Kevin Becker, PhD
@kbecker99
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Associate Professor, University of Tennessee | Motor Learning/Skill Acquisition Researcher | Retiredish Hammer Thrower and Highland Games Athlete
Knoxville, TN
Joined March 2012
Very excited to have this paper accepted in @JMLDjournal!.
New accepted paper by @kbecker99 from @UTKCEHHS 🇺🇲 with Marco Avalos, who found that a holistic focus of attention when performing an isokinetic elbow flexion task 💪led to improvements in torque production and EMG activity compared to an internal and external focus of attention
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RT @NASPSPA: Please make plans to join us for the Spring 2024 NASPSPA Motor Development, Learning, and Control Online Research Seminar on W….
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Both a holistic and external focus enhance free-throw accuracy in skilled basketball players.
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UK based physiotherapists please consider sharing your experience with using attentional focus strategies in the rehab process.
I'm looking for UK-Based Physiotherapists with experience in delivering lower limb rehabilitation for adults within the last 5 years to consider participating in my survey! . Please consider participating & sharing!. EDCA no: acHSK-CL-UH-05058(2).
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Awesome to see one of our UT Sport Psychology and Motor Behavior alums doing great things! @UTKCEHHS.
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Come join us for a great online seminar! You do not need to be a NASPSPA member to attend.
Upcoming NASPSPA MDLC Online Research Seminar series on Friday, November 3rd featuring @GetchellNancy and @matt_pep . Register here:
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RT @ALTIS: Tech thrives on predictability, but sport performance is inherently unpredictable 🏃♂️ . In such moments, the human ability to a….
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Practical external focus cue: “Throw past the dollar and you can have it!”
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RT @ProfFeynman: It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is. If it disagrees with experiment, it's wrong. In that simple statement is t….
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This was a fun conversation with @coachgambetta and @hmmrmedia around attentional focus, false dichotomies, and skill acquisition.
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We live in the age of polarization. We get into long debates about whether things are black or white, but when it comes to topics like training and motor learning, the reality is often a shade of grey
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Happy to share some of my research at GAIN 2023. Even better was all the thought provoking conversation with some of the best people in coaching, athletic development, and rehab. #practicetotheory 🤝#theorytopractice.
Awesome research by @kbecker99 that challenges the status quo by asking coaches AND researchers to rethink what we take “for granted” based on ‘science’. #GAIN2023
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The use of a holistic focus of attention to improve standing long jump performance among NCAA track and field athletes.
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Research on attentional focus has consistently shown that an external focus (EF) is superior to an internal focus (IF) for performance with novice performers or...
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Congratulations to @KipWebsterPhD for being elected to the NASPSPA Board of Directors! #GOVOLS.
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Great stuff. It doesn’t need to be either or….
Thread: To cue or not to cue? Is that the question? . I believe we owe it to the broader coaching community to consider the merit of what appears to be a growing tension between instructional (verbal) and constraint-led (non-verbal) approaches to coaching. 1/19.
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Good old Rocky Top!.
Excited to come to Lauricella Center at Neyland for the Faculty Pub this month #UTFacultyFun @KRSSutk @kbecker99
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Guilty….
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Good study, but to me the most interesting part is that 58% of instructions and feedback didn’t fit into the traditional internal and external focus boxes. Seems like a missed opportunity not to dig into those statements and try to understand other strategies being used.
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