An upper-level undergraduate or graduate textbook for courses in human movement and skill acquisition. A professional reference for movement practitioners and scientists, including teachers, coaches, trainers, physical educators, physical therapists, rehabilitation specialists, sport scientists, psychologists, biomechanists, sport analysts and physiologists.
Dynamics of Skill Acquisition: An Ecological Dynamics Approach
Chapter 1. Athletes and Sports Teams Considered as Complex Adaptive Systems
Chapter 2. Physical Constraints on Coordination: Dynamical Systems Theory
Chapter 3. Informational Constraints on Coordination: An Ecological Psychology Perspective
Chapter 4. Intentionality, Cognition, and Decision Making in Sport
Chapter 5. Understanding the Dynamics of Skill Acquisition
Chapter 6. How Interacting Constraints Support a Nonlinear Pedagogy
Chapter 7. Redefining Learning: Practical Issues for Representative Learning Design
Chapter 8. Designing Individualized Practice Environments
Chapter 9. Practice for Sports Teams
Chapter 10. Modified Perceptual Training for Athletes
Chapter 11. Practitioners as Designers
Chapter 12. Expertise and Talent Development in Sport