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> "I'm a little shocked that this is considered newsworthy in athletics" Something that is common sense isn't automatically accepted as scientifically signific

> "I'm a little shocked that this is considered newsworthy in athletics" Something that is common sense isn't automatically accepted as scientifically significant.

Jtsummers 11y ago
Or that common. It's also something that will be forgotten. Just because we knew at age 10 the secret to success in something, doesn't mean we knew it (consciously), or that we'll know it at age 30 or 40. Getting back into athletics these past couple years, there's a lot that I remember doing well as a kid that I struggled with greatly even though I'm stronger and faster now than I've ever been. Slowly details that I internalized and forgot 20 years ago are coming back to me.
bmelton 11y ago
Fair, and true. Also, on second reading, I think "shocked" far over-states my emotions on the matter. Bewildered is perhaps more appropriate. I think the discord comes from the disconnect that the common sense had not already been scientifically validated. "Eye on the ball" is so pervasive at every level of sports, and with the funding, I perhaps (naively) assumed that sports science was more advanced than it was, leading me to the (incorrect) assumption that this was scientific canon masquerading as common sense, and not the other way around.
- Jtsummers 11y ago
  In trying to find more, a researcher on the topic (Dr. Joan Vickers) has a book from 2007 on the topic. The research has been around for a while, these are just newer results, it seems. http://www.amazon.com/Perception-Cognition-Decision-Training-Quiet/dp/0736042563 http://www.amazon.com/Perception-Cognition-Decision-Training...
- TillE 11y ago
  The sciencification of (professional) sport is fairly recent, probably around 20-30 years. There's the famous story of Arsene Wenger coming to Arsenal in 1996 and giving his players diet plans, something unprecedented in England at that point. There was plenty of time before that for mediocre conventional wisdom to spread and become entrenched. But sometimes it's right.

> "I'm a little shocked that this is considered newsworthy in athletics" Something that is common sense isn't automatically accepted as scientifically significant.

Jtsummers 11y ago

Or that common. It's also something that will be forgotten. Just because we knew at age 10 the secret to success in something, doesn't mean we knew it (consciously), or that we'll know it at age 30 or 40. Getting back into athletics these past couple years, there's a lot that I remember doing well as a kid that I struggled with greatly even though I'm stronger and faster now than I've ever been. Slowly details that I internalized and forgot 20 years ago are coming back to me.

bmelton 11y ago

Fair, and true. Also, on second reading, I think "shocked" far over-states my emotions on the matter. Bewildered is perhaps more appropriate. I think the discord comes from the disconnect that the common sense had not already been scientifically validated. "Eye on the ball" is so pervasive at every level of sports, and with the funding, I perhaps (naively) assumed that sports science was more advanced than it was, leading me to the (incorrect) assumption that this was scientific canon masquerading as common sense, and not the other way around.

Jtsummers 11y ago
In trying to find more, a researcher on the topic (Dr. Joan Vickers) has a book from 2007 on the topic. The research has been around for a while, these are just newer results, it seems. http://www.amazon.com/Perception-Cognition-Decision-Training-Quiet/dp/0736042563 http://www.amazon.com/Perception-Cognition-Decision-Training...
TillE 11y ago
The sciencification of (professional) sport is fairly recent, probably around 20-30 years. There's the famous story of Arsene Wenger coming to Arsenal in 1996 and giving his players diet plans, something unprecedented in England at that point. There was plenty of time before that for mediocre conventional wisdom to spread and become entrenched. But sometimes it's right.