The ‘over egging’ of discovery learning and educator (coach or coach developer) positioning themselves always as the facilitator Balanced thoughts as always from Donald Clark (no flags, no hashtags) youtu.be/jNkGcuXYDZo?si…

Unbe-YEE-vable!! Alex Yee, Olympic triathlon champion! #Paris2024

Balanced introduction to skill acquisition for coaches The state of the 'science' The role of errors Performance and Development considerations fifatrainingcentre.com/en/community/s… Well done Job Fransen Paul S Bradley

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Coaches need to plan what they are looking for The broader point from the video is if you are focused on managing the session, you aren't going to be able to adjust activities, or your interactions with athletes - it takes up too much attentional capacity. Being intentional

A few thoughts on how I see skill acquisition fitting into the coaching puzzle. Looking forward to exploring these ideas further over the coming years. skilledathleticism.com/post/re-positi…

A pleasure to contribute to this Well done Kevin Gavin

A good idea practically and strongly supported by the research Pleasing to see research outputs from DCU_Performance being used to influence policy decisions

“Your brain doesn’t react to the world—it predicts in advance how to act and what to experience in the next moment… This guessing happens so quickly and efficiently that you don’t experience yourself doing it…either confirm those predictions or adjust them so your brain can

A considered response from Cathal Dennehy – of course, it isn’t as simple as ‘just let them’ play, albeit for children diversification rather than specialisation is the preferred foundation. Careful consideration of the balance and range of foundational activities is important

“Ausubel (1968) warned of the dangers of errors in the learning process and suggested that allowing people to make errors encourages them to practice incorrect and inefficient approaches that will cause trouble because they are difficult to overwrite later…. However, a fear of

New study with Liam Sweeney and colleagues. We report that the selection of reference data significantly influences the classification of biological maturity timing in national youth soccer players. Some practical consequences of this are discussed. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17…

Important study here. I suspect many coaches, researchers and policy makers don't think enough about the implications of using different reference datasets for creating normative standards.

Delighted to be a part of this study with Tommy Lundberg Liam Sweeney and Áine MacNamara Significant implications for practical use of biological maturity testing and for challenge management more broadly

Just because they’re engaged, it doesn’t mean they’re learning Following a conversation with a coach today, a useful primer that 'engagement'/activity levels are not an appropriate frame of reference for the coach to consider their practice Carl Hendrick my.chartered.college/impact_article…

One of the great myths of "good coaching". However, the players don't need to be learning all the time. We need to consider our balance of fun/engagement and learning across a session, especially for younger players. They aren't mutually exclusive, either.

Congratulations to MC and others for this look at psychological safety Delighted to see this topic being treated with the nuance needed to help coaches work through the issues arising.

Coverage of our ongoing player development research project with Premiership Rugby Well done to Amy Shelley for the excellent work! DCU_Performance and Insight SFI Research Centre

Another plug for this piece on the changes to the RFU/PRL academy system as part of the PGP. Includes this redraw of catchment areas (based on geographical population data and other things - not just area!). Full piece here: telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/20…