Season 5 · Episode 226
SPECIFICITY AND VARIABILITY - Motor Learning For Coaches
Motor Learning for Coaches with John Mayer, Andy Bass, Harjiv Singh, and Kasey Crider.
December 8, 202234m 19s
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Show Notes
- 1:26 - Checking up on Harjiv: with the start of the NBA season, how has he been doing?
- 3:07 - What is “specificity” in relation to motor learning and practice design?
- 6:43 - Why should the specificity of practice and the specificity of movement be separated from each other?
- 10:16 - Defining variability and describing its benefits.
- 11:22 - Attributing specificity of practice as the “what” and the specificity of movement as the “how”.
- 13:09 - How do variation and specificity relate to each other?
- 14:38 - How does specificity and variation fit into volleyball given how chaotic it is?
- 17:00 - How does Kasey interact with the chaos of volleyball?
- 19:40 - Can we be specific while also having changes in variability?
- 25:48 - What is the thought process behind increasing and decreasing variability within the baseball setting?
- 27:18 - Are there instances where some kinds of variability may be more or less effective than others?
- 31:09 - One large and implementable takeaway from this episode.
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