The Perception & Action Podcast

A discussion with Brian McCormick, Head basketball coach at Broward College in Florida. Topics include current problems with the way we identify and develop talent, coaching fake fundamentals, and designing practice to increase game intelligence and awareness. More information about my guest: https://learntocoachbasketball.com/ https://twitter.com/brianmccormick https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianmccormick/ 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: [email protected] 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

A discussion with Dave Mann, Assistant Professor at Vrije University in Amsterdam. Topics include gaze behavior, handedness and stance in batting; developing vision standards for Paralympic sports; and how expert athletes seem to be able to flexibly use central and peripheral vision More information about my guest: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/David_Mann5 https://twitter.com/david_l_mann 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: [email protected] 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

Is motor learning a single process that occurs at one time scale as suggested by the famous learning curve? Or are things happening simultaneously at multiple time scales, with some adaptations taking seconds and others years? What might this mean for coaching? Articles/links: Warm-up Decrement in Performance on the Pursuit-Rotor The second facet of forgetting: A review of warm-up decrement The activity-set hypothesis for warm-up decrement Time scales in motor learning and development The acquisition of skilled motor performance: Fast and slow experience-driven changes in primary motor cortex Explicit and Implicit Processes Constitute the Fast and Slow Processes of Sensorimotor Learning 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 Credits: The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

Just in time for the start of the World Series: a look vision and gaze behavior in baseball batting. Which aspects of vision are critical for hitting? Do great batters have superior vision? Where do good batters look before the ball is released? Articles Defining elite athletes: Issues in the study of expert performance in sport psychology The visual function of professional baseball players Visual abilities distinguish pitchers from hitters in professional baseball Depth Perception Improvement in Collegiate Baseball Players with Vision Training The Effect of Interpupillary Distance and Pupil Diameter on Major League Baseball Performance Statistics An investigation of the visual behavior of professional baseballers prior to the execution of batting My related blog posts: Pitch Tunneling & Perceptually Equivalent Pitches A Baseball Batter's Perception of Spin & How it Relates to Hitting Performance Visual Information about Horizontal Pitch Movement: Sensitivity, Release Points & Eye Separation "Soft Focus" or Visual Pivot Point: Which Should Baseball Batters Use? Eye & Head Movements in Batting: Challenging the "Truths" 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 Credits: The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

What are the key differences between describing an athlete's movements, an athlete's knowledge about those movements, and the instructions used by a coach to facilitate those movements? How can these different perspectives inform and sometimes hurt each other? Articles/links: What does the questioning of expert coaches reveal about the biomechanical knowledge of forward ice hockey skating? Integrating biomechanical and motor control principles in elite high jumpers: A transdisciplinary approach to enhancing sport performance Bodily knowledge beyond motor skills and physical fitness: a phenomenological description of knowledge formation in physical training Optimizing External Focus of Attention Instructions: The Role of Attainability 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 Credits: The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

A discussion with Tim Buszard, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Sport, Exercise & Active Living (ISEAL) & Tennis Australia. Topics include scaling sports equipment appropriately for kids, working memory capacity (WMC) and its role in implementing coaching instructions, whether contextual interference has value outside the lab, and Tim's skill acquisition blog. More information about my guest: https://www.vu.edu.au/contact-us/tim-buszard https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tim_Buszard https://twitter.com/TimBuszard Tim's Blog: https://skillacquisition.wordpress.com/ 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: [email protected] 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

A discussion with Gaby Wulf, Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences, UNLV, and Rebecca Lewthwaite, Director of Rehabilitation Outcomes Management at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center and adjunct faculty at USC. We discuss the OPTIMAL theory of motor learning: Optimizing performance through intrinsic motivation and attention for learning. More information about my guests: https://faculty.unlv.edu/wpmu/gwulf/ https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gabriele_Wulf http://pt.usc.edu/rlewthwaite/ More information about OPTIMAL: http://optimalmotorlearning.com/ Optimizing performance through intrinsic motivation and attention for learning: The OPTIMAL theory of motor learning 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: [email protected] 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

