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This is a really interesting post on the role of perception in baseball fielding, and an introduction to the Information Processing versus Ecological Perception debate.

My Sweat Life blogger Kelsey Wells has proved that weight on a scale is insignificant when it comes to being fit and healthy. She has urged her fans - all (almost) half a million of them - to 'Screw the Scale'. Read the complete post here and learn how she has challenged perceptions of weight with a set of photos.

We often take for granted all of the logic and skills that human athletes demonstrate every day. Our kids can easily surpass the performance of robots, even as young as 3 years old. But HOW we are able to do these tasks so easily?

Pitching a 3" diameter baseball 46 feet (for Little League) or 60 feet, 6 inches over a target that is 8 inches wide requires an accuracy of 1/2 to 1 degree. Throwing it fast, with the pressure of a game situation makes this task one of the hardest in sports. So, how do we do it? And how can we learn to do it more consistently?

Dan Peterson takes an interesting look at the role of the eyes and brain in baseball hitting performance.

A psychological look at direct free kicks in soccer/football... ...from the goalkeeper's perspective.

How do tennis professionals like Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal manage not only to see, but estimate the speed and movement of the ball, before deciding how to play their shot? Are they born with the visuomotor systems to meet the "interceptive timing task requirements" of their sport, or can they be trained?