The Adaptable Athlete Podcast is a podcast for coaches and practitioners who want to learn more about modern approached to sport movement and skill acquisition; and who ultimately, want to help to their athletes become more adaptable. Host, Javi Miller-Estrada engages in discussions with some of the absolute best sport coaches, trainers, and practitioners in the world. Coaches who are truly pushing the industry forward.
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How to Make Deceleration Training Transfer to the Game
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On this week's episode, Coach Jav is joined again by Yuji Suzuki! Yuji joined us during our last episode and in this one, they dive into the topic of deceleration training! The skill of deceleration is an important one for athletes, but it is traditionally trained in a very decontextualized way. Which is devoid of many of the elements that help ski…
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How Can We Make Musculoskeletal Rehab More "Alive"? w/ Yuji Suzuki
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My Guest today is Yuji Suzuki! Yuji works as a chiropractor and a remote coach to help people of all backgrounds overcome obstacles related to their health and fitness. Over the years, his education has shifted his views on how he can be most helpful to someone dealing with pain and injuries, particularly being informed by the updated models of pai…
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3 EcoD Practice Design Principles Every Coach Should Know
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Hey everyone, welcome to today's show! On this episode, we are going to be doing a deep dive on practice design! This is a topic many of you are very interested in and passionate about so I figured we would shine a light on it. To do this, I've compiled some clips from some of my amazing guests that will give you their insights on practice design. …
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Exploring The Athletic Skills Model w/ Martina Navarro
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My guest for today’s episode is Dr. Martina Navarro. Martina is a native of Brazil and a senior lecture at the university of Portsmouth in the UK. She received her undergrad from the university of São Paulo in Brazil and her PhD from São Paulo and the university of Amsterdam in Netherlands. Her PhD focused on effects of strategies and high levels o…
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The Ecological Dynamics of Soccer w/ Ben Franks
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Hey, what’s up everybody welcome to adaptable podcast powered by emergence. I’m your host Coach Jav and thank you so much for joining me today. My guess today is Ben Franks Ben Franks is a lecturer in applied coaching science at Oxford Brookes University in the UK. Primarily his work is focused on the visual control of movement in sport during inte…
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"The 1st Day of Practice we Play" with Jason Watson
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My guest today is Jason Watson . Who is Jason? Jason is the head women’s volleyball coach at the university Arkansas women’s volleyball. Prior to that he had successful head coaching stance at my alma mater Arizona State and BYU. What’s unique about Jason is that he is a program builder. He took over a program in Arkansas. That is a major conferenc…
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" Provide Your Athletes with a License to Explore" w/ Tom Parry
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My guest for today's episode is Tom Parry! Tom is the head of the kinesiology department at Butler University and received his PhD from Indiana University. His research interests are centered on the application of kinesiology theory and concepts to practitioner-based settings such as therapy, coaching and strength & conditioning. His expertise is i…
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On today’s episode, I’m joined by Alex Sarama! Alex is a 2x guest on the show and appeared on the podcast way back in Episode 33! Since that episode, Alex’s life has changed quite a bit. he found it a company called Transforming Basketball, which is seeking to change the way that basketball is coached. He is also the Director of methodology with Lo…
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On this episode, I'm joined by my guy Tyler Yearby and we answer your skill acquisition questions! We asked you on social media to post any burning questions you had heading into the new year and you delivered! Today, we answer those questions. Some of the topics we covered include: How Important is it for a coach to have experience playing the spo…
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Putting The Tools In The Athlete's Hands w/ Nick Smallridge
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My guest today is Nick Smallridge! Nick is a teacher and soccer coach in Bentonville, Arkansas, USA. He is he coach at Sporting AR 2007G Coach and the assistant varsity coach at Bentonville High School for the girls team. Nick has over 18 years of coaching experience including Socorro High School Boys Asst, Grassroots in Socorro, various levels, Ne…
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A Masterclass On Affordances w/ Andrew Wilson
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My guest today is Dr. Andrew Wilson! Dr. Wilson an Ecological Psychologist and a researcher at Leeds Beckett University in the UK He is an internationally recognised expert in perception, action and embodied cognition. He gained his PhD in Psychology and Cognitive Science from Indiana University, Bloomington in 2005. His research interests are broa…
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Reconnect to Your Inner Athlete w/ Rafe Kelly
