Season 5 · Episode 180
HOW WE LEARN TO MOVE with Rob Gray - Part 2
Rob Gray is the Associate Professor of Human Systems Engineering at Arizona State University and the host of the Perception and Action Podcast. Rob Gray joins us to discuss his new book: How We Learn to Move: A Revolution in the Way We Coach & Practice Sports Skills.
December 30, 202124m 35s
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Show Notes
- 0:40 - Can perception action be observed in examples of limiting constraints?
- 1:39 - Discussing the efficiency of constraints: should they be used to develop certain movement patterns, or to move athletes away from undesired movement patterns?
- 3:20 - Rob’s ideal timeframe: when to change constraints.
- 7:24 - How coaches can recognize when certain coaching strategies are actually effective and worthwhile.
- 7:40 - “Not all variability is good variability”.
- 10:22 - Importance of accepting mistakes and letting them happen.
- 11:20 - How would Rob organize the type of games within an allotted time frame during practices?
- Constraint based games vs. straightforward/traditional games.
- 12:55 - Forward vs. backward movement study example: how the results of corrective treatment can be overshadowed by results of overemphasizing technical errors.
- 19:27 - Approaching the mental side of sports.
- 21:18 - Importance of explicit positive feedback from coaches to their athletes.
- 22:15 - “Holes” in the ecological dynamics approach of coaching.
- Where can people find more information about Rob and his new book?
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