The Perception & Action Podcast

Exploration of how psychology and sports science research can be applied to improving performance, accelerating skill acquisition and designing new technologies in sports and other high performance domains. Hosted by Rob Gray, professor of Human Systems Engineering at Arizona State University, the podcast will review basic concepts and discuss the latest research in these areas.

488- The Constraints-Led Approach (CLA) 2024 04/16/2024

487 – Do the classic motor learning effects (eg focus of attention, choice) apply to experts? 04/09/2024

486 – Functional Variability in the Cricket Bowling Delivery 04/02/2024

485 – Coach Education Workshops, My New Book Coming Soon 03/19/2024

484 – On the Value of a Skill Acquisition Specialist 03/12/2024

483 – The Effects of the Yips on Muscle Synergies in Throwing 03/05/2024

482 – The Coaching Eye – How Reliably can Expert Coaches Observe Movement? 02/27/2024

481 – Why are Some Affordances More Inviting than Others? 02/20/2024

480 – Ecological Approach to Rowing 02/06/2024

479 – A CLA to Coaching Cricket Bowling: Task Manipulations 01/30/2024

478 – Freezing and freeing of degrees of freedom in joint action learning 01/23/2024

477 – Relationship Between the Yips and Motor Imagery Ability 01/16/2024

476- Technique vs Skill 01/09/2024

475- Exploring Coaches' Experiences in Adopting a Nonlinear Approach to Skill Development 01/02/2024

474 – CLA to Swim Coaching, Andrew Sheaff 12/12/2023

473 – New Research Addressing Some of the Limitations of the Focus of Attention Literature 12/05/2023

472 – Is Premature Theorizing Hurting Skill Acquisition Research, Rajiv Ranganathan & Andrew Driska 11/21/2023

471 – The Legacy of Michael Turvey 11/14/2023

470 - Individual Differences in the Magnitude & Variability of Muscle Load With Repetitive Action 11/07/2023

469 – On the Usefulness of the Concept of “Muscle Memory” in Skill Acquisition 10/31/2023

468 – Representative Learning Design & The Ecological Approach to Transfer of Training 10/24/2023

467 – Advice on Applying Ecological Dynamics in Coaching 10/17/2023

466 – The Art & Science of Constraints-Based Coaching 10/10/2023

465 – A Nonlinear Pedagogy Approach to Using Mental Imagery in Sports 10/03/2023

464 – Preview of the 2023 Baseball Skill Acquisition Summit: Merging Physical Development & Baseball Skill 09/26/2023

463 – Evidence Supporting the Ecological Approach to Skill Development 09/19/2023

462 - Movement as Problem Solving 09/12/2023

461 – Do Enhanced Expectations Help Us Under Pressure? 09/05/2023

460 – How Much Progress Have We Made in Skill Acquisition and Where Do We Need to Go? 08/29/2023

459 – An Applied Model for Using Variability in Practice 08/22/2023