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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/10.1080/17408989.2024.2439969

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.

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In 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, adapting to context, and resisting fixed mindsets in talent development. Enjoy!!

Link to Joe Root interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56dmWmnUiBU

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.

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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, with a focus on driving change through creativity, empathy, complex thinking, negotiation, and an ability to communicate effectively. After 10 years with Paralympics Australia, Ross was recently seconded into the role of ‘Learning Design Lead’ at the AIS, where he oversees the development and implementation of a national skill acquisition and learning design strategy.

Link to papers discussed in the podcast:

https://www.aut.ac.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/380698/Representative-Learning-Design-and-Functionality-of-Research-and-Practice-in-Sport.pdf

Askew Pinder Renshaw & Gorman (2023)[1].pdf

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330596408_What_can_coaches_and_physical_education_teachers_learn_from_a_constraints-led_approach_in_para-sport

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 work done in multiple sports outside of basketball.