Why is it important to include emotional context in practice? A look at the evidence for the beneficial effects of anxiety in training and guidelines for implementing pressure training. Articles/links: The dynamics of expertise acquisition in sport: The role of affective learning design Training with mild anxiety may prevent choking under higher levels of anxiety Perceptual-motor learning benefits from increased stress and anxiety Practice with anxiety improves performance, but only when anxious: Evidence for the specificity of practice hypothesis The Effects of High- and Low-Anxiety Training on the Anticipation Judgments of Elite Performers Igniting the Pressure Acclimatization Training Debate: Contradictory Pilot-Study Evidence from Australian Football The Effect of Manipulating Training Demands and Consequences on Experiences of Pressure in Elite Netball Differential effects of task-specific practice on performance in a simulated penalty kick under high-pressure 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 Credits: The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

When a coach identifies a maladaptive movement pattern in an athlete, what is the best way to change it? Do formal biomechanical evaluations help? How can we identify the origins of the problem? How can we improve agility and speed without disrupting perception-action coupling? Articles/links: Do baseball pitchers improve mechanics after biomechanical evaluations? A problem-solving process to identify the origins of poor movement Cognitive Training for Agility: The Integration Between Perception and Action Attentional Focus and Cueing for Speed Development 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 Credits: The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

What is "transfer of training"? How should we be assessing it and what does research tell us is the best way to achieve it? Articles/links: Motor imagery and 'placebo-racket effects' in tennis serve performance Transfer of Movement Control in Skill Learning Changes in balance coordination and transfer to an unlearned balance task after slackline training: a self-organizing map analysis Riding a reverse bicycle 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 Credits: The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

A discussion with Mark Williams, Professor and Chair of the Department of Health, Kinesiology, and Recreation at the University of Utah. We discuss designing effective practice, talent identification and development and anticipation training. More information about my guest: https://faculty.utah.edu/u6006972-ANDREW_MARK_WILLIAMS/research/index.hml 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: [email protected] Credits: The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I'm on a Talk Show Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

Can the two opposing theoretical views of the role of attention in choking under pressure be integrated? A look at some theories that have attempted to do so and consideration of what still needs to be done in this area. Articles/links: Choking Under Pressure: Multiple Routes to Skill Failure Anxiety and perceptual-motor performance: toward an integrated model of concepts, mechanisms, and processes An Integrative Framework of Stress, Attention, and Visuomotor Performance Self-Presentation Origins of Choking: Evidence from Separate Pressure Manipulations Expertise Differences in Attentional Control between and within Baseball Batters 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 Credits: The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action Rival Sons – Pressure and Time Izzy Stradlin – Pressure Drop Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

A discussion with Sam Vine. Senior Lecturer of Psychology & Human Movement Science from the University of Exeter. We discuss recent research and unresolved issues related to the Quiet Eye, appraisal of stress and performing under pressures, and Sam's new VR training venture, Cineon Training. More information about my guest: http://sshs.exeter.ac.uk/staff/index.php?web_id=Samuel_Vine https://www.youtube.com/user/samueljvine https://twitter.com/SamuelJamesVine http://www.cineon.training/ https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Samuel_Vine 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: [email protected] 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

Is focusing one's attention on skill execution as a result of increased self-consciousness really the primary cause "choking under pressure"? Is the evidence in support of this theory flawed? Articles/links: Putting pressure on theories of choking: towards an expanded perspective on breakdown in skilled performance The fourth dimension: A motoric perspective on the anxiety–performance relationship Anxiety and perceptual-motor performance: toward an integrated model of concepts, mechanisms, and processes Preprint of new Chapter: The many threats of self-consciousness: Embodied approaches to choking under pressure in sensorimotor skills Dual Task vlog 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 Credits: The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

A discussion with Edward Coughlan. Lecturer in Skill Acquisition at the Cork Institute of Technology in Ireland. We discuss practice design, skill acquisition, deliberate practice, and occlusion training with Chin Up Googles. More information about my guest: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Edward_Coughlan2 http://dredwardcoughlan.com/profile/ https://twitter.com/DrSkillAcq http://www.chinupgoggles.com/ 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: [email protected] 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

