Sep 1, 2015
How do we know how well a new training program or piece of sports equipment is working? Is looking at how performance changes in practice (by plotting a "learning curve") really the best way to assess skill acquisition. No, no it isn’t. In this episode I make the case for going off the learning curve in favor of other ways of measuring skill learning in sport.
Technically Challenged: Review of motion tracking system http://inertia-technology.com/promove-mini
Links to articles discussed:
Contextual interference effects on the acquisition, retention, and transfer of a motor skill
Contextual interference: a meta-analytic study
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The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action
Minimal Damage – Learning Curve
Jenny O – Learned My Lessons
Greg Houwer – Slow Learner
Pablo – Learn a Lesson
Golden Blondes – Skilled
Beans & Bullets - Love Machine
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