39B – Specificity vs Variability in Training/My Ultra Update

Which is better: specific or variable practice?  How does it
depend on what you are trying to achieve in terms of retention
and transfer of skill? The ultramarathon as a complex system and
my report on surviving my first one!


 


Articles/links:
A sensorimotor basis for motor learning: evidence indicating
specificity of practice

Specificity and variability of practice


Specificity of Learning a Sport Skill to the Visual Condition of
Acquisition


 


Cave Creek Thriller 2016:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVk-ECgORD4


 


More information:


http://perceptionaction.com/


My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)


My ASU Web page


Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)


 


Credits:


The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action


#1s – Long Way to Go


Zaki Ibrahim & Fresh Kils - Long Time Running


Paul Collins Beat – Long Time Gone


Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy