
175 – What is the Role of Eye Dominance in Skilled Motor Action?
03/24/20 • 29 min
What is the relevance of ocular dominance for the control of action? How might it effect an athlete’s choice of stance or side? Is there any evidence to support the idea that being cross-dominant (different dominant hand and dominant eye) is advantageous in sports?
Journal Club Link:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkFDwtrBfpZALV_oEPmc-cQ
Articles:
The Advantage of Eye–Hand Cross-Dominance for Baseball Batters
Sensory Eye Dominance: Relationship Between Eye and Brain
The Effect of Ocular Dominance on the Performance of Professional Baseball Players
Ocular Dominance and Handedness in Golf Putting
The Dominant Eye: Dominant for Parvo- But Not for Magno-Biased Stimuli?
Hand and Eye Dominance in Sport: Are Cricket Batters Taught to Bat Back-to-Front?
More information:
My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)
Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)
Support the podcast and receive bonus content
Credits:
The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action
Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy
via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com
What is the relevance of ocular dominance for the control of action? How might it effect an athlete’s choice of stance or side? Is there any evidence to support the idea that being cross-dominant (different dominant hand and dominant eye) is advantageous in sports?
Journal Club Link:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkFDwtrBfpZALV_oEPmc-cQ
Articles:
The Advantage of Eye–Hand Cross-Dominance for Baseball Batters
Sensory Eye Dominance: Relationship Between Eye and Brain
The Effect of Ocular Dominance on the Performance of Professional Baseball Players
Ocular Dominance and Handedness in Golf Putting
The Dominant Eye: Dominant for Parvo- But Not for Magno-Biased Stimuli?
Hand and Eye Dominance in Sport: Are Cricket Batters Taught to Bat Back-to-Front?
More information:
My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)
Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)
Support the podcast and receive bonus content
Credits:
The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action
Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy
via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com
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174 – Technique Change II: Proactive Interference, Constraints & Individual Differences
Revisiting issue of technique change, first discussed in Episode 14. How do we prevent proactive interference from a well-learned technique? How does this vary between individuals? How is technique change conceptualized in the ecological approach to skilled performance?
Articles:
Reducing Proactive Interference in Motor Tasks Interindividual differences in the capability to change automatized movement patternsMore information:
My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)
Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)
Support the podcast and receive bonus content
Credits:
The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action
Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy
via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com
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176 – Journal Club #1: Equipment Scaling & Functional Variability
I am joined by Marianne Davies and Ben Franks to discuss the really interesting new article by Tim Buszard and colleagues from AIS: Scaling sports equipment for children promotes functional movement variability.
Journal Club Link:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkFDwtrBfpZALV_oEPmc-cQ
Articles:
Scaling sports equipment for children promotes functional movement variability
More information:
My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)
Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)
Support the podcast and receive bonus content
Credits:
The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action
Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy
via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com
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