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Our mission is to transform practice environments in sport by equipping coaches with the knowledge, understanding and skills to bridge the gap between skill acquisition theory and practice.
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If you're getting value from our podcast check out our Patreon site at patreon.com/TheConstraintsCollective where you can access member only podcasts and monthly meet ups, a range of resources and an online coaching community. In this episode we explore the longstanding debate between cognitive and ecological approaches to skill acquisition and coaching. The discussion traces the history from behaviorism through cognitive psychology to the rise of ecological dynamics, highlighting differences...
If you're getting value from our podcast check out our Patreon site at patreon.com/TheConstraintsCollective where you can access member only podcasts and monthly meet ups, a range of resources and an online coaching community. Liam Bromilow is an educator, leader, learning designer, and skill acquisition specialist. With over 20 years of experience teaching in primary, secondary, and tertiary institutions. His career has been driven by a passion for empowering learners and creating transforma...
If you're getting value from our podcast check out our Patreon site at patreon.com/TheConstraintsCollective where you can access member only podcasts and monthly meet ups, a range of resources and an online community. In this episode we discus recent projects and developments in coaching and skill acquisition. Key topics included contributions to a forthcoming Routledge book on the Elite Player Performance Plan, exploring relationalism, positionalism, and practical applications for academy an...
If you're getting value from our podcast check out our Patreon site at patreon.com/TheConstraintsCollective where you can access member only podcasts and monthly meet ups, a range of resources and an online coaching community. In this episode we summarise the Ross Pinder podcast, a thought-provoking conversation that has sparked plenty of debate in our community. We explore powerful ideas such as reverse engineering from competition, design thinking in practice design, and the crucial role of...
If you're getting value from our podcast check out our Patreon site at patreon.com/TheConstraintsCollective where you can access member only podcasts and monthly meet ups, a range of resources and an online community. In this episode we discuss a paper entitled 'Reconceptualising Constructive Alignment within the epistemological distinction of ways of knowing in a higher education coach development course module'. Link to paper: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17408989.2024...
Ian McCall is a Scottish football coach who currently owns Corinthian Creative, a company focused on providing coaching resources and workshops. He is also involved in delivering workshops for clubs looking to improve coaching and player development. If you're getting value from our podcast check our Patreon site at patreon.com/TheConstraintsCollective
1In this episode, Martyn and Ian reflect on a busy month of work and sport, discussing recent projects in PhD supervision and applied coaching research. Topics include early specialization in ballet, creativity in team sports, remote coaching, and representative practice in rugby sevens. They also explore the cultural and environmental influences on player development and performance, using examples from cricket, rugby, and cycling. Key themes include learning through play, adaptin...
In this episode we summarise our chat, and discuss key learning, with Ed Coughlan, Alan Dutton & Sam Jermyn.
In this theory to practice episode we discuss a recent paper entitled 'The ecological dynamics of cognizant action in sport'. Link to paper https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1469029225001347
Ed, Alan and Sam are skill acquisition specialists who work to bridge the research practice gap in applied settings. They work in individual and team sports across the performance pathway.
If you're a coach or high-performance thinker getting value from this podcast, join our Patreon community at patreon.com/TheConstraintsCollective Even $5/month helps keep it going — and you’ll unlock bonus podcasts, presentations, monthly meet ups and coaching insights. Ross is a skill acquisition specialist who has worked collaboratively to support sports in areas of sport science, coaching, innovation, and research. He has built an applied career substantively in Paralympic contexts, w...
Alex Sarama is the founder of Transforming Basketball. He is widely regarded as an industry-leading practitioner within the field of contemporary skill acquisition and more specifically, the usage of the constraints-led approach. Sarama's bestselling Amazon book, Transforming Basketball, was released in April 2024. He has delivered clinics in over 40 countries around the world and worked as a coach developer for numerous organizations and international basketball federations. This includes wo...
Dr Jonathon Headrick is a lecturer and researcher in the field of exercise and sports science. Jonny's expertise lies in skill-acquisition and learning design, where he continues to engage and collaborate with a range of sporting organisations and partners including the AIS, QAS, Paralympics Australia, Cricket Australia, Swimming Australia, Surfing Australia, and Basketball Queensland to support his impactful research. Bat-Weight Paper https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/s13414-012-0368...
In this episode Keith, Ian and Martyn discuss Gibson's theory of affordances. Level up your coaching game and join our Patreon community at patreon.com/TheConstraintsCollective
As a sports science expert with a deep-seated passion for soccer coaching, Albert's academic and professional pursuits are anchored in a profound enthusiasm for enhancing sports performance. This journey has led him to specialize in the field of Ecological Dynamics, a framework that aligns with his approach to understanding and improving performance in soccer. In this domain, his primary focus lies in the investigation of “representative learning designs”. This research is pivotal in bridging...
Matt Wigham is a Tennis Australia Master Club Professional and LTA Level 4 Tennis Coach. He also holds a master's degree in psychology. Matt has been a full-time tennis coach for the past 15 years, both in the UK and Australia, working as a private coach, as well as on behalf of the LTA and Tennis Australia delivering workforce development initiatives and coach education. He has also written and developed a number of educational resources for tennis coaches and P.E teachers, and his work has ...
This week we are joined by Marco Perazzo from New Jersey Martial arts (www.njmaonline.com) and Scott Sievewright from Primal MKE. MMA and grappling coaches working through an ecological coaching approach. Enjoy! Check out our Patreon site patreon.com/TheConstraintsCollective
In this episode Keith, Martyn and Ian discuss the role nonlinear pedagogy can play in supporting intrinsic motivation in sports coaching. Link to paper https://opensportssciencesjournal.com/contents/volumes/V5/TOSSJ-5-88/TOSSJ-5-88.pdf The Constraints Collective Patreon site: patreon.com/TheConstraintsCollective
Carl Woods is currently an Associate Professor of Skill Acquisition at the University of Queensland and the Queensland Academy of Sport. His research orients three primary themes: 1) theoretical developments to, and advancements for, the discipline, 2) applied insights to guide practice task design in high performance sport, and 3) environmental design to support exploratory physical activity and ecological literacy. He addresses these themes from within the ecological metatheory. Enjoy the s...
Greg Souders is a jiu-jitsu black belt under David Jacobs who worked extensively with Lloyd Irvin and is the founder of Standard Jiu-Jitsu, one of the top no-gi jiu-jitsu/submission wrestling gyms in the sport. Greg is known for his novel approach to grappling based on Ecological Dynamics, a methodology he used to develop highly successful athletes such as Deandre Corbe, Gavin Corbe, and Alex Nguyen.
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