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How have researchers used virtual environments to distort reality, disobey gravity, create conflicting feedback, and alter an athlete's perception in the name of science? How have they effectively brought rate events in sports into the lab? Articles/links: Behavior of College Baseball Players in a Virtual Batting Task Perceiving and Acting upon Spaces in a VR Rugby Task: Expertise Effects in Affordance Detection and Task Achievement Virtual reality as a tool for the study of perception– action: the case of running to catch fly balls Catching fly balls in virtual reality: A critical test of the outfielder problem How soccer players head the ball: A test of optic acceleration cancellation theory with virtual reality Saccades to future ball location reveal memory-based prediction in a virtual-reality interception task Virtual Thrower Versus Real Goalkeeper: The Influence of Different Visual Conditions on Performance A Model of Motor Inhibition for a Complex Skill: Baseball Batting How Do Batters Use Visual, Auditory, and Tactile Information About the Success of a Baseball Swing? "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 How information guides movement: Intercepting curved free kicks in soccer Visuo-motor delay, information–movement coupling, and expertise in ball sports 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 Credits: The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

A discussion with Anne Benjaminse from the Department for Human Movement Sciences at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands. We discuss the role of attentional focus in injury prevention and recovery, using video feedback and VR as rehabilitation tools, and making "return to play" decisions. More information about my guest: http://www.rug.nl/staff/a.benjaminse/ https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Anne_Benjaminse https://twitter.com/annebenjaminse 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: [email protected] 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

How effective are VEs for sports training? Have they achieved good fidelity? Can they induce competitive anxiety? Does augmentation help performance? Do they show evidence of transfer of training? Articles/links: Distance Perception in Real and Virtual Environments Do monocular time-to-collision estimates necessarily involve perceived distance? Motion in depth: Adequate and inadequate simulation Virtual exertions: evoking the sense of exerting forces in virtual reality using gestures and muscle activity A comparison of the upper limb movement kinematics utilized by children playing virtual and real table tennis Comparison of grasping movements made by healthy subjects in a 3-dimensional immersive virtual versus physical environment Real Handball Goalkeeper vs. Virtual Handball Thrower Hitting moving objects. The dependency of hand velocity on the speed of the target. Bending It Like Beckham: How to Visually Fool the Goalkeeper Visuomotor adaptation in head-mounted virtual reality versus conventional training Feasibility of Training Athletes for High-Pressure Situations Using Virtual Reality Visual Perspective and Feedback Guidance for VR Free-Throw Training Virtual Visualization: Preparation for the Olympic Games Long-Track Speed Skating Does a virtual audience influence rowing? Virtual reality and exercise: Behavioral and psychological effects of visual feedback Effect of virtual reality exposure and aural stimuli on eye contact, directional focus, and focus of attention of novice wind band conductors Augmented feedback presented in a virtual environment accelerates learning of a difficult motor task. Transfer of skill from a virtual reality trainer to real juggling Virtual realities as optimal learning environments in sport – A transfer study of virtual and real dart throwing Transfer of Complex Skill Learning from Virtual to Real Rowing 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 Credits: The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action Pointed Sticks – The Real Thing Superdrag – Nothing Good is Real The Dark Brothers – So Real Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

A discussion with Emma Mosley, Lecturer in the School of Sport, Health and Social Sciences at Southampton Solent University. We discuss topics including emotional intelligence, guidelines for using heart rate variability, performance under pressure, and links between personality traits and sports. More information about my guest: https://www.solent.ac.uk/staff-profiles/academic-profiles/emma-mosley/emma-mosley https://ww.researchgate.net/profile/Emma_Mosley https://twitter.com/ Emma_Mosley 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: [email protected] 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 are the potential advantages of using virtual environments (VE) to train and study sports skills? How should a VE be evaluated? How important is fidelity, presence, and cost? When is the best time to use a VE in relation to skill level and physical training? Why haven't VE's been more widely adopted? Articles/links: A review of virtual environments for training in ball sports Understanding perception and action in sport: how can virtual reality technology help? Examination of gaze behaviors under in situ and video simulation task constraints reveals differences in information pickup for perception and action Action specificity increases anticipatory performance and the expert advantage in natural interceptive tasks Virtual reality as a tool for the study of perception– action: the case of running to catch fly balls http://www.stack.com/a/5-pro-athletes-who-believe-madden-and-nba-2k-made-them-better-in-real-life vlog #7 – Acting to Perceive 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 Credits: The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action BRMC – Too Real The Detroit Cobras – The Real Thing Greenhornes – Its Not Real The Above – You Make it Real Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

