Dynavision is a visual training device that has been marketed for improving sports performance and has been around for roughly 25 years.  It has received a lot of anecdotal support from athlete but what does the research say about its effectiveness.  Surely, in 25 years there must be a ton of studies that have evaluated it? What can we learn from this case study of visual training in sport?

Articles:

High-Performance Vision Training Improves Batting Statistics for University of Cincinnati Baseball Players

An Exploratory Study of the Potential Effects of Vision Training on Concussion Incidence in Football

The impact of a sports vision training program in youth field hockey players

The influence of sport goggles on visual target detection in female intercollegiate athletes

L-alanyl-L-glutamine ingestion maintains performance during a competitive basketball game

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

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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A discussion with Alana D’Andrade, Director of Business Development for Fitlight Sport Corporation whose main product is the Fitlight Trainer, a system designed to improve an athlete’s reaction time, speed, agility and awareness. Along with exploring the Fitlight Trainer in detail, we also discuss the value of research validation for products like this and what it’s like to be a part of the rapidly expanding sports technology industry.

More information about product discussed:

http://www.fitlighttraining.com/

https://twitter.com/fitlighttrainer

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 Alana D’Andrade, Director of Business Development for Fitlight Sport Corporation whose main product is the Fitlight Trainer, a system designed to improve an athlete’s reaction time, speed, agility and awareness. Along with exploring the Fitlight Trainer in detail, we also discuss the value of research validation for products like this and what it’s like to be a part of the rapidly expanding sports technology industry.

More information about product discussed:

http://www.fitlighttraining.com/

https://twitter.com/fitlighttrainer

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: Do sports help protect against the effects of ageing? Can observing the performance of a novice hurt the actions of an expert?

 Articles:

Sports can protect dynamic visual acuity from aging: A study with young and older judo and karate martial arts athletes

Watching novice action degrades expert motor performance: Causation between action production and outcome prediction of observed actions by humans

Hitting is contagious: experience and action induction

More information:

http://www.perceptionactionpodcast.libsyn.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:

Bored With Four – Kung Fu

JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound – Bad News

Learning Music - Contagious 

via freemusicarchive.org 

News: Do sports help protect against the effects of ageing? Can observing the performance of a novice hurt the actions of an expert?

 Articles:

Sports can protect dynamic visual acuity from aging: A study with young and older judo and karate martial arts athletes

Watching novice action degrades expert motor performance: Causation between action production and outcome prediction of observed actions by humans

Hitting is contagious: experience and action induction

More information:

http://www.perceptionactionpodcast.libsyn.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:

Bored With Four – Kung Fu

JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound – Bad News

Learning Music - Contagious 

via freemusicarchive.org 

Does making an athlete wait longer to perform a high pressure action (e.g., icing the kicker in football) increase the chance of them choking?  If so, why does it occur?

Articles:

Haste does not always make waste: Expertise, direction of attention, and speed versus accuracy in performing sensorimotor skills

Pressure Kicks in the NFL: An Archival Exploration into the Deployment of Timeouts and Other Environmental Correlates

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

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

via freemusicarchive.org

Does making an athlete wait longer to perform a high pressure action (e.g., icing the kicker in football) increase the chance of them choking?  If so, why does it occur?

Articles:

Haste does not always make waste: Expertise, direction of attention, and speed versus accuracy in performing sensorimotor skills

Pressure Kicks in the NFL: An Archival Exploration into the Deployment of Timeouts and Other Environmental Correlates

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

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

via freemusicarchive.org

I tackle what has been one of the most interesting and contentious issues in sports psychology: hot and cold streaks in performance. Does the hot hand exist? What is the best way to get out a slump?  Is an athlete’s ability to perform under pressure influenced by the streak they are on?

What Grinds My Gears: Interviewing fails

Links to articles discussed:

The Hot Hand In Basketball: On the Misperception of Random Sequences

Twenty years of ‘hot hand’ research: Review and critique

The hot hand reconsidered: A meta-analytic approach

The Hot and Cold Hand in Volleyball: Individual Expertise Differences in a Video-Based Playmaker Decision Test

Interactions between performance pressure, performance streaks, and attentional focus

More information:

http://www.perceptionactionpodcast.libsyn.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

The Agrarians – We Run Hot, We Run Cold

Reigning Sound – You Got Me Humming

Mondo Topless – Break the Ice

Milgrom – Hot

Six Star General – Cold 

via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

I tackle what has been one of the most interesting and contentious issues in sports psychology: hot and cold streaks in performance. Does the hot hand exist? What is the best way to get out a slump?  Is an athlete’s ability to perform under pressure influenced by the streak they are on?

What Grinds My Gears: Interviewing fails

Links to articles discussed:

The Hot Hand In Basketball: On the Misperception of Random Sequences

Twenty years of ‘hot hand’ research: Review and critique

The hot hand reconsidered: A meta-analytic approach

The Hot and Cold Hand in Volleyball: Individual Expertise Differences in a Video-Based Playmaker Decision Test

Interactions between performance pressure, performance streaks, and attentional focus

More information:

http://www.perceptionactionpodcast.libsyn.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

The Agrarians – We Run Hot, We Run Cold

Reigning Sound – You Got Me Humming

Mondo Topless – Break the Ice

Milgrom – Hot

Six Star General – Cold 

via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

Can training with the new HeadTrainer app make you a better athlete? 

The beginning of my “head training journey” (http://perceptionactionpodcast.libsyn.com/join-me-on-my-head-training-journey) where I dig into the science behind this first game in this app.

Links to articles discussed:

http://headtrainer.com/#/

Reaction times and anticipatory skills of karate athletes

Perceptual-cognitive skill training and its transfer to expert performance in the field: Future research directions

How to Listen & Subscribe to The Perception Action Podcast:

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More information:

http://www.perceptionactionpodcast.libsyn.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

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

via freemusicarchive.org