Tatami Talk Podcast Episode 144: Learning vs Performance Environment

About this episode

The episode discusses the distinction between learning and performance environments in sports training.

On episode 144 of Tatami Talk, we discuss the importance of distinguishing a learning environment and a performance environment. Read the post mentioned on this episode: https://www.tatamitalk.com/p/learning-environment-vs-performance Learning vs Performance: An integrative Review: https://bjorklab.psych.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2016/11/soderstorm_ra_learningvsperformance.pdf ------------------------------------------- 0:00 Intro 09:42 Baseball and Judo warmups 20:46 Migrating from substack to beehiiv 25:52 Learning Environment vs Performance Environment 34:24 Mistakes are good 40:58 Deliberate Practice 45:42 Evaluating Progress ------------------------------------------- Email us: tatamitalk@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tatamitalk Juan: https://www.instagram.com/thegr8_juan Anthony: https://www.instagram.com/anthonythrows Check out our newsletter: https://tatamitalk.com/ Intro + Outro by Donald Rickert: https://www.instagram.com/donaldrickert Cover Art by Mas: https://www.instagram.com/masproduce Podcast Site: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/tatamitalk/ Also listen on Apple iTunes, Google podcasts, Google Play Music and Spotify

People in this episode

Hosts: Juan, Anthony

Topics covered

• learning environment
• performance environment
• deliberate practice
• evaluating progress
• sports training

Keywords

• learning environment
• performance environment
• deliberate practice
• sports training
• evaluating progress

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tatami Talk, UCLA

Books & works: Learning vs Performance: An integrative Review

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