A discussion with Gerard Jones, Head of Coaching at Bristol Rovers Football Club. We discuss topics including developing decision making skills in players through improved communication, how to handle regional differences in sports vocabulary, encouraging different levels of knowledge in players, and how to balance player and coach development. More information about my guest: http://www.gerardschooloffootball.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerardjones24/ https://twitter.com/Gerard_Jones 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: [email protected] 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

How important is feel or body awareness in sports? How can we assess kinaesthetic sensitivity and proprioceptive acuity in athletes and can these be improved through training? How does it influence an athlete's ability to implement technical changes? Articles: Level of competitive success achieved by elite athletes and multi-joint proprioceptive ability Exploring the kinaesthetic sensitivity of skilled performers for implementing movement instructions Examining the Effects of Proprioceptive Training on Coincidence Anticipation Timing, Reaction Time and Hand-Eye Coordination The relationship between lower limb proprioceptive sense and locomotor skill acquisition The Contributions of Body Awareness to "Choking under Pressure" The role of proprioception in the management and rehabilitation of athletic injuries Do elite athletes exhibit enhanced proprioceptive acuity, range and strength of knee rotation compared with non-athletes? 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 Credits: The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action Lucero – Can't Feel a Thing Kim Mitchell – Feel it Burn The Last – This Kind of Feeling BRMC – Sweetest Feeling Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

How well can we integrate samples from a visual scene (e.g. when an outfielder is trying to catch a fly ball and has to look from the ball to the wall and back)? How long of a view do we need and what interval between samples can we tolerate? Does training to perform under such intermittent conditions result in improvements and transfer to performance in full vision conditions? Articles: Intermittent visual pickup and goal directed movement: a review Integration of intermittent visual samples over time and between the eyes I Lost It in the Lights: The Effects of Predictable and Variable Intermittent Vision on Unimanual Catching Intermittent vision and one-handed catching: the effect of general and specific task experience The Influence of Restricted Visual Feedback on Dribbling Performance in Youth Soccer Players Links: Plato Occlusion Glasses Senaptec Stroboscopic Glasses Stephen Curry Strobe Training vlog: https://youtu.be/faGEdfqmsvM 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 Credits: The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action Reigning Sound – Wait and See Stiff Little Fingers – Wait and See The Vandalias – Wait and See Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

News: A look at a few recent articles in the area of motor learning and performance. Can skill execution be improved by combining self and expert models in video feedback? How do combat athletes using affordance to control interpersonal distance? How can we determine the degree to which the decisions made by teammates are coordinated? Articles: Innovative Video Feedback on Jump Landing Improves Landing Technique in Males Perception of Affordances for Striking Regulates Interpersonal Distance Maneuvers of Intermediate and Expert Players in Kendo Matches Investigating team coordination using a novel joint decision making paradigm Links: Riding a reverse bicycle Vlog – perceptual motor adaptation using prisms New VR transfer of training paper abstract Training & Understanding Sports Skills Using Virtual Environments 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 The Muffs – Just a Game The Brought Low – This Ain't No Game Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

A discussion with Stephanie Rossit, Lecturer in Psychology from the University of East Anglia in the UK. We discuss perceptual and action related deficits in visual neglect, brain areas associated with online and offline control of action, her recent work with patient DF that challenges some well know previous findings, and her research examining ways to rehabilitate neglect patients. More information about my guest: https://www.uea.ac.uk/psychology/people/profile/s-rossit https://www.stephanierossit.com/ https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Stephanie_Rossit https://twitter.com/StephanieRossit 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: [email protected] 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

A discussion with Damian Farrow. Professor of Skill Acquisition at Victoria University in Melbourne Australia. We take a step by step look at practice design discussing how to determine the goals of practice, how to effectively manipulate constraints, how to achieve the right balance of practice variability, how to effectively use instruction and feedback, and things an athlete should do when off the practice field. More information about my guest: https://www.vu.edu.au/contact-us/damian-farrow https://www.linkedin.com/in/damianfarrow/ https://twitter.com/FarrowDamian 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: [email protected] 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

A discussion with Jenelle Gilbert, Professor in the Department of Kinesiology, California State University Fresno. We discuss the importance of mental skills training in sports and beyond, her concept of the Psychological UNIFORM, using a Game Plan format to teach mental skills and her recent research looking at the stressors faced by coaches. More information about my guest: http://www.fresnostate.edu/chhs/kinesiology/faculty-staff/faculty/gilbert.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: [email protected] 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

