Dr. Juergen Konczak, professor of kinesiology, was asked to serve on the organizing committee of the 2013 meeting of the North American Society for Sport Psychology and Physical Activity (NASPSPA) and to chair the motor development portion of the conference. Together with Dr. Michael Wade, professor of kinesiology, and Jan Hodzinski from Louisana State University he forms the team that identifies and nominates the keynote and senior speakers and reviews all submitted contributions related to the motor development portion of this annual conference.