The Perception & Action Podcast

How do good coaches pick up information while observing an athlete, that can be used to guide skill acquisition? How can coaches better educate their attention to information that will better support search and self- organization of movement? A look at perceptual expertise in coaching.

Articles:Visual Expertise in the Perception of Action

Coaches' internal model of the tennis serve technique: Knowing or understanding?

An Operational Model of Motor Skill Diagnosis

Golf coaches' perceptions of key technical swing parameters compared to biomechanical literature Does perceptual or motor experience influence the perception of global and joint-specific kinematic changes in complex movement patterns?

Experiential Knowledge Affects the Visual Search Behaviors of Sprint Coaches and Sport Biomechanists

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A look at the first section of Tim Ingold's book "The Perception of the Environment: Essays on Livelihood, Dwelling and Skill". Topics include education of attention, the role of culture in sports, attending vs controlling one's environment, and showing vs telling as a coach.

The Perception of the Environment

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A follow up to some of the issues we discussed in Journal Club #25. How can move beyond the arguing about methods and theories?

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How can we understand the use of mental imagery in sports from an ecological perspective? How can perception be direct in imagery if there is no stimulus present? How does it relate to skilled intentionality?

Articles:Reconceiving representation-hungry cognition: an ecological-enactive proposal

Effect of mental imagery on realizing affordances

Article Review: "Contextualized Skill Acquisition Research" - Dexterity development in Brazilian soccer

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Can we "anticipate" the future without predicting it? Are delays in our perceptual-motor system flaws that we must compensate for or actually advantageous? A look at the concept of strong anticipation.

Articles:

On Strong Anticipation

Anticipating synchronization as an alternative to the internal model

Lectures on Perception (Chapter 26)

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How do skilled performers selectively respond to some of the many available affordances (or opportunities for action) in their environment? How do they coordinate their action to keep multiple affordances available? How can this ability be developed in practice?

Articles:Ecological-Enactive Cognition as engaging with a field of relevant affordances: The Skilled Intentionality Framework (SIF) Foregrounding Sociomaterial Practice in Our Understanding of Affordances: The Skilled Intentionality Framework Self-organization, free energy minimization, and optimal grip on a field of affordances

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A discussion with Dan and Len about their new book: The Playmaker's Decisions - The Science of Clutch Plays, Mental Mistakes and Athlete Cognition.

Current book, The Playmaker's Decisions:

https://geni.us/theplaymakersdecisions

Previous book, The Playmaker's Advantage:

https://geni.us/ThePlaymakersAdvantage

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A discussion with Rajiv Ranganathan and Andrew Wilson about using verbal instructions as constraints in coaching/ When should a coach use instruction and how should they use it?

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What is the role of theory in coaching? Do you need a theory? If so, should you chose one or mix and match?

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A discussion about talent development. How can it be facilitated through coaching and practice design? What role does technology and analytics have to play?

Links:

The Best: How Elite Athletes are Made

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