Paul Dunleavy

[Jimmy Culnane @jculnane]

Variety in the carries but the principle is the same. Free your eyes up to help make decisions by 'feeling' the ball on stick. The game doesn't teach us this; our coaches have to. Imagine the decision-making capability if they learn it early...

[tphuang @tphuang]

China has completed 9 flight experiments in 5 categories & achieved horizontal landing of hypersonic aircraft for 1st time after completing near space launch & flight test.
1st time by MD-19 hypersonic vehicle landed in 2020.
Now declassified.
Can fly @ Mach 7 for long distance.

[Brendan McCord 🏛️ x 🤖 @Brendan_McCord]

When human life is reduced to physics:

(This is actually pretty badass)

[Dean Burnett (@drdeanburnett everywhere) @drdeanburnett]

“Sleeping on It” Helps With Rational Decision Making - https://t.co/M009iTxiod via @neurosciencenew

Once again, when it comes to problem solving, "sleep on it" is neurologically sound advice. For many reasons. This new study adds another one.

🧵

/1

[World Athletics @WorldAthletics]

8 frames, 1 iconic 100m final 🖼️

#Paris2024

[Steve Magness @stevemagness]

So much information on the Algerian Boxer.

Let's clear up the mess in this thread.

1. They are NOT trans
2. The The IBA says she failed eligibility to compete as a female. We do not know test specifics.
3. If this is accurate, she is likely DSD (intersex).

What does this mean?

[Paul Dunleavy @Dunners16]

@Point1_Athletic @jercoaching @redbullbike If we did, one of the participants would spend most of their time swearing a lot and closing their eyes…

[Paul Dunleavy @Dunners16]

Wow….

[Prof. Christina Pagel - @chrischirp.bsky.social @chrischirp]

Quick thread on the Astra Zeneca (AZ) covid vaccine since it's been in the news today.

TLDR there isn't a new "smoking gun", the AZ vax was one of first and cheapest, it saved millions of lives globally, there are better vax out there now, adapted to new variants 1/9

[Daniel Abrahams @DanAbrahams77]

Coaches…

Three mental skills…

-attention
-intensity
-intent

…are playing out every single second of the game from every player.

Three perceptual-cognitive skills…

-awareness
-anticipation
-decision-making

…are playing out every single second of the game from every player.

All six are mediated by…

-actions-for the game (the action capabilities of the players)
-knowledge-of the game (knowledge of tactics, the opponent etc)
-knowledge-in the game (recognising situation-specific challenges)
-shared mental models (a shared set of processes and language for the game)
-intrapersonal (mental techniques) and interpersonal (communication) abilities

👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻
All five of the above can be coached every single second of every single activity in every training session…every day!

[Daniel Abrahams @DanAbrahams77]

I love this video of Conor McGregor…

I love it because this is a good example of a world class sporting competitor claiming something that is (probably) a misrepresentation of what actually happened.

I’m being bold, and hopefully not disrespectful to Conor, but let me explain…

In the video, McGregor refers to ‘manifesting’ his knockout blow on Jose Aldo. The Law of Attraction he describes it as - see it, say it…and it will happen.

The problem with this logic is that, if this were true, he’d win every fight. He’d simply see what he wanted, say what he wanted…and it would happen.

Back in the real world, credit to him and his team during his training camp for working on what is called a contextual prior. Simply, they’ve studied Jose Aldo hard, they’ve found a specific movement pattern (probably an unconscious one) that they can exploit, and then they’ve created drills in training to practice exploiting that movement pattern. This analysis has built McGregor’s knowledge-of the fight he’s training for. You can see him practicing the move in th video below (even mimicking Aldo’s lumbering movement).

Now, the training…

This is where repetition is important in training…but a dynamic sense of repetition. This would likely start in an isolated activity in order to train an ‘action-for’ the movement bias. Then adding in more contextual factors such an opposing fighter who would fight in an Aldo style (giving McGregor the opportunity to develop knowledge-in the fight…for example, timing, what to do if he misses the punch and so on)…

Actions-for
Knowledge-of
Knowledge-in

Imagery or mental rehearsal can indeed play a big part in the learning process as fight night gets closer. To envision using multiple senses José Aldo’s movement patterns that present an opportunity to throw a right and knock him out. Such imagery or mental rehearsal can enhance actions-for, knowledge-of, and knowledge-in. But this alone is not enough. Intelligent, dynamic practice is vital.

