The Adaptable Athlete Podcast

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, New Mexico Tech girls(college club) Qiziltepa Mahalla boys(UZ).

He played soccer at  FC Haka B1/B2 Finland and  Drury University in Missouri. 

In this episode, we discuss how coaches can help make their athletes more adaptable by putting the tools back in their hands.  Enjoy!

If you like today's episode, leave a review here....If you want to reach me directly, contact me on social media or shoot me @javier@emergentmvmt.com

Episode Resources 

• Nick on X 
• Nick on Instagram   

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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 broadly in the area of perception and action, with a particular interest in learning and theories of embodied cognition.

On this episode, we dive into the world of affordances and what they mean in the both the sports world and in real life situations.

If you like today's episode, leave a review here....If you want to reach me directly, contact me on social media or shoot me @javier@emergentmvmt.com

Episode Resources 

• Andrew on X 
• 2023 SMSC Recordings
• Andrew's Leeds- Beckett Profile 

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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 want to learn more about Rafe and the EMP content, then I highly suggest visiting his website!

We are launching a new program called the Skill Acquisition Retreat! We will be hosting the first one in Arizona on February 17th, 2024. ..Click here to learn more!


If you like today's episode, leave a review here....If you want to reach me directly, contact me on social media or shoot me @javier@emergentmvmt.com

Episode Resources 

• Evolve Move Play Website
• Rafe on X
• Rafe on IG 
• EMP Podcast 

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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 baseball.

The impetus for this episode was Chris' recent article that he wrote for Sportsmith titled " Vertical Jump Tests Come Up Short Against Vertical Jumps In Sport" which is about applying an ecological dynamics approach to jump training and training general.

I hope you enjoy the show!

We are launching a new program called the Skill Acquisition Retreat! We will be hosting the first one in Arizona on February 16th, 2024. ..Click here to learn more!

Check out our new free course!

If you like today's episode, leave a review here....If you want to reach me directly, contact me on social media or shoot me @javier@emergentmvmt.com

Episode Resources 

• Chris on X
• Sportsmith article 
• Free Emergence Course
• Skill Acquisition Retreat 

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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 variable approach to prepare athletes for competition 
• What's a better term than skill acquisition?
• High representativeness vs injury prevention in boxing 
• How to help athletes  deal with identity issues once the consider retirement

and of course we dive into many more side tangents and rabbit holes!...Enjoy the show!

We are launching a new program called the Skill Acquisition Retreat! We will be hosting the first one in Arizona on February 16th, 2024. ..Click here to learn more!

Check out our new free course!

If you like today's episode, leave a review here....If you want to reach me directly, contact me on social media or shoot me @javier@emergentmvmt.com

Episode Resources 

• Ep 49- Should Skill Acquisition Really be Called Skill Adaptation?
• What Exactly is Acquired During Skill Acquisition? 
• Skill Acquisition Retreat 

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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 pain and the ecological dynamics framework for approaching human movement.

Yuji and I discuss many things skill acquisition, including how uses an ecological dynamics framework to help his patients explore their movement boundaries.

Before I Iet you get to the episode,  I want to tell you about some exciting news with us at Emergence.

We are launching a new program called the Skill Acquisition Retreat! We will be hosting the first one in Arizona on February 16th, 2024. ..Click here to learn more!

Check out our new free course!

If you like today's episode, leave a review here....If you want to reach me directly, contact me on social media or shoot me @javier@emergentmvmt.com

Episode Resources 

• Yuji on Instagram 
• Yuji on X
• Free Emergence Course
• Skill Acquisition Retreat 

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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 coaching and has personally coached over 70 olympians at 7 Olympic Games, with over 30 of those athletes winning olympic medals. 

His company, Altis has a launched brand new product called Motion IQ which is a cutting edge video based tool to hope coaches better understand the kinematics of movement and apply that data to better inform their coaching 

The impetus for this episode was based of my knowledge of Stu and Shawn’s friendship or “Bromance” as you might call it.  Shawn and Stu and close friends and I have heard of their legendary, but unrecorded talks for years and I just had to be a part of it.

We go into deep dives into many topics including: 

• Coaching through a lens of complex systems 
• Ways to avoid burnout 
• Questions to make you a better coach 

And much more!

Before I Iet you get to the episode,  I want to tell you about some exciting news with us at Emergence.

We are launching a new program called the Skill Acquisition Retreat! We will be hosting the first one in Arizona on February 16th, 2024. ..Click here to learn more!

Check out our new free course!

If you like today's episode, leave a review here....If you want to reach me directly, contact me on social media or shoot me @javier@emergentmvmt.com

Episode Resources 

• Altis Website
• Stu on X
• Stu on Instagram 
• Shawn on Instagram 
• Shawn's Previous Episodes: Ep 61, Ep 53, Ep 38, Ep 24
• Free Emergence Course
• Skill Acquisition Retreat 

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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 trial and errors Austin proved alot of what he was was told wrong.

And you’ll see that not believing and following the status quo is a theme with Austin

Not only was he able ble to perform all of the movements that I was told , he became a Two-Sport Collegiate Captain, All-American and Conference Champion.

