A little football science to get you ready for the big game on Sunday!  How does a QB lead a receiver, how does the receiver using visual information to run to the ball and how good are officials at judging pass interference calls?   Articles/links: BBSRC funded study on cricket catching To see or not to see: Effects of visual feedback on performance and intuitions of quarterbacks in American football Receivers in American football use a constant optical projection plane angle to pursue and catch thrown footballs Expertise and decision-making in American football   More information: http://perceptionaction.com/ My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles) My ASU Web page Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)   Credits: The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action El Sagrado – Pass Me the Fire Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

A discussion with Michael Grey, Reader in Motor Neuroscience and Director of the Neuroplasticity & Neurorehabilitation Lab at the University of Birmingham. We discuss topics including neuroplasticity, applying brain stimulation to sports, the similarities between neurorehabilitation and skill acquisition, and share our thoughts on the recent Will Smith movie Concussion.   More information about my guest: http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/staff/profile.aspx?ReferenceId=9921 https://twitter.com/drmichaeljgrey http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Grey+MJ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MWbCvpnVn4   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

News: Does using our dorsal visual stream during the control of action make us color blind?  When we improve after visual perception training is it really perception that is improved?   Articles: Color perception is impaired in baseball batters while performing an interceptive action Behavioral training to improve collision detection   More information: http://perceptionaction.com/ My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles) My ASU Web page Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)   Credits: The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action Reigning Sound – Two Thieves JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound – Bad News via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

My review of the book “This is Your Brain on Sports: Beating Blocks, Slumps & Performance Anxiety”. How are past injuries and performance failures related to an athlete’s current struggles. Is Brain Spotting the key to preventing choking, the yips and freezing behavior in athletes?   Link: http://www.amazon.com/This-Your-Brain-Sports-Performance/dp/1608448649   More information: http://perceptionaction.com/ My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles) My ASU Web page Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)   Credits: The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

A discussion with Jennifer Cumming, University of Birmingham. We discuss topics including imagery use and observational learning in athletes, mental skills training, tools for assessing the psychological abilities of athletes, and using sports psychology to help homeless kids.   More information about my guest: http://jennifercumming.com/ https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jennifer_Cumming http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/sportex/cumming-jennifer.aspx https://twitter.com/drjenncumming   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

What processes occur during the times when an athlete is not on the field or court, that is there off-time between practices and competitions.  How important are these rest periods for learning sports skills?  Does it matter what an athlete does during these periods?  Could doing something like playing video games possibly interfere with the gains made during practice?   Links to articles discussed: Leg muscle recruitment during cycling is less developed in triathletes than cyclists despite matched cycling training loads Practice With Sleep Makes Perfect: Sleep-Dependent Motor Skill Learning The restorative effect of naps on perceptual deterioration Experience-dependent changes in cerebral activation during human REM sleep Watch and Learn: Seeing Is Better than Doing when Acquiring Consecutive Motor Tasks Do action video games improve perception and cognition? Action-Video-Game Experience Alters the Spatial Resolution of Vision   More information: http://www.perceptionactionpodcast.libsyn.com/ My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles) My ASU Web page Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc) Email: robgray@asu.edu Twitter: @ShakeyWaits   Credits: The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action Thomas Allen – Rest Until I Die Grumsling – Down Time Silence is Sexy – The Science of Sleep Auto Bonfire – I Sleep Fine Screaming Mirror – The Observer Saucy Jack – Beat You at Your Own Game   via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

Back in October of last year we lost one of the great thinkers and researchers in Motor Control and Motor Learning, UCLA Professor Richard Schmidt.  Richard’s Schema Theory of Motor Learning and Generalized Motor Program have been both highly influential and highly contentious. What will their legacy be for future research?   Articles: A schema theory of discrete motor skill learning. Motor Schema Theory After 27 Years: Reflections and Implications for a New Theory Current status of the motor program: Revisited   http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?pid=176037786    More information: http://perceptionaction.com/ My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles) My ASU Web page Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)   Credits: The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

A discussion with Duarte Araujo, University of Lisbon. We discuss topics including an ecological approach to talent identification, affordances, non-linear pedagogy, developing sports analytics with a sound theoretical basis and Duarte’s upcoming book: Performance Analysis in Team Sports.   More information about my guest: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Duarte_Araujo http://spertlab.fmh.ulisboa.pt/   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

News: Does going for a 30min run make it easier to learn a motor skill afterwards?  Is there an optimal balance between stability and flexibility in practice?   Articles: A Single Bout of Moderate Aerobic Exercise Improves Motor Skill Acquisition Transfer as a function of exploration and stabilization in original practice Towards a Grand Unified Theory of Sports Performance   More information: http://perceptionaction.com/ My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles) My ASU Web page Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)   Credits: The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action You Me Tree – Run JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound – Bad News via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

Articles: Together they stand: a life-threatening event reduces individual behavioral variability in groups of voles Definition of Choking in Sport: Re conceptualization and Debate Challenge and threat   More information: http://perceptionaction.com/ My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles) My ASU Web page Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)   Credits: The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com