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.

549 – Enhancing Skill in American Football, Shawn Myszka 09/16/2025

548 – Focus of Attention, the Structure of Variability & Placebo Effects 09/09/2025

547 – How Effective are Coaches at Designing and Adapting Practice in the CLA? 08/12/2025

546 – How Do Nonlinear & Linear Training Influence the Quantity and Quality of Search for a Movement Solution 08/05/2025

545 – Turvey, Lectures on Perception: An Ecological Perspective, Chapters 13 and 14 (JC52) 07/29/2025

544 – My Next Book – The Advanced Ecological Approach to Skill Development: Getting More Out of the CLA 07/22/2025

543 – Why Do We Lose Calibration of Perceptual-Motor Skill so Quickly and What Can We Do About It? 07/15/2025

542 – Training to Maintain, Skill Retention & Decay 07/08/2025

541 – Task Simplification, Simplexity & Further Evidence Against the Need for Fundamentals 07/01/2025

540 – How Does Variability of Practice Influence Search? 06/24/2025

539 – Turvey, Lectures on Perception: An Ecological Perspective, Chapters 11 and 12 (JC51) 06/17/2025

538 – Turvey, Lectures on Perception: An Ecological Perspective, Chapters 9 and 10 (JC49) 05/20/2025

537 – Representative Design & Sampling from the Competitive Environment 05/06/2025

536 – The value of opposed and unopposed practice, Tom Parry 04/29/2025

535 – Individual Differences in the Benefits of Linear and Non-Linear Pedagogy Approach to Skill Training 04/22/2025

534 – Is the Distance Effect Found in Focus of Attention Research Spatial or Temporal? 04/15/2025

533 – The Integrated Anatomy of Pitching, Randy Sullivan 04/08/2025

532 – Turvey, Lectures on Perception: An Ecological Perspective, Chapters 7 and 8 (JC49) 04/01/2025

531 – The Constraints Led Approach to Soccer Coaching, Simon Schröttle 03/25/2025

530 – Turvey, Lectures on Perception: An Ecological Perspective, Chapters 5 and 6 (JC48) 03/18/2025

529 – Turvey, Lectures on Perception: An Ecological Perspective, Chapters 3 and 4 (JC47) 03/04/2025

528 – Assessing Progress in the Ecological Approach: The Method of Progessive Constraints 02/25/2025

527 – Turvey, Lectures on Perception: An Ecological Perspective, Chapters 1 and 2 (JC46) 02/18/2025

526 – Why are Balance Bikes More Effective for Learning to Ride than Bikes with Training Wheels? A Variability Analysis 02/04/2025

525 – Variability of Practice & Education of Attention 01/28/2025

524 - Is it better to give a specific performance outcome target or one based on perception of effort? 01/21/2025

523 – Critical Fluctuations as an Early Warning Signal of Sports Injuries: Proof of Concept 01/14/2025

522 – Variability of Practice – A Deeper Dive 01/07/2025

521 – What’s Up With Me & Where is the Podcast Headed? 12/17/2024

520 – Okkulo - A Training System for Manipulating Visual Constraints in Sports (JC 45) 12/10/2024