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Perception, Cognition, and Decision Training

Information from Patla and Vickers who recorded the gaze of participants as they approached and stepped over obstacles of varying height.

Vision and Goal-Directed Movement

Elliott and Khan contend that there are two types of visual regulation associated with goal-directed movement.

Sport Mechanics for Coaches-3rd Edition

The combination of mechanical principles with human anatomy allows you to understand sport mechanics.

Fundamentals of Motor Behavior

It is sometimes helpful to isolate the role of individual senses to gain a better understanding of the extent to which they guide movement skills.

Motor Control and Learning-5th Edition

Here we will discuss information processing as it relates to human motor behavior �specifically how information is processed for the specific purpose of producing skilled movement.

Motor Control and Learning 5th Edition eBook

Learn more about various functions of feedback in movement control, such as how we can conceptualize these functions as acting before a movement, during a movement, and after a movement.

The Athlete's Clock

The concept of pacing is rooted in the idea that athletes make cognitive, purposeful decisions regarding velocity based on previous experience and sensory input.

Motor Learning and Development eBook

Distribution of practice refers to the amount of practice during each period and the amount of rest between practice sessions in order to ensure optimal learning of motor skills (Magill, 2007).

Advanced Analysis of Motor Development eBook

If early developing motor differences exist, then assessment of these deficits may aid in identifying children at risk for ASD at a younger age than is currently possible.

Life Span Motor Development 6th Edition eBook With Web Study Guide

The growth process begins the instant an ovum (egg) and spermatozoon fuse in fertilization. Carried out under the control of genes, early development is astonishingly precise. Genes, then, determine the normal aspects of development and inherited abnormal development.

Articles and Links

	Cutting wood and missing putts How are constant error, variable error, and absolute error useful for understanding motor control?
	Explanation of the three-step decision training model The decision-training model has three steps and includes seven cognitive skills, seven cognitive triggers, and seven decision-training tools.
	Feedback plays many roles in movement production and control Learn more about various functions of feedback in movement control, such as how we can conceptualize these functions as acting before a movement, during a movement, and after a movement.