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Making Adjustments to Established Habits

Making Adjustments to Established Habits

In this post we consider the uniqueness among animal behaviors that humans consciously trying to change their own movement skill techniques represents. Further, we wonder if the ability to adjust...

Making Adjustments to Established Habits

In this post we consider the uniqueness among animal behaviors that humans consciously trying to change their own movement skill techniques represents. Further, we wonder if the ability to adjust...

Did Mr. Miyagi Teach Blocking and How to Use It All at Once?

Did Mr. Miyagi Teach Blocking and How to Use It...

In The Karate Kid we see an example of a teacher (Mr. Miyagi) teaching a movement skill separately from the concept of how it is used. In this post, we...

Did Mr. Miyagi Teach Blocking and How to Use It...

In The Karate Kid we see an example of a teacher (Mr. Miyagi) teaching a movement skill separately from the concept of how it is used. In this post, we...

Getting Your Team's Attention Reliably Over A Long Season

Getting Your Team's Attention Reliably Over A L...

It can be hard to keep players' attention over a long season. Even when trying to account for this, just by being the same coach at the beginning and the...

Getting Your Team's Attention Reliably Over A L...

It can be hard to keep players' attention over a long season. Even when trying to account for this, just by being the same coach at the beginning and the...

Guest Post:  Jack Christian Reveals Cheat Codes in Hockey!

Guest Post: Jack Christian Reveals Cheat Codes...

Guest Author Jack Christian shares with us his view on how participants in any human-skill-based-pursuit can put themselves in the "fast lane" by leverage what amount to the equivalent of...

Guest Post: Jack Christian Reveals Cheat Codes...

Guest Author Jack Christian shares with us his view on how participants in any human-skill-based-pursuit can put themselves in the "fast lane" by leverage what amount to the equivalent of...

More Complexity? Why Not Just Play the Game?

More Complexity? Why Not Just Play the Game?

If the game creates situations that demand complex skill from the motor control system, why don't we just play the game to prepare for the game? The truth is, this...

More Complexity? Why Not Just Play the Game?

If the game creates situations that demand complex skill from the motor control system, why don't we just play the game to prepare for the game? The truth is, this...

The "More Complexity" For Fastest Skill Progression Argument

The "More Complexity" For Fastest Skill Progres...

Can we view "more complexity" as a tool in a training setting in order to ensure that we are stimulating an adaptation response and making improvements every time out? If...

The "More Complexity" For Fastest Skill Progres...

Can we view "more complexity" as a tool in a training setting in order to ensure that we are stimulating an adaptation response and making improvements every time out? If...