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My guest today is Rafe Kelley! Rafe is the founder of Evolve Move Play and is one of the foremost movement practitioners on the world. He's studied and practiced everything from parkour, gymnastics, various martial arts disciplines, and much more. Rafe absolutely crushes on this podcast and we discuss some very deep and interesting topics. If you w…
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No Two Jumps Are The Same: An Ecological Approach to Jump Training w/ Chris McCosker
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My guest today is Chris McCosker!!..Chris is lecturer in the physical education, skill acquisition and motor control spaces at the Australian Catholic University with experience as a sport scientist for International, National and junior level athletes across sports including track and field, rowing, water polo, cricket, football (soccer) and baseb…
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Ask Emergence Q&A - Answering Your 2024 Coaching Questions
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Welcome to today's show! On this episode, I'm joined by my guy Shawn Myzka and we answer YOUR 2024 coaching questions! We asked you on social media to post any burning questions you had heading into the new year and you delivered! Today, we answer those questions. Some of the topics we covered include: Game day warmups: Rote repetition vs a more va…
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Exploring Movement Boundaries w/ Yuji Suzuki
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My Guest today is Yuji Suzuki! Yuji works as a chiropractor and a remote coach to help people of all backgrounds overcome obstacles related to their health and fitness. Over the years, his education has shifted his views on how he can be most helpful to someone dealing with pain and injuries, particularly being informed by the updated models of pai…
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Embracing Complexity in Coaching with Stu McMillan and Shawn Myszka
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My Guests today are Stu McMillan and Shawn Myszka! Shawn has been on this podcast multiple times before, so you can refer this previous episodes for more info on his background. Stu is the sprints coach and CEO at Altis, which is one of the leading companies in in the world in coach educations Stu has over 25 years of experience in professional coa…
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Take The Red Pill: Ditch The Matrix and The Coaching Dogmas w/ Austin Jochum
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My Guest today is Austin Jochum! Austin the owner of Jochum Strength in Minneapolis Minnesota. The inspiration for Jochum Strength came when Austin was 15 years old and was told he had herniated a disk in his back from squatting and that he wouldn't be able to move the same way again. Through years of research, self experimentation and lots of tria…
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For today's episode, we are going to discuss how a coach can guide an athlete's search! As more and more people are starting to become aware of a modern approach to skill acquisition, there still seems to be this gap between knowledge and application. So today, I'm going to share w/ you 3 Ways to Guide An Athletes Search! If you're someone who's ne…
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Problem Solving In The Weight Room w/ Rob Nelson
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My guest today is Rob Nelson! Rob is the associate director of sports performance at University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). He directly oversees all program design for women’s volleyball, baseball, women’s basketball, and track and field. Prior that Rob worked at Wofford College, St Francis, and IMG academy. I was first introduced to Rob …
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Creating Basketball Environments That Get Game Day Results w/ Drew Dunlop and Jacob Grossman
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For today's episode, my guests are Drew Dunlop and Jacob Grossman! Drew and Jacob are the co-founders of The ProLane, a basketball skill sdevelopment facility. Drew directed the pre draft process of Miami Heat guard, Tyler Herro. He also coached 3 years in the Chinese Basketball Association and has served as a consultant for the Philippines basketb…
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Reconceptualizing The Role of a Sports Performance Coach w/ Tyler Yearby
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For today's episode, my guest is Tyler Yearby!! Tyler has been a multi time guest on this podcast, appearing back in episode 24 and episode 1. This time around, Tyler and I discuss his travels to England and China discussing ecological dynamics and using a CLA in practice. One of the concepts that Tyler is presenting on is "Reconceptualizing the Ro…
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A Modern Approach to Martial Arts w/ Josh Peacock
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My guest today is Josh Peacock! Josh is the host of the Combat Learning Podcast. Josh is lifelong martial arts fanatic with over 20 years in the game, including 8+ years as an instructor. He currently holds 4th dan in taekwondo and a blue belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu — and has some sort of experience in most styles widely available today. His love f…
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Reconceptualizing Sport Movement as a Problem Solving Activity w/ Shawn Myszka
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For today's episode, my guest is Shawn Myszka!! Shawn has been a multi time guest on this podcast, appearing back in episode 53 and episode 38. This time around, Shawn and I discuss his new paper he authored alongside Tyler Yearby and Keith Davids, titled "Reconceptualizing Movement Behavior in Sport as a Problem-Solving Activity". In addition to t…
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3 Ways to Make Your Practice More Ecological
