Applied_TGfU. Stanford – Home of Champions. Talent, training and performance: The secrets of success. Apologies for the post-Tour de France “black hole” that was The Science of Sport!
Following and analyzing three weeks of racing left the inevitable backlog of work, which also happened to pick up to warp-speed at the conclusion of the Tour! However, recovery time now over, I am in the process of putting together the next series, which I’ll start as soon as I can, on The Physiology of Pacing Strategies. That will be a video series, consisting of perhaps six or seven short videos, which will bring us neatly to the IAAF World Championships in Daegu. Genes, innate ability and talent? Or practice makes perfect?
Total Football Magazine - Premier League, Championship, League One, League Two, Non-League News. As one season draws to a close, thoughts are instantly drawn to next season and, certainly for youth coaches, considering how can I help the players to improve again next year?
In the majority of education environments a curriculum or syllabus directs and drives the educator; football is no different. Coaching Children? Make it Memorable...Think Like a Kid! Coaching Children?
Make it Memorable...Think Like a Kid! A blog article for sports coach UK by Pete Sturgess of the FA Cast your mind back to when you were at school (tricky when you are as old as me!) And I can guarantee that you could name the teachers that inspired you, held your attention and made the subject come alive. Why is it that you can remember these individuals so many years later, what was it about them that has left this lasting memory? MoF_Coach_Training_17-05-12. The Forbidden Fruit of Failure. We’ve mapped failure to the wrong words.
And this mis-mapping is so strong and deep that un-mapping seems unlikely. I propose failure, as a word, be scratched from the dictionary. Failure is learning in the form of experiments (including the thought kind) with outcomes different than theorized, where the outcomes create a more complete understanding of theory, or learning. Wrong is mapped to failure, but failure should be mapped with – different than our best understanding.
Newness is mapped to failure. Risk is mapped to failure. How to develop as a Coach. The Learning Spy - How effective learning hinges on good questioning. 100-BENEFITS-2012. Challenges_document. The Best Players Rarely Make the Best Coaches. The 92nd P.G.A Championship ended yesterday with the usual fanfare and excitement that this last major of the year typically garners. But, what this tournament may be most remembered for was the younger generation of golfers - most who had not yet won a major - that sat atop the leaderboard throughout the final days at Whistling Straits. Seasoned players like Padraig Harrington missed the cut and, although we saw some amazing shots, Tiger Woods was never really in contention.
Do Students Know Enough Smart Learning Strategies? Teaching Strategies Lenny Gonzales What’s the key to effective learning?
One intriguing body of research suggests a rather gnomic answer: It’s not just what you know. It’s what you know about what you know. To put it in more straightforward terms, anytime a student learns, he or she has to bring in two kinds of prior knowledge: knowledge about the subject at hand (say, mathematics or history) and knowledge about how learning works. Research has found that students vary widely in what they know about how to learn, according to a team of educational researchers from Australia writing in this month’s issue of the journal Instructional Science. Teaching students good learning strategies leads to improved learning outcomes. Teaching students good learning strategies would ensure that they know how to acquire new knowledge, which leads to improved learning outcomes, writes lead author Helen Askell-Williams of Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia.
Discovering How to Learn Smarter. Big Ideas Getty By Annie Murphy Paul It’s not often that a story about the brain warms the heart.
The Seven C's of Effective Teaching - Jersey City, NJ. The Myth of the Skilled Basketball Player - Brian McCormick BasketballBrian McCormick Basketball. While we grossly misunderstand the talented basketball players, we also misunderstand the idea of skills.
Being skilled does not mean dribbling in straight lines or knocking down jump shots in an empty gym. A skill within the context of an invasion game like basketball combines the ability to know what to do with the ability to execute efficiently and effectively. A player who can shoot in an empty gym has developed his motor skills. However, the ability to perform in a game environment requires perceptual-cognitive skills too. Alistair smith learning. DeliberatePractice(PsychologicalReview).pdf (application/pdf Object) 10,000 hours vs training debate: No scientific limits making it impossible for any individual to become an elite athlete with practice? Dear Anders Ericsson…a request on behalf of sports science to stop telling people that the world is flatThe 10,000 hours vs genetic debate, and correcting Prof Ericsson’s mistruths So last night, I was (un)fortunate enough to be involved in a radio debate with Prof Anders Ericsson on the concept of talent vs training.
For those who don’t know, Ericsson is the father of the 10,000 hour concept, where he prescribes that ANY individual can become an elite athlete if they engage in the required hours of deliberate practice. He sets that number at 10,000 hours, which is really more marketing than it is science, and I had the chance to “debate” this on air last night.