Do check out my Sport Psych Show podcast episode with @JonMackey14 where we discuss training with contextual priors in mind here: https://t.co/Qj3LHklcWc

[Karen Vaites @karenvaites]

.@C_Hendrick’s keynote at @researchED_US was astoundingly good.

I caught most of it on video…

Sorry that it’s in Tweetable chunks, but I promise that it’s worth the headache of pressing Play a few times.

What is learning, Carl asks?

[Dr. M.F. Khan @Dr_TheHistories]

It is a custom of Greek and Roman artists to present the second toe of the feet of gods, heroes and leaders longer than the first toe. In Art it’s called the Greek foot. If the first two toes have same length, it’s called the Roman foot. If the first toe is longer , it’s called the Egyptian foot.

This is a way to stratify classes of figures presented as statues or in icons (Jesus Christ in icons has always a Greek foot) invented by Phidias, the sculptor of the Parthenon of Athens and adopted by all artists till present day. The longer second toe shows importance and divine origins or substance.

In the picture, original right foot of goddess Athena , central figure of the west pediment of the Parthenon, made by Phidias. It’s the original and is in display in the fabulous Acropolis museum of Athens.

#drthehistories

[Progressive Rugby @ProgressiveRug]

Medical student Immanuel Feyi-Waboso, 21, will miss the final match of the 6N with 🇫🇷 after self-diagnosing a concussion post the Ireland game and informing team medics.

This is an exceptional example to set both his teammates and the young fans that idolise their heroes 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[Impact @ImpactWales]

Giving pupils practice which replicates the test, is LESS effective than varying the conditions of practice.

That's right, coaching to the test does not develop long term learning. How are you making using of the Bjork's research on desirable difficulties in your teaching?

[Robin Taylor @Rdtaylor_16]

🚨Are you the parent/guardian of a child in the England Hockey Pathway? 🚨

We are conducting a study into the experiences of parents/guardians across the hockey pathway.

15 minute survey here https://t.co/QiWOc1czQS

Please share!

[Nooruddean @BeardedGenius]

This is unreal!

[Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward]

It's been an utterly abominable 24 hours for Brexit news:

- The UK gave up on negotiations to extend our trade deal with Canada, leaving us worse off than when we were an EU member
https://t.co/EkwL7Ux6TG

- New incoming border checks will add £200 million a year to the cost of our food and drink.
https://t.co/gxYDOLZdeE

- MPs were warned that the EU's upcoming ETIAS/EES border systems may lead to 14-hour queues to enter (the rest of) Europe from the autumn.
https://t.co/L0rpDZLNTZ

- There were warnings of possible shortages of flowers for Valentines Day because of the new incoming border checks.
https://t.co/G7ao5PRwOS

- A plan to extend visas for British expats in France from 90 to 180 days was blocked by France's Constitutional Council court (a decision which has no right of appeal).
https://t.co/tTIfgcgYFd

- Rishi Sunak's pledge to ensure no future laws can create a border down the Irish Sea has gone down like a bucket of sick in TUV quarters. (And has sent the blood pressure of the usual suspect Brexiters sky-high.)
https://t.co/odwcopbjcJ

- The EU's plans to increase bulk medicine procurement across the bloc risk creating shortages in Britain because they have very significantly greater buying power than the UK does.
https://t.co/qMmYN6l1dt

Phew! That's a truly catastrophic batch of headlines for just one day...

[Chris Boettcher @chrisboettcher9]

Nutrition 101 in 25 sentences.

Don't miss this, you didn't learn this in school:

[Middlesbrough FC @Boro]

Gutted. But also proud of our journey

#Boro fans, you were incredible tonight. Thank you ❤️ #UTB