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For today's episode, we are going to discuss 3 ways to help make your practice design more ecological! As more and more people are starting to become aware of a modern approach to skill acquisition, there still seems to be this gap between knowledge and application. So today, I'm going to share w/ you 3 Ways to Make Your Practice More Ecological. I…
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Principles of Play & Periodizing Practice w/ Gareth Flitcroft
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Gareth is currently coaching in Step 6 of the English Non-League pyramid. Previously he coached in the top tier of the Welsh football league pyramid - Cymru Premier - for two different teams. Gareth has experience coaching abroad in the the USA, Honduras, Catalonia and the UK. Gareth is also a coach educator at MBP school of coaches. An online coac…
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The Embeddediness of Expertise and Wayfinding Through Life w/ Carl Woods
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Welcome to today's show!...My guest today is Carl Woods! Carl is a principal research fellow in the Institute for Health and Sport at Victoria University. Oriented at the intersection of sport science, ecological psychology and social anthropology, his research broadly relates to skill, knowing, and the exploration of more responsive approaches to …
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The Power of Play w/ Will Roberts and Ben Franks
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Today, I'm joined by Will Roberts and Ben Franks! Will is a senior lecturer at the University of Waikato in New Zealnd. Will is an experienced coach, and coach educator and has worked extensively in the UK. His work includes includes organisations such as the Premier League, Sport England, UK Coaching, Southampton Football Club, Manchester United F…
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Facilitating Learning & Breaking Cultural Norms in Soccer w/ Julian Khalili
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For today's show, I'm joined by Julian Khalili! Julian, is a USSF Licensed and ecological dynamics inspired coach. Julian's full time position is as a youth coach, and Coordinator of Zone 1 ages U6-U12 ages (recently extended to U14) at Richmond Kickers Youth Soccer Club in Virginia As Zone 1 Coordinator, he is responsible for developing and overse…
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How Injuries Can Affect Affordance Perception w/ Rich White
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For today's show, I'm joined by my friend and now co-worker, Rich White from Emergence! Rich is a multi time guest on the podcast and was most recently on in Episode 28. Last time, Rich was asking most of the questions and we dove deep into a blog post I did for Emergence about "Bridging the Gap" between return to play and performance. This time we…
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How "Real" Does Training Need to Be? w/ Dr. Alex Lascu
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Dr Alex Lascu is a skill acquisition amateur (lover of) and research assistant at the University of Canberra. She exists in the gap between research and practice in sport coaching, in the hopes of one day bringing these worlds together. Alex also has a background as a cricket coach, which we get into during the episode. I had heard of Alex before b…
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We've got some got some BIG news for you today!... I will officially be joining the team over at Emergence! For those of you who don't know, Emergence is a leading movement skill education company who provides the highest quality educational content to coaches across the world. This has been something that me, and the team at Emergence have been wo…
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Being Water: Applying Bruce Lee's Ideas to Modern Coaching Methods w/ Shawn Myszka and Tyler Yearby
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For today's show, I'm joined by Shawn Myszka and Tyler Yearby! Shawn and Tyler have been on the podcast a few times, so I won't bother spending too much time on their bio. Shawn and Tyler are the Co-director's of education at Emergence and have also come together to co-author a series of published articles, the first of which we discussed in episod…
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Redefining Physical Therapy Through Ecological Dynamics w/ Martijn Lips and Paul Nelson
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Welcome to today's show!...My guests today are Martijn Lips and Paul Nelson! Martijn is a lecturer at SOMT University of Physiotherapy and sports physical therapist from the Netherlands. He focuses mostly on readaptation of lower extremity injuries, predominantly ACL-injuries. He approaches human movement and readaptation from an Ecological perspec…
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Rethinking Tactical Athlete Training & Return to Work Protocols w/ Brian Willis
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Welcome to today's show! In this episode, I share the conversation I had w/ Brian Willis on his platform, The Excellence in Training Academy! Brian is the founder of Winning Mind training - provides resources to law enformanance professional including seminars and courses He is also the lead educator and founder of the Excellence in training academ…
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50th Episode Special : Greatest Coaching Investments
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Today we are celebrating episode NUMBER 50 of the podcast! One of my favorite parts of doing this podcast is being able to share the lessons that I learn and the wisdom I've gained from my guests with all of you! Today, we are going to discuss the lesson of "Greatest Coaching Investments". I will be sharing the answers to those questions from 4 ama…
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Should Skill Acquisition Really Be Called Skill Adaptation?
