The Adaptable Athlete Podcast A Masterclass On Affordances w/ Andrew Wilson
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Feb 21, 2024 
Dr. Andrew Wilson discusses affordances in sports and daily life, emphasizing the relationship between perception, action, and cognition. Topics include building learning labs in sports, VR training platforms, intentional design choices, and optimizing skill acquisition through affordances.
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Learning Lab With Southampton FC
- Andrew describes the Learning Lab collaboration with Southampton FC focused on ecologically grounded research.
- The lab embeds researchers in the club to align research questions and real coaching practice.
VR Needs Proof Of Real-World Transfer
- Virtual reality can create representative, repeatable affordance-rich practice but transfer must be tested.
- Transfer to the real world is the critical outcome, yet few VR studies assess it robustly.
Be Intentional When Designing VR Agents
- When building virtual training, control and intentionally design the agents, visuals, and motion realism.
- Experimentally test which simulation features actually matter for skill transfer.