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The Perception & Action Podcast

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Dec 6, 2022 • 29min

429 – How Should We Be Varying Information in Practice? Does it HAVE to be Specifying?

What are the different types of information sources for controlling action and how should we be manipulating them in practice? Do we absolutely have to stick to the mantra: “make sure they are using specifying information”?   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   Support the podcast and receive bonus content   Credits: The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com
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Nov 22, 2022 • 19min

428 - On Planning, Adapting & Co-Designing Practice

Learn the best practices for planning effective practices and involve athletes in co-designing practice. Explore the importance of adaptability, constraints, and using games for learning. Highlight the significance of co-design in practice activities and adapting based on athlete feedback.
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Nov 15, 2022 • 14min

427 – Letting the Body Find its Way: On the Role of Attention in Skilled Movement

Does thinking about movement always hinder performance? If so, is the solution to stop thinking and rely solely on automatic processes? Or is it possible to reach a state where consciousness remains on the surface, but our body leads the way?   Articles: Letting the body find its way: Skills, expertise, and Bodily Refection   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   Support the podcast and receive bonus content   Credits: The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com
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Nov 8, 2022 • 28min

426 – On Specificity, Representative Design & Whether the Game is Always the Best Teacher

Exploring the concepts of specificity and representativeness in training and the limitations of games as learning environments. Discussing the importance of developing a range of movement solutions and using constraints and condition-based coaching. Emphasizing the role of information and task dynamics similar to the game for effective skill transfer. Exploring the coach's role in guiding athletes' movement patterns and the concept of representative design in training.
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Nov 1, 2022 • 13min

425 – Kinematic Sequencing: Variability in the Kinetic Chain?

Does the kinetic chain link in the expected proximal to distal order? Does it link in the same way with each execution of a movement? To foreshadow- NO and NO. A look at work on kinematic sequencing in throwing.   Articles: Kinematic sequence patterns in the overhead baseball pitch Kinematic Sequence Classification and the Relationship to Pitching Limb Torques   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   Support the podcast and receive bonus content   Credits: The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com
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Oct 25, 2022 • 58min

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

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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Oct 18, 2022 • 29min

423 – Implicit Training to Reduce Injury Risk, Eline Nijmeijer and Anne Benjaminse

I am joined by Elina Nijmeijer and Anne Benjaminse from the University of Groningen to talk about their interesting new work on implicit training to reduce injury risk in athletes.     Articles: Optimal and suboptimal video instructions change movement execution in young talented basketball players   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   Support the podcast and receive bonus content   Credits: The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com
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Oct 11, 2022 • 26min

422– Learning Multiple Movements in Parallel

What is the best way to train multiple movements, like the serve, set and pass in volleyball, in parallel? Are the effects we see when interleaving different movements more consistent with an information processing or ecological approach?   Articles: Learning Multiple Movements in Parallel—Accurately and in Random Order, or Each with Added Noise? 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   Support the podcast and receive bonus content   Credits: The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com
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Oct 4, 2022 • 1h 2min

421 – Intro to Ecological Psychology, Julia Blau and Jeff Wagman

Exploring topics like affordances and dynamical systems in ecological psychology. Discussing intelligence beyond the brain and the creation of educational characters. Emphasizing the importance of accessibility and simplifying complex ideas through cartoonization.
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Sep 27, 2022 • 47min

420 – Creativity & Motor Skills, Skill Acquisition Summit 22

Is creativity in sports rooted in divergent thinking – the cognitive ability to generate a lot of ideas or in having a diverse set of motor skills? And a preview of the 2022 Baseball Skill Acquisition Summit.   Articles and Links: Creative actions in team sports are rooted in motor skills rather than in a divergent thinking ability https://floridabaseballarmory.com/summit/   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   Support the podcast and receive bonus content   Credits: The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

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