The Perception & Action Podcast

A look at the concepts of multi and meta-stability in coordination. How can a performer have multiple movement solutions that are both stable and flexible at the same time? How might we develop this by training within meta-stable regions?

Articles:

Multi-stability and meta-stability: understanding dynamic coordination in the brain

How boxers decide to punch a target: emergent behaviour in nonlinear dynamical movement systems

Metastability and emergent performance of dynamic interceptive actions

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The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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I am joined by Damian Farrow, Alex Lascu, Derek Panchuk and Carl Woods to discuss the article: Sport Practitioners as Sport Ecology Designers: How Ecological Dynamics Has Progressively Changed Perceptions of Skill "Acquisition" in the Sporting Habitat. We discuss: the shift from coach as instructor to coach designer, the challenges of "hands-off" coaching, do coaches need to understanding skill acquisition theory, and the importance of having a consistent purpose across the different disciplines in coaching (via a Department of Methodology).

Article:

Sport Practitioners as Sport Ecology Designers

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Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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A discussion with Paula Silva from the University of Cincinnati. How can stress help a performer adapt and grow? What is anti-fragility? How do we measure and it and train it? How can it be used to challenge an athlete at the right level? What is dynamic touch and how is it important for coordination and "feel"?

More info about my guest:

https://researchdirectory.uc.edu/p/silvapa

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Paula_Silva22

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How should biomechanics be applied in sport to improve performance and reduce injury? Should we be identifying ideal movement parameters from group based analyses or attempting to optimize for each individual athlete? How can we make biomechanics tools more accessible? Plus a discussion with Mike Sonne and Casey Mullholland about the development and use of a phone app for biomechanics analyses.

Article:

Challenging Conventional Paradigms in Applied Sports Biomechanics Research

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Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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A discussion with Matt Dicks from the University of Portsmouth. How does "anticipation" behavior change as we vary the degree of perception-action coupling? What is the role of perceived afffordances and action capabilities in the control of action? How do we explore our environment to learn (i.e. acting to perceive)? Should exploring be treated as something different than performing?

More info about my guest:

https://www.port.ac.uk/about-us/structure-and-governance/our-people/our-staff/matt-dicks

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Matt_Dicks

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I am joined by Rajiv Ranganathan and Harjiv Singh to discuss the 1996 article "What are "normal movements" in atypical populations?" Are atypical movements in impaired populations actually functional adaptations to changes in constraints? Does a therapist "know better than our CNS" such that we should be trying to correct these adaptations and get the movement pattern back to normal? How do these ideas apply to sports?

Article:

What are "normal movements" in atypical populations?

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A discussion with Wolfgang Schollhorn from the University of Mainz. What has research on coordination profiling shown about the role individuality and variability in skilled performance? Why is noise essential for perceptual-motor control? How does differential learning promote motor learning and what are practical guidelines for how to use it effectively?

More info about my guest:

http://dls-sports.com/

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Wolfgang_Schoellhorn

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A look at some technologies that might allow a coach or therapist to guide motor learning remotely. What has initial research shown about the effectiveness of these devices? How should auditory and vibrotactile feedback be used to guide movement? Also including a discussion with the developer and some users of the Kinesthetic Awareness Training System (KATS).

Article:

Vibrotactile feedback as a tool to improve motor learning and sports performance: a systematic review

Development of an interactive shirt for self-directed motor learning

The Next Big Thing in Sports? Clothes That Give You Perfect Form

An Investigation into the Use of Tactile Instructions in Snowboarding

Video Links:

Journal Club #15 – Kinesthetic Awareness Training System

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A discussion with John van der Kamp from Vrije University in Amsterdam. What does the latest research say about the benefits of implicit learning? Does it promote automaticity? What are the roles of the dorsal and ventral streams in the control of action and the perception of affordances? How can constraints manipulations and adding variability to practice help athletes find "creative" movement solutions?

More info about my guest:

https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/john-van-der-kamp/publications/

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I am joined by Ed Coughlan to discuss Anders Ericsson's recent article "Clarifying the differences between deliberate practice and other types of practice". Does deliberate practice really have any relevance to sports? How does it differ from purposeful practice? How can we reverse engineer expertise?

Article:

Clarifying the differences between deliberate practice and other types of practice

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The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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