- 1:28 - Andy’s primary focus of study, and what he has his PhD in.
- What he does for the Pittsburgh Pirates
- Motor Learning + Sports Psychology
- 2:45 - What is part vs. whole practice?
- Interconnected technique and skills
- Breaking down the parts of Beethoven’s 5th Symphony
- Connecting sports and musical analogies
- 7:06 - If you mess up the first part, can you continue with the rest of the parts?
- 8:20 - How to emphasize certain skill areas without making whole practice too overwhelming for the athlete.
- 12:20 - Will part practice actually help you improve, or does it have a placebo effect on the athlete?
- Ineffective simulations for volleyball drills in young ages
- 17:18 - How to implement whole practice into our warmups.
- 21:01 - Are the different parts of motor learning connected, and if they are, how are they connected?
- Some gray areas in between
- Some aspects to take from each part
- From an academic standpoint, it’s hard to mix
- Trial and erroring + measuring the effects in practices to find the best approach
- 29:03 - Summary of the topics discussed.
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