The Perception & Action Podcast

By Rob GraySports Science Social Sciences

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The Perception & Action Podcast episodes

August 29, 2023 460 – How Much Progress Have We Made in Skill Acquisition and Where Do We Need to Go?
How successful have we been at overturning so of the basic myths of practice design and where do we need to go next? A review of Effective Practice and Instruction: Skill Acquisition Framework for Excellence (SAFE).

Articles:Effective Practice and Instruction: Skill Acquisition Framework for Excellence (SAFE) More information:
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23 min
August 22, 2023 459 – An Applied Model for Using Variability in Practice
How, when, and why should we be using variability in practice? What type and how much? A look at a new applied model.

Articles:An applied model for using variability in practice More information:
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21 min
August 15, 2023 458 – Variability of Practice and Injury Risk
A review of a new study comparing traditional prescriptive coaching, the CLA and DL training for reducing ACL injury risk in basketball. Is variability an injury prevention mechanism?

Articles:Manipulation of task constraints is the most effective motor learning method for reducing risk factors for ACL injury during side-step cutting in both male and female athletes More information:
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14 min
August 08, 2023 457 - Functional variability in the volleyball attack developed via the CLA
Is it better to practice a skill with an unpredictable, yet limited number of options or separately rehearse each of the options in isolation? An example of task simplification vs decomposition and how they relate to functional variability.

Articles:How functional movement variability facilitates successful skill adaptation during the volleyball attack
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15 min
August 01, 2023 456 – The Myth of Contextual Interference & the Variability of Practice Effect?
Is random practice really better than blocked? Does it apply to sports skills? Is the contextual inference explanation of variability of practice supported by the evidence?

Articles:The myth of contextual interference learning benefit in sports practice: A systematic review and meta-analysis
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23 min
July 25, 2023 455 – Do We Really Need to Learn The "Fundamentals" of a Skill Through Decomposition and Repetition First?
Do we need to use decomposition and repetition to drill the fundamentals first before we move into a more representative game-like context. A direct comparison of drills and the CLA.

Articles:"Train as you play": Improving effectiveness of training in youth soccer players

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Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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19 min
July 18, 2023 454 – How to Coach – An Integrated Framework
A review of the paper "How to coach: A review of theoretical approaches for the development of a novel coach education framework" which incorporates self-determination theory explicit, explicit learning and implicit learning.

Articles:How to coach: A review of theoretical approaches for the development of a novel coach education framework

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Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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11 min
July 11, 2023 453 – On the Coach's Role in the CLA
A look at a couple of papers on a coach's role within the constraints-led approach (CLA)? Is the role of coach in the CLA simply to design constraints manipulations and get out of the way or is there more to it than that? Does a coach need to adapt too? What is the role of verbal instruction in the CLA?

Articles:
Learning to be adaptive as a distributed process across the coach–athlete system: situating the coach in the constraints-led approach The Influence of Coaches' Instruction on Technical Actions, Tactical Behaviour, and External Workload in Football Small-Sided Games
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Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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16 min
May 23, 2023 452 – WTF is an Uncontrolled Manifold?! Andrew Wilson
Andrew Wilson and I discussing the concept of the Uncontrolled Manifold and how it relates to good and bad variability and affordances. We also look at his new paper on using a UCM to understand throwing.

Articles:Affordances for Throwing: An Uncontrolled Manifold Analysis

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Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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55 min
May 16, 2023 451 – Coach Journeys: Drew Dunlop, Building a Basketball Laboratory
My interview with Drew Dunlop, Basketball Coach and co-founder of the Pro Lane.

Links:www.TheProLane.com https://twitter.com/CoachDrewD https://twitter.com/TheProLane

More information:

http://perceptionaction.com/

My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)

My ASU Web page

Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)

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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
36 min

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Exploration of how psychological research can be applied to improving performance, accelerating skill acquisition and designing new technologies in sports and other high performance domains. Hosted by…