About this episode
1:26 - Checking up on Harjiv: with the start of the NBA season, how has he been doing? 3:07 - What is “specificity” in relation to motor learning and practice design? 6:43 - Why should the specificity of practice and the specificity of movement be separated from each other? 10:16 - Defining variability and describing its benefits. 11:22 - Attributing specificity of practice as the “what” and the specificity of movement as the “how”. 13:09 - How do variation and specificity relate to each other? 14:38 - How does specificity and variation fit into volleyball given how chaotic it is? 17:00 - How does Kasey interact with the chaos of volleyball? 19:40 - Can we be specific while also having changes in variability? 25:48 - What is the thought process behind increasing and decreasing variability within the baseball setting? 27:18 - Are there instances where some kinds of variability may be more or less effective than others? 31:09 - One large and implementable takeaway from this episode. Coach Your Brains Out: The Art and Science of Coaching Volleyball The Inner Knight: Train and Compete Like a Champion Become a Patron to support the show.