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Welcome to the Athlete Blueprint Podcast! Sometimes in the world of skill acquisition, the vocabulary can be bit challenging. Even worse, some of the words are even misunderstood and misused. For today's episode, we take a closer look at one of those words...Skill acquisition (the irony!). We why the phrase skill adaptation is a more accurate phras…
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From MJ to Kobe: What's Your Motivational Superpower? w/ Dave Laughlin
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For today’s episode, I’m joined by Dave Laughlin! Dave is the director of assessment and skill acquisition at Courtex performance Courtex is a mental performance and leadership program that specializes in working with athletes. Dave is in charge of Courtex's assessment and research operations, and provides mental training services to select clients…
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The Evolved Coach w/ Austin Einhorn
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For today's episode my guest is Austin Einhorn! (@apiros.team) Austin is the head coach and owner of Apiros in Santa Cruz, California! Austin has had the privilege of creating a positive change in the lives of countless youth athletes, in addition to many professional athletes from the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, PGA, USTA, professional surfing, and profes…
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Learning To Optimize Movement w/ Rob Gray
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For today's episode, I'm joined by Dr. Rob Gray (@ShakeyWaits)!! Rob is an associate professor of human systems engineering at Arizona state University and is the host of the wildly popular podcast The Perception and Action Podcast. Rob also appeared on this podcast back in Episode 14! Rob is also an accomplished researcher in the field of movement…
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Going All In : Making The Switch to Ecological Dynamics w/ John Mayer
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For today's episode, I'm joined by John Mayer for part 2 of our conversation! In this episode, John discusses the process of him switching to an ecological dynamics approach!...For part 1 of my conversation w/ John , click here. Unlike most people who take a gradual approach, John embraced these concepts rather quickly and implemented them into his…
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Keeping Your Athletes Hungry & Embracing Competition w/ John Mayer
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For today’s episode, my guest is John Mayer! John is the head coach at Loyola Marymount beach volleyball head coach and the co host of the Coach Your Brains Out Podcast. John has been the head coach for the last 7 years and has taken the program to new heights. In 2017, they finished 15-14. In 2019, they won their 1st conference title In 2020-2021,…
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Embracing Doubt & Ditching Jiu Jitsu "Moves" w/ Greg Souders
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For today's Episode, my guest is Greg Souders! (@gdsouders) Greg is the owner and coach of Standard Jujitsu in Rockville Maryland. Greg is 3rd degree black belt under Dave Jacobs. Greg started training jujitsu in February 2004 very quickly fell in love with the art. Initially, Greg was focused on becoming a world champion but his career was cut sho…
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On Today's show, I discuss 3 reasons to reduce task complexity! Today we take a deep dive into a concept that I feel is often misunderstood in the coaching world. Today, that's concept of reducing task or practice complexity. There seems to be this thought that practice has to either be a 10/10 and chaotic, or it has to be pre planned and look noth…
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Shifting Culture and Valuing Exploration in Practice w/ Kasey Crider
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On today's episode I'm joined by Kasey Crider!! (@coachKCvb) Kasey is a 2 time guest on the podcast , appearing way back in Episode 4!...Since then, Kasey is now in his 1st year as the head coach of UMBC Women's Volleyball, a DI program in Baltimore, Maryland. I thought this would be a unique opportunity to talk w/ Kasey, as he is in the middle of …
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"We Spar On Day One" : Learning How to Fight in a Representative Environment w/ Scott Sievewright
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For today's episode, I'm joined by Scott Sievewright! (@mke_mma) Scott is the owner of Primal MMA & Fitness in Milwaukee Wisconsin and is also the host of the Primal MMA Coaching Podcast where he dives into various topics regarding combat sports and skill acquisition At Primal, their philosophy states: "Our clear vision is to create an exceptional …
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The Truth About Supplements w/ Korey Van Wyk
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Welcome to the athlete blueprint podcast!....For todays episode, I’m joined by Korey Van Wyk (@KoreyVanWyk) Korey Van Wyk is an educator and sports performance coach who has spent the last decade of his career bridging the gap between science and practice. As a former professor of kinesiology and collegiate strength coach, he spent every day connec…
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The Origins of the Sport Movement Skill Conference w/ Shawn Myszka
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Welcome to the Athlete Blueprint Podcast!!...For today's episode, I'm joined by Shawn Myszka! Shawn is the co director of education over at Emergence. Shawn is also a personal Performance Advisor and Movement Skill Acquisition coach for NFL players and has been doing so since 2008. During that time and up to this point, he has partnered with five N…
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What does it actually mean to be "skilled"? As more modern coaching research and practices are adopted, many are starting redefine what it TRULY means to be skillful in sport. Today I share clips from some of my amazing guests or are helping redefine what it means to be skillful . I will also offer my insight and takeaways which will hopefully help…
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Today we are switching it up and doing a deep dive in the movement behavior of Canelo Alvarez! Before we get too far I must say that unfortunately the video that was meant to accompany this episode got taken down by goons over at Youtube (Booo!!!)...So this isn't the full experience I wanted for my audience, but I think the audio will have some val…
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Designing Practice For Creativity & Promoting Antifragility w/ Paula Silva
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For today’s episode, I’m joined by Dr. Paula Silva! Paula is an associate professor in the Psychology department at the University of Cincinnati. A native of Brazil, Paula received her undergrad and masters from the Universidade Federal in Minas Gerais in Brazil. She graduated w/ degrees in Physical therapy and Rehabilitation Science. She received …
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