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View article: Making a good start: differential impacts of teaching methods for promoting motor performance and understanding among 6–7-year-old children in Kuwait
Making a good start: differential impacts of teaching methods for promoting motor performance and understanding among 6–7-year-old children in Kuwait Open
A good start and early success with motor skills are important features of primary education when promoting lifelong physical activity. Notably, however, empirical guidance on optimal teaching methods is limited, especially regarding gende…
View article: Developing the Interdisciplinary Scope of Golf Strength and Conditioning Coaching: Learning from Practitioners’ Conceptualization and Use of Athletes’ Errors
Developing the Interdisciplinary Scope of Golf Strength and Conditioning Coaching: Learning from Practitioners’ Conceptualization and Use of Athletes’ Errors Open
Interdisciplinarity, characterized by the cohesive integration of knowledge across disciplines, is increasingly recognized as a feature of expert sports coaching practice. Concurrently, the importance of coaches’ decision-making regarding …
View article: eHealth Literacy Interventions With U.S.-Based Older Adult Spanish-Speaking Latinos: An Empty Systematic Review
eHealth Literacy Interventions With U.S.-Based Older Adult Spanish-Speaking Latinos: An Empty Systematic Review Open
Background and Objectives eHealth can help individuals improve or maintain autonomy in health management and decision-making, but using eHealth requires adequate eHealth literacy. Older adults tend to have low rates of eHealth literacy, wh…
View article: Ecological Dynamics as an Accurate and Parsimonious Contributor to Applied Practice: A Critical Appraisal
Ecological Dynamics as an Accurate and Parsimonious Contributor to Applied Practice: A Critical Appraisal Open
With sport coaches adopting and working toward increasingly evidence-grounded approaches to practice, skill acquisition has appropriately become a critical area for consideration. As part of this growing interest in skill acquisition, the …
View article: Student Autophotography of Perceived Leadership Competency Development during a Short-Term Domestic Study Tour
Student Autophotography of Perceived Leadership Competency Development during a Short-Term Domestic Study Tour Open
Many higher educational institutions offer existing travel abroad study experiences. On the rise are short-term domestic travel experiences with the large cultural diversity present in the United States. As accessibility to study abroad pr…
View article: A Pragmatic Approach to Skill Acquisition for Physical Education: Considering Cognitive and Ecological Dynamics Perspectives
A Pragmatic Approach to Skill Acquisition for Physical Education: Considering Cognitive and Ecological Dynamics Perspectives Open
Learning theories provide philosophically informed, basic principles for understanding the mechanisms through which people learn based on a combination of field or laboratory studies. Unfortunately, however, there are several clear conflic…
View article: When a bad day at the golf course is a bad day at the office: occupational stressors, institutional supports, and the mental health of NCAA golf coaches
When a bad day at the golf course is a bad day at the office: occupational stressors, institutional supports, and the mental health of NCAA golf coaches Open
This study examined the mental health of NCAA collegiate golf coaches. Utilizing the person-environment fit theory and previous literature on coaches' well-being, this study examined four outcomes among 48 participants, namely: depressive …
View article: Skill execution errors: an “it depends” perspective on their role, type and use when coaching for player development in sport
Skill execution errors: an “it depends” perspective on their role, type and use when coaching for player development in sport Open
Decades of motor learning research has challenged the role of errors; for the same reason some authors promote them, others demote them. In this discursive article, we propose that the role of errors in the sports coaching context is more …
View article: What differences exist between the lead and trail wrist in extensor carpi ulnaris activity and golf swing joint kinematics in sub-elite golfers?
What differences exist between the lead and trail wrist in extensor carpi ulnaris activity and golf swing joint kinematics in sub-elite golfers? Open
This study assessed the lead and trail arm peak and average extensor carpi ulnaris (ECU) muscle activity in association with tri-planar angular velocities of the lead and trail wrists during the golf swing. Fifteen sub-elite, male right-ha…
View article: “The show must go on!” dance talent development in the context of coping during the COVID-19 pandemic
“The show must go on!” dance talent development in the context of coping during the COVID-19 pandemic Open
Psychobehavioral skills are acknowledged as useful for coping within talent development pathways, but the idiosyncratic nature of challenge experienced across individuals makes it hard to evaluate their use and efficacy. This study aimed t…
View article: An Explicit Look at Implicit Learning: an Interrogative Review for Sport Coaching Research and Practice
An Explicit Look at Implicit Learning: an Interrogative Review for Sport Coaching Research and Practice Open
Over the past 30 years, implicit coaching has emerged as a popular learning tool and pre-emptive intervention to avoid choking under pressure. Despite advocacy in the sport coaching literature, however, we are concerned that theoretical, m…
View article: Constraints of the constraints-led approach in American football and comments on Yearby et al. (2022)
Constraints of the constraints-led approach in American football and comments on Yearby et al. (2022) Open
In recent literature, constraints-led approaches have been promoted for practice design to coaches of American football. While we agree that this approach would represent a useful tool, we put forward that ecological approaches alone are i…
View article: Investigating academy coaches’ epistemological beliefs in red and white ball cricket
Investigating academy coaches’ epistemological beliefs in red and white ball cricket Open
Cricket coaches are presented with challenges unlike many other sports. Coaches are tasked with developing players’skills to play two distinct and increasingly specialist formats of the game, namely red ball and white ball cricket. Observa…
