Timestamp

0:42 — Professional Background

2:55 — Paper #1 Discussion - Internal vs. External Focus

20:19 — Paper #2 Discussion - Self-Controller Practice

32:57 — Paper #3 Discussion - Learner Feedback

51:19 — General advice to Golfers and Coaches

53:46 — What’s Something You’ve Changed Your Mind About Over Your Career?

1:01:33 — Book Recommendations

1:05:24 — Current Projects

Resources

Book Recommendation #1: Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder

Paper #1: Reporting bias not external focus: A robust Bayesian meta-analysis of the attentional focus literature

Paper #2: The combination of reporting bias and underpowered study designs has substantially exaggerated the motor learning benefits of self-controlled practice and enhanced expectancies: a meta-analysis

Paper #3: Meta-analysis of the reduced feedback frequency effect on motor learning and performance

About Dr. Brad McKay

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Brad McKay is the Senior Strategist – Training Design for the Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club. He collaborates with coaches, analysts, and sport scientists to enhance the development and performance of Brewers players.

His academic background began with an Honour’s degree in Psychology from St. Thomas University in his hometown of Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. He then completed his Master of Science degree in Kinesiology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, supervised by Dr. Gabriele Wulf. His doctorate was earned in Human Kinetics at the University of Ottawa, supervised by Dr. Diane Ste-Marie. Prior to joining the Brewers, Brad was a Postdoctoral Fellow at McMaster University, working in Dr. Michael Carter’s Metascience, Action, and Cognition laboratory.

His research focuses on the metascience of motor learning and performance, in particular understanding the evidential basis underpinning the field’s most import phenomena, as well as the systemic issues that undermine the accumulation of knowledge.

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