Points & Eye Separation “Soft Focus” or Visual Pivot Point: Which Should Baseball Batters Use? Eye & Head Movements in Batting: Challenging the “Truths”     More information: http://perceptionaction.com/ My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles) My ASU Web page Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)   Subscribe in iOS/Apple Subscribe in Anroid/Google   Credits: The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

What are the key differences between describing an athlete’s movements, an athlete’s knowledge about those movements, and the instructions used by a coach to facilitate those movements? How can these different perspectives inform and sometimes hurt each other?   Articles/links: What does the questioning of expert coaches reveal about the biomechanical knowledge of forward ice hockey skating? Integrating biomechanical and motor control principles in elite high jumpers: A transdisciplinary approach to enhancing sport performance Bodily knowledge beyond motor skills and physical fitness: a phenomenological description of knowledge formation in physical training Optimizing External Focus of Attention Instructions: The Role of Attainability   More information: http://perceptionaction.com/ My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles) My ASU Web page Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)   Subscribe in iOS/Apple Subscribe in Anroid/Google   Credits: The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

Guest Tim Buszard discusses scaling sports equipment for kids, working memory capacity in coaching, contextual interference in sports training, and his skill acquisition blog on the Perception & Action Podcast.

A discussion with Gaby Wulf, Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences, UNLV, and Rebecca Lewthwaite, Director of Rehabilitation Outcomes Management at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center and adjunct faculty at USC. We discuss the OPTIMAL theory of motor learning: Optimizing performance through intrinsic motivation and attention for learning.   More information about my guests: https://faculty.unlv.edu/wpmu/gwulf/ https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gabriele_Wulf http://pt.usc.edu/rlewthwaite/   More information about OPTIMAL: http://optimalmotorlearning.com/ Optimizing performance through intrinsic motivation and attention for learning: The OPTIMAL theory of motor learning   More information: http://perceptionaction.com/ My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles) My ASU Web page Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc) Twitter: @Shakeywaits Email: robgray@asu.edu   Credits: The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org

Why is it important to include emotional context in practice? A look at the evidence for the beneficial effects of anxiety in training and guidelines for implementing pressure training. Articles/links: The dynamics of expertise acquisition in sport: The role of affective learning design Training with mild anxiety may prevent choking under higher levels of anxiety Perceptual-motor learning benefits from increased stress and anxiety Practice with anxiety improves performance, but only when anxious: Evidence for the specificity of practice hypothesis The Effects of High- and Low-Anxiety Training on the Anticipation Judgments of Elite Performers Igniting the Pressure Acclimatization Training Debate: Contradictory Pilot-Study Evidence from Australian Football The Effect of Manipulating Training Demands and Consequences on Experiences of Pressure in Elite Netball Differential effects of task-specific practice on performance in a simulated penalty kick under high-pressure   More information: http://perceptionaction.com/ My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles) My ASU Web page Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)   Subscribe in iOS/Apple Subscribe in Anroid/Google   Credits: The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com