Motivation on and off the Field - Driving Players and Executives
Explore common and unique motivations driving players and executives in sports, with insights from industry leaders on achieving success both on and off the field.
Movement as Problem Solving in Sports
Explore how movement in sports can be viewed as dynamic problem-solving, challenging traditional perspectives and offering new insights into athletic performance.
Do Enhanced Expectations Help Us Under Pressure?
Explore how enhanced expectations impact performance under distraction and stress, examining the OPTIMAL theory's implications for athletic and cognitive tasks.
Do Enhanced Expectations Help Us Under Pressure?
Exploring how enhanced performance expectations affect us under pressure and dual-task conditions, examining potential explanations through the ecological approach.
Skill Acquisition Framework for Excellence (SAFE) - Progress and Future Directions
Explore effective skill acquisition strategies, debunk practice myths, and learn five action points for optimal learning and performance improvement in various domains.
How Much Progress Have We Made in Skill Acquisition and Where Do We Need to Go?
Explores progress in skill acquisition, reviewing the SAFE framework and discussing key action points for effective practice design and instruction in sports and motor learning.
The Myth of Contextual Interference and the Variability of Practice Effect in Sports Learning
Explores the validity of contextual interference and practice variability in sports training, challenging long-held beliefs about effective skill acquisition methods.
The Myth of Contextual Interference and Variability of Practice Effect in Sports
Exploring the effectiveness of random vs. blocked practice in sports skills, examining evidence for contextual interference and variability of practice effects on motor learning.
Action Capacity vs Skill: Expanding the Field of Affordances in Training
Explore the connection between action capacity and skill through Affordance Theory, enhancing athletic performance by expanding the field of available opportunities in sports.
Implicit Training to Reduce Injury Risk in Athletes - Episode 423
Explore innovative implicit training techniques to reduce athlete injury risk, featuring insights from University of Groningen researchers on optimizing movement execution in basketball players.
Learning Multiple Movements in Parallel - Volleyball Training Strategies
Explore effective strategies for training multiple movements simultaneously, comparing information processing and ecological approaches in skill acquisition and motor learning.
Creativity and Motor Skills in Sports - Skill Acquisition Summit 2022
Explore the roots of sports creativity and preview the 2022 Baseball Skill Acquisition Summit. Dive into motor skills' role in creative actions and divergent thinking in athletics.
Perceiving Higher Order Affordances in Sports and Fields of Safe Travel
Explore soccer players' perception of kicking opportunities and how it influences decision-making on the field, enhancing understanding of sports performance and strategy.
Is There an Optimal Amount of Practice Variability for Learning Based on Skill Level?
Explore the impact of practice variability on motor learning, examining whether more variation always leads to better skill acquisition and retention across different expertise levels.
Skill Shaping Functional Movement Variability and Exploration in Kickboxing
Explore how skill level influences movement variability and creative exploration in kickboxing, examining the impact of changing environmental constraints on performance and adaptability.
Why We Come Back From Injury
Exploración de la recuperación mental post-lesión en atletas jóvenes, abordando desafíos psicológicos y estrategias para superar barreras mentales basadas en experiencias personales.
My Comeback Story as a Professional Boxer
Professional boxer Nathan Heaney shares his journey of overcoming failure and tragedy to become British Middleweight Champion, advocating for mental health awareness and resilience in sports.
The Psychology of Success - An Athlete's Strategies
Discover psychological strategies for athletic success, including mental preparation, goal-setting, and overcoming challenges, as shared by a young athlete's personal experiences.
How Sports Can Tackle the Loneliness Crisis
Exploring how sports foster community and combat loneliness, AJ Maestas shares personal insights on the power of fandom to create belonging and unite people across diverse backgrounds.
Are You Hurt or Are You Injured? The Journey of the Broken Hero
Inspiring talk on mental health in sports, distinguishing between hurt and injury. Emphasizes resilience, seeking help, and overcoming stigma through personal journey and academic expertise.
The Olympic Spirit and How You Can Tap Into It
Olympian Allyson Felix shares insights on overcoming setbacks, thriving under pressure, and finding purpose beyond winning, offering valuable lessons for everyone seeking personal growth and achievement.