View article: Where you look during golf putting makes no difference to skilled golfers (but what you look at might!): an examination of occipital EEG ɑ-power during target and ball focused aiming
Where you look during golf putting makes no difference to skilled golfers (but what you look at might!): an examination of occipital EEG ɑ-power during target and ball focused aiming Open
This study probed a psycho-motor switch between "attention" and "intention" using electroencephalography (EEG) of the occipital cortex during target versus ball focused aiming when golf putting. Specifically, we investigated (1) the patter…
View article: Show Me, Tell Me: An Investigation Into Learning Processes Within Skateboarding as an Informal Coaching Environment
Show Me, Tell Me: An Investigation Into Learning Processes Within Skateboarding as an Informal Coaching Environment Open
Coach education is a learner-centred process, which often fails to consider the preferences of the consumer. Historically, research into performers’ experiences of coaching have been influenced by the social constructivism of learning: in …
View article: Considering new moves in dance medicine and science: promoting a translational agenda for improved applied impact
Considering new moves in dance medicine and science: promoting a translational agenda for improved applied impact Open
Over the past 35 years, the dance domain has adopted sports medicine as a key driver of professional practice. However, similar to limitations identified within sport, research is yet to achieve its full translational potential within appl…
View article: From the Lesson Tee to the Course: A Naturalistic Investigation of Attentional Focus in Elite Golf
From the Lesson Tee to the Course: A Naturalistic Investigation of Attentional Focus in Elite Golf Open
While debate continues on “optimal” attentional focus, little empirical knowledge exists on the way that attention is operationalized across training and performance in elite golf. Accordingly, this study aimed to (a) explore the attention…
View article: Unloading the dice: selection and design of comparison and control groups in controlled trials to enhance translational impact within motor learning and control research
Unloading the dice: selection and design of comparison and control groups in controlled trials to enhance translational impact within motor learning and control research Open
In order to evaluate an experimental intervention, it should be contrasted against at least one relevant comparison group. Without meaningful and relevant comparisons, results can be difficult to interpret, effect sizes may be unduly minim…
View article: Muscular collision chess: a qualitative exploration of the role and development of cognition, understanding and knowledge in elite-level decision making
Muscular collision chess: a qualitative exploration of the role and development of cognition, understanding and knowledge in elite-level decision making Open
Decision making (DM) is a crucial part of team invasion games. The role of context and how this drives both initial DM and primes in-action planning and execution, termed contextual priors, has been investigated. Findings suggest a signifi…
View article: The Role of Siblings in Talent Development: Implications for Sport Psychologists and Coaches
The Role of Siblings in Talent Development: Implications for Sport Psychologists and Coaches Open
Developing talent requires consideration of social networks that can facilitate or inhibit progression. Of fundamental influence in this regard is the family, with recent investigation extending its focus from parents to the role of siblin…
View article: Validity of an Inertial Measurement Unit System to Assess Lower-limb Kinematics during a Maximal Linear Deceleration
Validity of an Inertial Measurement Unit System to Assess Lower-limb Kinematics during a Maximal Linear Deceleration Open
This study examined the validity of an inertial measurement unit system for measuring lower-limb joint kinematics during linear decelerations. A male team athlete (age 36 years, stature 1.75 m, mass 80.0 kg) performed multiple linear decel…
View article: The hills are alive with … Many different folk! Rationalising and operationalising a professional judgment and decision making approach within mountain leadership
The hills are alive with … Many different folk! Rationalising and operationalising a professional judgment and decision making approach within mountain leadership Open
Growth in the adventure sector has increased the demands on adventure sport professionals. Satisfying a diverse range of participatory motivations, however, requires an adaptable and flexible workforce. In this discursive paper, we suggest…
View article: The prevalence and influence of psychosocial factors on technical refinement amongst highly-skilled tennis players
The prevalence and influence of psychosocial factors on technical refinement amongst highly-skilled tennis players Open
The present study investigated the prevalence and influence of psychosocial factors amongst a sample of highly-skilled athletes who had previously attempted to refine their technique. Semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted w…
View article: Golf Putting: Equivalent Performance with Ball Focused and Target Focused Aiming
Golf Putting: Equivalent Performance with Ball Focused and Target Focused Aiming Open
This study addressed several inconsistencies and omissions in golf putting research by testing the performance impact of target focused aiming. Participants were 22 high-level and experienced golfers, currently using ball focused aiming. P…
View article: Commentary: Motor Imagery during Action Observation: A Brief Review of Evidence, Theory and Future Research Opportunities
Commentary: Motor Imagery during Action Observation: A Brief Review of Evidence, Theory and Future Research Opportunities Open
GENERAL COMMENTARY article Front. Hum. Neurosci., 25 January 2017Sec. Cognitive Neuroscience Volume 11 - 2017 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2017.00025
View article: “If It Feels Right, Do It”: Intuitive Decision Making in a Sample of High-Level Sport Coaches
“If It Feels Right, Do It”: Intuitive Decision Making in a Sample of High-Level Sport Coaches Open
Comprehensive understanding and application of decision making is important for the professional practice and status of sports coaches. Accordingly, building on a strong work base exploring the use of professional judgment and decision mak…