4 – Anticipation in Sports

How do great athletes seem to know what is going to happen
next?  What information to they use to predict the next
serve will be cross court instead of down the line, how does a
baseball batter know the next pitch will be a fastball, and how
does an NFL quarterback know the defense will blitz? Can these
abilities be improved through training? In this episode I explore
the topic of anticipation in sports. 


What Grinds My Gears: Conference false advertising and
fishing in movement science experiments


 


Temporal occlusion video: 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8idV0V1Is8 


 


Links to articles discussed:


Anticipation in squash: differences in advance cue utilization
between expert and novice players


Can the anticipatory skills of experts be learned by novices?


Anticipation skill in a real-world task: measurement, training,
and transfer in tennis


Behavior of college baseball players in a virtual batting task


A model of motor inhibition for a complex skill: baseball batting


Expert anticipatory skill in striking sports: a review and a
model


The Moneyball Problem: What is the best way to present
situational statistics to an athlete?


On the continuing problem of inappropriate learning measures:
Comment on Wulf et al. (2014) and Wulf et al. (2015)


 


More information


http://www.perceptionactionpodcast.libsyn.com/


My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)


My ASU Web page


Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)


Twitter: @Shakeywaits


Email: robgray@asu.edu


 


Credits:


The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action


The Body Breaks – Devendra Banhart


I Can See the Future - Eleni Mandell 


I Can See the Future - Lo Fi Is Sci Fi


Reigning Sound – Straight Shooter


 


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