VISUAL OCCLUSION - Motor Learning for Coaches

• 1:11 - Exciting news for Kasey.
• 1:56 - Trying to keep ecological dynamics as a part of Kasey’s coaching style.
  • Guiding set of principles
• 3:45 - Introduction to visual occlusion.
  • Anticipating faster
• 7:51 - Explaining Gaze behavior and how visual occlusion is used to help develop it. 
  • Active v. passive gaze
  • Intercepting objects
• 10:08 - Why should athletes take time away from studying and visualizing patterns of movements?
• 11:32 - Finding better information by occluding everything else besides a specific habit or skill.
  • Can also occlude one specific thing, and leave the rest available to be focused on.
• 12:47 - In the scope of baseball, how can coaches implement occlusion training to develop faster reactions.
• 14:56 - Explaining the infrared beam, and how Andy uses it.
• 16:14 - Implementing occlusion training with a low budget.
  • Techniques that Kasey has found to be effective.
  • Strobe goggles..
• 22:04 - John’s application of the strobe goggles in practicing serve receive and defense.
  • Kasey’s clarification for the listeners.
• 28:16 - Specifying the benefit of using occlusion training to give athletes up to date information

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