A discussion with Bruce Hoyer, Martial Arts Coach at the Next Edge Academy in South Dakota. We discuss how Bruce has employed a variety of different ideas from sports science research in his coaching including using a flipped classroom, observational learning, giving feedback and reducing interference in motor learning. More information about my guest: https://www.nextedgeacademy.com/bruce-hoyer https://twitter.com/nextedgeacademy 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: [email protected] 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 do we mean when we say an athlete is "in the flow"? How often does it occur? What brings it on? Can we control it? How does it relate to "psychological momentum" and performance? Articles/links: A systematic review of the experience, occurrence, and controllability of flow states in elite sport The relation of flow-experience and physiological arousal under stress — Can u shape it? Understanding the psychophysiology of flow: A driving simulator experiment to investigate the relationship between flow and heart rate variability Is Flow Really Effortless? The Complex Role of Effortful Attention Interactive effects of visuomotor perturbation and an afternoon nap on performance and the flow experience Psychological momentum: Why success breeds success 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 Credits: The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action Dave Mason – Let it Go, Let it Flow Son Volt - Flow Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

A discussion with John Kiely, Senior Lecturer in Elite Performance from the University of Central Lancashire. Topics discussed include the evolution of theories of stress, anxiety and injury, the role of psycho-emotional factors in the stress process and designing supportive training environments to increase athlete buy-in. More information about my guest: http://www.uclan.ac.uk/staff_profiles/john_kiely.php https://www.researchgate.net/profile/John_Kiely2 https://twitter.com/simplysportssci 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: [email protected] 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: Listener picks for articles to review including more research on the effect of variability on motor learning, attention training to reduce the effects of stress on performance and the effect of explicit instructions. Articles: High variability impairs motor learning regardless of whether it affects task performance The effects of attention training techniques on stress and performance in sports The Effect of Variability of Practice at Execution Redundancy Level in Skilled and Novice Basketball Players Explicit instruction of rules interferes with visuomotor skill transfer vlog: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkFDwtrBfpZALV_oEPmc-cQ OR https://www.facebook.com/perceptionactionpodcast/ 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 Nude Beach – Story of a Man Sean Adams – Hard Luck Story The Plimsouls – Oldest Story in the World Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

A discussion with Harri Mannonen, basketball coach based in Kouvola, Finland. Topics discussed include: why is it useful for coaches to look at basketball as a complex system, what is the best way to add variability to practice and what is the role of conscious control in sports. More information about my guest: https://harrimannonen.com/ https://twitter.com/harrimannonen 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: [email protected] 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

How can we apply the principles of perceptual learning to improve information pickup on the sports field? Articles/links: Applying perceptual learning to achieve practical changes in vision Improved vision and on field performance in baseball through perceptual learning When less is more: Reduced usefulness training for the learning of anticipation skill in tennis No transfer of calibration between action and perception in learning a golf putting task Perception and action in golf putting: Skill level differences reflect calibration Role of feedback in the accuracy of perceived direction of motion in depth and control of interceptive action http://perceptionaction.com/survey1/ https://twitter.com/ASU_HSE https://www.facebook.com/HSEASU/ 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 Credits: The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action Ultimate Painting – Can't You See Joshua James Hunt – I Can't Wait to See You Rocketship Park – See You Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

How does a performer become attuned to the perceptual information that is optimal for a task? Perceptual learning as a direct movement through information space guided by information for learning involving processes of education of intention, education of attention, and calibration. Articles/links: Direct Learning http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/has-the-fly-ball-revolution-begun/ Learning to visually perceive the relative mass of colliding balls in globally and locally constrained task ecologies Monocular optical constraints on collision control Lateral interception I: Operative optical variables, attunement, and calibration 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 Credits: The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action The Monitors – Gimmie Direction Ryan Bingham – Direction of the Wind Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

How does experience and practice change our ability to extract information from our environment and how can we best facilitate this process? What changes in our brain during perceptual learning? Articles/links: Perceptual learning and human expertise Expert baseball batters have greater sensitivity in making swing decisions. 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 Credits: The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action Sonic Rendezvous Band – Love and Learn Ha Ha Tonka – Learning to Fly Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

