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Podcast: The Perception & Action Podcast
Episode: 39B – Specificity vs Variability in Training/My Ultra Update
Description: Which is better: specific or variable practice? How does it depend on what you are trying to achieve in terms of retention and transfer of skill? The ultramarathon as a complex system and my report on surviving my first one!  Articles/links: A sensorimotor basis for motor learning: evidence indicating specificity of practice Specificity and variability of practice Specificity of Learning a Sport Skill to the Visual Condition of Acquisition  Cave Creek Thriller 2016: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVk-ECgORD4  Mo...