In this final part of the three-part blog series I will look at implicit feedback, which is feedback that you get from your interaction with the environment. This is a way of getting feedback without conscious awareness of technique. Implicit learning One thing that Matt didn’t refer to is this concept of Explicit versus […]
In this second part to my blog series on Feedback we are still looking at the feedback from the coach known as external feedback. Here we get into the detail a little more and look at what to say and perhaps also what NOT to say! For an excellent review of the literature […]
In recent months the Tennis Academy where I am based have been challenging the coaches (including S&C coaches) to coach less explicitly. This got me thinking, what types of feedback am I providing as a coach, and as the leader of my company? Is my feedback impactful? Is it driving the quality of movement and […]
This blog is a review of the Pacey Performance Podcast Episode 183 – Derek Hansen Derek Hansen Website: www.sprintcoach.com Background: Derek is 48 yrs old now and coached track as early as 18 yrs old when he was in college. In his career he has been coaching young kids, college athletes, elite athletes jumpers […]
It’s a little bit later than planned but just wanted to do a review of the 10th Annual Strength and Conditioning Student Conference, at Middlesex University London, Saturday 9th March 2019. Thanks to Dr Anthony Turner who has done a terrific job in organising it over the last 10 years and will be handing on […]
I have Duncan French to thank for putting me on to a journal article in his 2018 UKSCA UFC presentation- when he was going through his needs analysis for MMA. He actually didn’t even say much about it but as soon as I saw that slide a light bulb went off in my head and […]
A few weeks back I received an email from a parent who felt the session her son was doing with one of my APA coaches was not individually tailored to her son’s needs. Individualisation is one of the key principles of training- as you can see in the graphic below it is also a key […]
There are two comments or requests that parents regularly make to me. The first one is about lifting weights- some parents are against their child doing anything more than bodyweight until after puberty so want to check that I won’t be doing that. That conversation usually happens before we start working together. I think I’ll […]
In the last blog we looked at Transfer of Training in Sports and focused on two key aspects- Improved Sports Performance and Achievement of Physical Normalisation. You can also think of this in terms of: motor skills (cognitive) and physical skills (physiological). I’ve written several blogs on topics related to early specialisation, sports specific training, […]
I’ve not been posting so much in recent months- very much a case of being in the business rather than working on the business I’m afraid. But I’ve still spent plenty of time reflecting about my training philosophy since my visits to PaceLab and Portugal. Yesterday I was invited to attend a Pixolar inspired […]
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