Sports Science Shorts: will baseball's new proposed rule changes to speed the pace of play make the game more exciting and attract new fans? What can we learn from similar attempts made in soccer? What determines a sport's fans level of excitement Articles: How to Make Soccer More Attractive? Rewards for a Victory, the Teams' Offensiveness, and the Home Bias Does the Three-Point Rule Make Soccer More Exciting? Evidence From a Regression Discontinuity Design Suspense: Dynamic Incentives in Sports Contests Major League Baseball pace-of-play rules and their influence on predicted muscle fatigue during simulated baseball games http://www.si.com/mlb/2017/02/13/raising-strike-zone-pace-action 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 Silver Jews – Random Rules Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

News: A look at a few recent articles in the area of motor learning and performance. Can the structure of motor variability predict the rate at which a performer learns a new skill? Does using social media before a game increase anxiety in an athlete? What differs between the way in which I child and adult learns a motor skill? Articles: Can the Structure of Motor Variability Predict Learning Rate? Facebook use and its relationship with sport anxiety Children and Adults Both Learn Motor Sequences Quickly, But Do So Differently 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 Coty Hogue - Second Hand News Silence is Sexy – Stories Yet to Come Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

A discussion with Danny Newcombe, Lecturer in Sports Coaching and PE, Oxford Brookes University. Topics discussed include: applying the constraints-led approach to practice design and physical education curriculum, research on the constraints-led approach --what does it tell us about its effectiveness and are we using the correct methods of evaluation? More information about my guest: http://www.shs.brookes.ac.uk/daniel-newcombe https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Daniel_Newcombe https://twitter.com/dannynewcombe 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: [email protected] 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

A discussion with Diane Ste-Marie, Professor in the School of Human Kinetics at the University of Ottawa. Topics discussed include: why do athletes tend to perform better when they have control over the feedback they receive and when is self-controlled feedback ineffective? How do athletes use observation of themselves or others to acquire or improve sports skills and what factors should be taken into account when applying observational learning in sport? More information about my guest: https://health.uottawa.ca/people/ste-marie-diane https://www.researchgate.net/researcher/15275124_Diane_M_Ste-Marie Article mentioned: Observation interventions for motor skill learning and performance: An applied model for the use of observation 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: [email protected] 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

A discussion with Dave Collins, Professor & Director of the Institute of Coaching & Performance, University of Central Lancashire. Topics discussed include: what it's like to be a sports psychologist, talent development, performance analytics, technique change, bridging the gap between research and practice, and the role of social media in research. More information about my guest: http://www.uclan.ac.uk/staff_profiles/professor_dave_collins.php http://www.gm4p.com/ https://twitter.com/davegm4p https://www.linkedin.com/in/dave-collins-46678310 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: [email protected] 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

Do athletes perform better when they talk to themselves? Should the talk be motivational or instructional? Positive or negative? Does it work for both novices and experts? Articles/links: The influence of self-talk on the performance of skilled female tennis players Self-talk influences vertical jump performance and kinematics in male rugby union players Self-Talk of Marathon Runners Self-Talk and Sports Performance: A Meta-Analysis Effects of Self-Talk: A Systematic Review Self-talk: Review and sport-specific model 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 Credits: The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action The Pandoras – You're All Talk Silence is Sexy – Talk The Sights – Tick Talk Lies Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

News: A look at a few recent journal articles. Do soccer players and referees sometimes see an event that never really happened? Can a basketball player detect where a dribbler is headed using sound alone? Is doing exercise in front of a mirror effective? Articles: Seeing the unseen? Illusory causal filling in FIFA referees, players, and novices Expert Players Accurately Detect an Opponent's Movement Intentions Through Sound Alone The Effects of Either a Mirror, Internal or External Focus Instructions on Single and Multi-Joint Tasks More information: http://perceptionaction.com/ My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles) My ASU Web page Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc) Phantom Goal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huS7WcDHJXs Credits: The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action Ultimate Painting – Can't You See White Hills – Oceans of Sound Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

