The Perception & Action Podcast

News: Why is it so difficult to play against left-handed opponents in sports? Will you drivers be ready when automated cars need them to take over? Articles: Skilled players' and novices' difficulty anticipating left- vs. right-handed opponents' action intentions varies across different points in time What determines the take-over time? An integrated model approach of driver take-over after automated driving 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) Twitter: @Shakeywaits Email: robgray@asu.edu Credits: Mr & Mrs Smith – Left Handed Right Handed Blues JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound – Bad News Andy Wagner – Driver’s Seat via freemusicarchive.org

My Review of the book “See to Play, The Eyes of Elite Athletes” by Dr Michael Peters. Do I see eye to eye with his views on the role of vision in sports? Articles/links: http://www.amazon.com/See-To-Play-Elite-Athletes/dp/1938008006 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 Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org

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 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) 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 via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

Ice, Ice Baby! As the thermometer keeps dropping what effect will the cold weather have on the perceptual-motor abilities of athletes? Articles/links: Effects of moderate cold on performance of psychomotor and cognitive tasks A Meta-Analysis of Performance Response Under Thermal Stressors Interactions between cold ambient temperature and older age on haptic acuity and manual performance http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=12137030 http://archive.advancedfootballanalytics.com/2007/11/nfl-home-field-advantage-by-climate.html http://archive.advancedfootballanalytics.com/2008/01/cold-weather-effect-on-scoring.html 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 Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org

The Perception & Action Podcast is going LIVE and I want you to be involved (or at least just watch). On Wednesday November 11, 2015 at 9AM AZ/8 AM PST I will host my first live discussion on the general topic of skill acquisition using blab.im. My co-host for this topic will be performance advisor and coach for the NFL, Shawn Myszka. Blab.im is a new platform which allows up to 4 people to video chat. The fun thing is that people can jump in an out for as long as they like and "fill the seats" around the discussion table. There is also a chat room for people to get side discussions going and/or ask questions. To subscribe so you will be notified when we do go live please go to: https://blab.im/rob-gray-the-perception-action-podcast-live-skill-acquisition-in-sports-1 For more information please see: http://perceptionaction.com/live/ If you can't make the live event the audio will be used to create a future podcast episode and the video will be posted on http://perceptionaction.com/live/ Finally, I will be hosting more of these in the future so if you have topic ideas and/or would like to be a co-host please contact me. 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 via freemusicarchive.org

A discussion with Shawn Myszka, movement skills trainer for the National Football League. We discuss connecting research and practice, technique change, dealing with injury, choking under pressure and look at the constraints lead or dynamic systems approach to skill acquisition. More information about my guest: https://footballbeyondthestats.wordpress.com/ http://www.optimizemovement.com/sq/35323-movement-mastery-intro https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI0sfP6vEMuR-EyC673uplg 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

The second installment of My Head Training Journey where I examine whether a smart phone app can improve sports performance. Does the luge game race to the finish or going flying off the track? My first episode on this topic can be found here: http://perceptionaction.com/11d Articles/Links: http://headtrainer.com/#/ As soon as the bat met the ball, I knew it was gone”: Outcome prediction, hindsight bias, and the representation and control of action in expert and novice baseball players Visual and skill effects on soccer passing performance, kinematics, and outcome estimations 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 Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org

How prevalent are superstitious rituals in sports e.g., always wearing the same socks, eating the same meal or listening to the same music on game day? Do they serve actually serve a purpose? Articles: Superstitious behavior in sport: Levels of effectiveness and determinants of use in three collegiate sports Superstitious Behavior Among American and Japanese Professional Baseball Players 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) Twitter: @Shakeywaits Email: robgray@asu.edu Credits: Port City Music – Night Terrors Out of Orion – Horror House Little Debbie – Halloween Instrumental Aritus –Path of Witches Shrink - Fearworks Blik – Halloween Rendezvous Nightfall-Psicodreams Lullaby for the Darkness - Psicodreams Monk Turner –Halloween Night via freemusicarchive.org

Recovering from an injury can be one of the most difficult challenges an athlete can face. In this episode I discuss two topics related to this issue. First, I look at the growing epidemic that is sport related concussions and consider issues related to detection, assessment, multiple concussion syndrome, and when an athlete can return to play. Second, I discuss the role of attention in recovery from knee and elbow injuries and how we might get an athlete to stop being overly focused on their injury. Technically Challenged: A few podcast recommendations Links to articles discussed: Sport-related concussions: a review of epidemiology, challenges in diagnosis, and potential risk factors Neuropsychological testing for sports-related concussion: how athletes can sandbag their baseline testing without detection Perceptual relearning of complex visual motion after V1 damage in humans The effects of attentional focus on jump performance and knee joint kinematics in patients after ACL reconstruction Other podcasts links: http://www.radiolab.org http://www.npr.org/programs/invisibilia/ http://www.eis2win.co.uk/Pages/inthezone_podcasts.aspx http://eliteftssportsperformance.libsyn.com/ http://humanfactorsblog.org/2015/07/10/psychology-podcasts/ 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) Twitter: @Shakeywaits Email: robgray@asu.edu Credits: The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action Reigning Sound – Love Won’t Leave You With a Song Jahzzar – Out of School Archers – Radical Opinion Brian Fallon – American Slang Beans & Bullets – Love Machine via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

Dynavision is a visual training device that has been marketed for improving sports performance and has been around for roughly 25 years. It has received a lot of anecdotal support from athlete but what does the research say about its effectiveness. Surely, in 25 years there must be a ton of studies that have evaluated it? What can we learn from this case study of visual training in sport? Articles: High-Performance Vision Training Improves Batting Statistics for University of Cincinnati Baseball Players An Exploratory Study of the Potential Effects of Vision Training on Concussion Incidence in Football The impact of a sports vision training program in youth field hockey players The influence of sport goggles on visual target detection in female intercollegiate athletes L-alanyl-L-glutamine ingestion maintains performance during a competitive basketball game 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 Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org