Dr Robert Zorec The Brain Motivation And Table Tennis

Описание: Robert Zorec is Professor of Pathophysiology at the University of Ljubljana, Medical Faculty, a Full Member of Academia Europaea (London) and Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, as well as a Past Member of the Committee for Advanced Medical Products at the European Medicine’s Agency (London). He received his PhD from the University of Ljubljana in 1986.

His Postdoctoral experience was at Cambridge in Dr W T Mason's laboratory. His work was and is supported by different grants from EU and other countries (the British Council and The Wellcome Trust Fellowships, Fulbright Scholarship, Research Council of Slovenia, Nuffield Foundation, EduGLIA, NIH).

During this interview he explains how the brain works, the difference between white and grey matter, how motivation accelerates the learning of new motoric and cognitive tasks and how it all relates to table tennis.


About Learning in general, how repetition plays a big part, the difference between white and grey matter in the brain (0:00-3:49)

How much repetition is needed to maintain an already learned motoric or cognitive skill, why motivation is so important for effective training (3:49-6:30)

How the player has to reset, has to "be clean" to be able to focus on the upcoming task & the coach as the guide during the learning process (6:30-7:53)

What is a more successful way of learning ? Ground up or top down (7:53-9:15)

What book he would suggest for table tennis coaches to read (9:15-10:21)