Why does the presence of others change the performance of an individual athlete? Why is this social facilitation effect sometimes good and sometimes bad? Does it matter whether the other people are observing, evaluating or performing the same action? Does being "observed" via activity monitoring technology facilitate performance? Articles/links: The Dynamogenic Factors in Pacemaking and Competition Social Facilitation From Triplett to Electronic Performance Monitoring Social "facilitation" as challenge and threat Social facilitation in motor tasks: a review of research and theory Social Facilitation of Running: An Unobtrusive Study Yerkes Dodson Figures My other (new) podcast: Ultra Running Science & Superstitions 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 Credits: The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action The Dark Brothers – Watching People The Henry Girls – Watching the Detectives Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

Should the goal of practice be to reduce movement variability to as low a value as possible? Is high variability the signature of an unskilled performer or a necessity for effective learning? Articles/links: A schema theory of discrete motor skill learning Feedback-Induced Variability and the Learning of Generalized Motor Programs Optimizing generalized motor program and parameter learning Variability in baseball pitching biomechanics among various levels of competition What variability tells us about movement expertise The bliss (not the problem) of motor abundance (not redundancy) Timing an attacking forehand drive in table tennis Regulation of gait in long jumping Inter-individual variability in the upper–lower limb breaststroke coordination Differing Roles of Functional Movement Variability as Experience Increases in Gymnastics The education of attention as explanation of variability of practice effects: learning the final approach phase in a flight simulator 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 Mr Airplane Man – Very Bad Feeling Dazie Mae – The Very Opposite of My Husband The New Mystickal Troubadours – The Fully-Blissed Out Leather Uppers – I Don't Like You Very Much Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

My list of the top 5 sports psychology stories from 2016: The death knell for brain games? Deliberate practice fights back! What to do about the relative age effect? Advances in Teamwork Research Somebody's watching (or monitoring) me Articles/links: Do "Brain-Training" Programs Work? Peak: The New Science of Expertise Age-ordered shirt numbering reduces the selection bias associated with the relative age effect Reversal of the Relative Age Effect Team Synergies in Sport: Theory and Measures Theoretical and Methodical Approaches to Studying Team Cognition in Sports 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 look at visual channeling theory and its consequences for perception. Why are some people blind to approaching objects in certain areas of their visual field and what implications does it have for sport? Articles/links: The Charles F. Prentice Award Lecture 1990: specific tests and specific blindnesses: keys, locks, and parallel processing Visual field defects for unidirectional and oscillatory motion in depth Impaired Velocity Processing Reveals an Agnosia for Motion in Depth 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 Beggar's Velvet – Blind Gentleman Jesse – If I Can See You 5440 – I Go Blind Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

My report from the Sports Biometrics Conference held from Nov 13-15, 2016. Issues discussed include validity of analytics data, whether athletes are going to agree to be continuously monitored and the frequent disconnect between science and practice. Articles/links: http://sports-biometrics-conference.com/ http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2097866-the-sleeve-that-could-save-baseball-exclusive-look-at-new-mlb-technology 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 The Dark Brothers – Watching People Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

News: A look at a few recent articles examining the effects of anxiety and pressure on performance and methods for counteracting these effects. Does pressure effect the planning or online control of movements? Could increasing anxiety in practice benefit motor learning? What are holistic goals and how can they reduce pressure effects? Articles: The interaction between practice and performance pressure on the planning and control of fast target directed movement Perceptual-motor learning benefits from increased stress and anxiety Anxiety and motor performance: More evidence for the effectiveness of holistic process goals as a solution to the process goal paradox 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 Mouthbreathers – Anxiety Wyldlife – She's Making Me Nervous via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

Why do we have two eyes? Is binocular vision necessary for successful performance of motor actions like those involved in sports and driving? Or is it just redundant information? What is it like to live with just one eye? Articles/links: Binocular Vision and Stereopsis The visual and driving performance of monocular and binocular heavy-duty truck drivers Vision with one eye: a review of visual function following unilateral enucleation Prospective Assessment of Stereoscopic Visual Status and USAF Pilot Training Attrition Why two eyes are better than one: the two views of binocular vision The acquisition of catching under monocular and binocular conditions The contribution of stereo vision to one-handed catching The development of adaptive head movements following enucleation. Foundations of cyclopean perception http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2006/06/19/stereo-sue Random dot stereograms: http://www.magiceye.com/ 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 The Love Me Nots – I'm the One The Demands – One Thing Freakwater – Number One with a Bullet Calexico – Two Silver Trees Single Bullet Theory – Miss Two Knives Steadman – Two Together Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy