540 – How Does Variability of Practice Influence Search?
The Perception & Action Podcast
Release Date: 06/24/2025
549 – Enhancing Skill in American Football, Shawn Myszka
The Perception & Action Podcast
I am joined by Shawn Myszka from Emergence to talk about our newly released book (w// Tyler Yearby) - Enhancing skill in American football: revolutionizing practice design for transfer to game day. Articles: Credits: The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com
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548 – Focus of Attention, the Structure of Variability & Placebo Effects
The Perception & Action Podcast
A look at a couple studies examining the effect of focus of attention on performance. How does focus of attention affect good and bad movement variability? Does it alter placebo effects? Articles: More information: Credits: The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com
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547 – How Effective are Coaches at Designing and Adapting Practice in the CLA?
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How effective are coaches at designing and adapting constraints? Which has more impact: manipulating informational/verbal constraints or other (physical) task constraints? Articles: Credits: The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com
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546 – How Do Nonlinear & Linear Training Influence the Quantity and Quality of Search for a Movement Solution
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How does the quality and quantity of search for a movement solution differ for linear and nonlinear training approaches? Is it the case that linear approaches restrict the development of functional movement variability? Is there any case for ever using a linear approach? Links: Credits: The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com
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545 – Turvey, Lectures on Perception: An Ecological Perspective, Chapters 13 and 14 (JC52)
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On another edition of the Perception-Action journal club, I am joined by Andrew Wilson and Marianne Davies to discuss chapters 13 and 14 from Michael Turvey’s book “Lectures on Perception: An Ecological Perspective” Links: Credits: The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com
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544 – My Next Book – The Advanced Ecological Approach to Skill Development: Getting More Out of the CLA
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A few personal updates and a preview of my next book: The Advanced Ecological Approach to Skill Development: Getting More Out of the CLA Links: Credits: The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com
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543 – Why Do We Lose Calibration of Perceptual-Motor Skill so Quickly and What Can We Do About It?
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Revisiting the topic of calibration in direct learning, with a specific focus on why we lose calibration when not practicing. The blessing and curse of having a high learning rate. Articles: Credits: The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com
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542 – Training to Maintain, Skill Retention & Decay
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How quickly does a skill decay if we don’t practice? How does it depend on factors such as complexity? What are the best ways to maintain skill? Articles: Credits: The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com
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541 – Task Simplification, Simplexity & Further Evidence Against the Need for Fundamentals
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What is Simplexity? How does it relate to Task Simplification? And a look at another study providing evidence against the fundamentals first approach. Articles: Credits: The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com
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540 – How Does Variability of Practice Influence Search?
The Perception & Action Podcast
How does search in task and joint space (for an interception task) differ in blocked and random practice conditions? Articles: Credits: The Flamin' Groovies – Shake\Some Action Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com
info_outlineHow does search in task and joint space (for an interception task) differ in blocked and random practice conditions?
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Random and Blocked Practice Schedule Affect Search for New Movement Coordination Patterns Differently
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