Injuries and lack of motivation are common reasons for discontinuation of running. Real-time
feedback from wearables can reduce discontinuation by reducing injury risk and improving …

Youth athletes are ideal candidates for novel therapeutic motor learning interventions that
leverage the plasticity of the central nervous system to promote desirable biomechanical …

With an array of critical and engaging pedagogical features, the fourth edition of Motor
Learning and Control for Practitioners offers the best practical introduction to motor learning …

Skilled motor performance is essential in sports, the performing arts, various occupations,
and many daily activities. Scientists and practitioners alike are therefore interested in …

An external focus of attention has been shown to enhance the performance and learning of
motor skills, relative to an internal focus (see Chua, Jimenez-Diaz, Lewthwaite, Kim, & Wulf …

The self-controlled motor learning literature consists of experiments that compare a group of
learners who are provided with a choice over an aspect of their practice environment to a …

The OPTIMAL theory of motor learning contends that an external focus of attention (EF),
enhanced expectancies (EE), and autonomy support (AS) are key attentional and …

(1) Background: How to optimally promote the process of acquiring and learning a new
motor skill is still one of the fundamental questions often raised in training and movement …

ABSTRACT Purpose: The Optimizing Performance Through Motivation and Attention for
Learning (OPTIMAL) theory predicts that providing learners with choices during skill …

Abstract Objectives According to the Optimizing Performance Through Intrinsic Motivation
and Attention for Learning (OPTIMAL) theory of Wulf and Lewthwaite, enhanced …