We are a multidisciplinary group of researchers focused on understanding how individuals become skillful in combat sports and activities. In doing so, we study beginners, intermediates and experts from a range experimental approaches, dealing with questions such as, how is skill defined and measured in combat sports? How does an individual successfully strike or throw an opponent? How does training influence skill?
Research team
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Prof. Dr. Geert Savelsbergh Full professor in motor learning and performance |
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Dr. John van der Kamp Associate professor and lecturer in perceptual motor learning |
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Dr. Dominic Orth Lecturer on motor learning and control https://swinburne.edu.au/…/researcher-profile/?id=dorth |
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Kai Krabben Msc. PhD student working on classification in Paralympic judo Talent coach at Dutch Judo Federation |