Archive - Science of Skill

How To Run a 100-mile Race

Conquering 100 miles on two legs seemed unfathomable, until my friend John did it

Jun 12 •

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May 2025

The Power of Talking to Yourself

The performance benefit of self-talk speaks volumes

May 16 •

April 2025

The Yankees' "Torpedo" Bats are Smart. But Are They Optimal?

A Canada lab may have landed on an even better baseball bat design years ago

Apr 2 •

March 2025

How Your Words Can Predict Your Future

Speaking an NBA career into existence

Mar 27 •

The world's hardest test

What London cabbies tell us about the human brain and artificial intelligence

Mar 14 •

January 2025

Stress Can Be a Good Thing

"Pressure creates diamonds" on the athletic field - and in the operating room

Jan 23 •

AI is Coming for Coaching

The latest sports tech at CES wants to put an AI coach in everyone's pocket

Jan 16 •

October 2024

The science of cutaneous perception

How experts use touch differently

Oct 31, 2024 •

The science of Brandon Aubrey

Why don't more ex-soccer stars switch to football?

Oct 9, 2024 •

September 2024

The science of flow

When members of Phish and the Grateful Dead rock out in a neuroscience lab

Sep 19, 2024 •

August 2024

The science of ping-pong

What can a robot table-tennis player tell us about skill?

Aug 15, 2024 •

July 2024

The science of 54%

Roger Federer and the slim margin of difference between winners and losers

Jul 18, 2024 •

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