Written on , by Glenn Paulley
On Thursday, 18 October, the Golden Hawks High Performance Centre welcomed Nicole Westlund, a PhD student studying sport psychology in the School of Kinesiology at the University of Western Ontario, to the Kitchener-Waterloo Granite Club. Nicole, with the assistance of her supervisor, Professor Craig Hall, is studying the application of imagery in sport, particularly in Continue Reading
Written on , by Glenn Paulley
Nicole Westlund, a graduate student studying sport psychology in the School of Kinesiology at the University of Western Ontario, along with her supervisor, Professor Craig Hall, are undertaking a study of curling strategy. The goal of the study is to “validate these [strategy] scenarios for use in future research involving varsity athletes”. For the survey, Continue Reading
Written on , by Gary Crossley
An age-old question in sport is what practice structure yields the best results in relation to effective skill acquisition. This article will define three different practice structures that are referred to as Blocked, Distributed and Random. The answer to this question is critical to all coaches, as they need to structure practices appropriately by selecting Continue Reading