Before we Iet you get to the episode,  I wanna tell you about some exciting news with us at Emergence.

We are launching a new program called the Skill Acquisition Retreat! We will be hosting the first one in Arizona on February 16th, 2024. ..Click here to learn more!

Check out our new free course!

If you like today's episode, leave a review here....If you want to reach me directly, contact me on social media or shoot me @javier@emergentmvmt.com


Episode Resources 

• Jochum Strength
• Austin's IG 
• Austin's twitter
• Free Emergence Course
• Skill Acquisition Retreat 

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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 new to this approach, or even someone who has been implementing these ideas for a long time, this episode will have takeaways that you can implement into your practice design immediately!

If you like today's episode, leave a review here....If you want to reach me directly, contact me on social media or shoot me @javier@emergentmvmt.com

Looking to learn more about skill acquisition and sport movement?..Consider  our course  Emergence called the The Movement Academy to take your career to the next level!

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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 via our mutual friend and head coach of UMBC, Kasey Crider. Both Rob and Kasey wanted to introduce more of an ecological apporach to the weight room, so we all had a conversation about these concepts. Since then, Rob has been crushing and has taken these ideas and made them his own.

We talk about some of these ideas and concepts in today's episode. Enjoy!

If you like today's episode, leave a review here....If you want to reach me directly, contact me on social media or shoot me @javier@emergentmvmt.com.

Looking to learn more about  an Ecological approach to the weight room?..Visit the Emergence website and take the next step in your coaching career!

Episode Resources:

• Rob's Instagram 
• UMBC website 
• Episode  4 and 41 w/ Kasey Crider
• Ecological Approach to the Weight Room Course 

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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 basketball association.

Jacob has experience with NBA, overseas, college and HS athletes. He has directed individual and small group training for Jordanian national team player and is a skills consultant for the Chinese basketball association.

At The Prolane, they believe in getting their athletes "Game Day Results".  Instead of following the blueprint of most basketball skill coaches, Jacob and Drew adopt a more modern approach to skill development. ...We dive into that during today's episode!!

If you like today's episode, leave a review here....If you want to reach me directly, contact me on social media or shoot me @javier@emergentmvmt.com.

Have you heard, the Sports Movement Skill Conference is BACK!?...Click here to register.

Looking to learn more about skill acquisition and sport movement?..Visit the Emergence website and take the next step in your coaching career!

Episode Resources:

• The Prolane Website 
• Prolane Instagram 
• Drew's twitter 
• Jacob's twitter 
• Drew's Instagram 
• Jacob's Instagram

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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 Role of a Sports Performance Coach", which is seeks to change the way coaches interact w/ their athletes. We dive into that in today's episode.  Enjoy!

If you like today's episode, leave a review here....If you want to reach me directly, contact me on social media or shoot me @javier@emergentmvmt.com.

Have you heard, the Sports Movement Skill Conference is BACK!?...Click here to register.

Looking to learn more about skill acquisition and sport movement?..Visit the Emergence website and take the next step in your coaching career!

Episode Resources:

• SMSC 2023 Registration 
• Episode 24 w Tyler 
• Tyler's twitter 
• Tyler's Instagram 

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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 for teaching and learning martial arts also led me to earn a master’s degree in Teaching & Learning.

It's evident that Josh , reallyUnderstands both the practice and science of coaching 

He Promotes moving away from scripted drills and embracing a more modern approach to skill development.  I really enjoyed this conversation and I hope you do as well!

If you like today's episode, leave a review here....If you want to reach me directly, contact me on social media or shoot me @javier@emergentmvmt.com.

Have you heard, the Sports Movement Skill Conference is BACK!?...Click here for early bird pricing!

Looking to learn more about skill acquisition and sport movement?..Visit the Emergence website and take the next step in your coaching career!

Episode Resources:

• Combat Learning Podcast 
• Josh's Twitter 
• Book - Verbal Judo 

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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 that, Shawn and I go down many rabbit holes regarding the topics of skill acquisition and coaching...Enjoy!!


If you like today's episode, leave a review here....If you want to reach me directly, contact me on social media or shoot me @javier@emergentmvmt.com.

Have you heard, the Sports Movement Skill Conference is BACK!?...Click here for early bird pricing!

Looking to learn more about skill acquisition and sport movement?..Visit the Emergence website and take the next step in your coaching career!

Episode Resources:

• Shawn and Tyler's paper 
• SMSC 2023 Registration 
• Shawn's twitter 
• Episode Webpage 

Credits: Song- "Starstruck" by Freebeats.io

Credits: Song- "Starstruck" by Freebeats.io

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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.

If you're someone who's new to this approach, or even someone who has been implementing these ideas for a long time, this episode will have takeaways that you can implement into your practice design immediately!

If you like today's episode, leave a review here....If you want to reach me directly, contact me on social media or shoot me @javier@emergentmvmt.com.

Interested in hearing more from Emergence?..For as little as $5 per month, you can join the Exchange on Patreon for exclusive content including movement "deep dives" and much more!

Looking to learn more about skill acquisition and sport movement?..Visit the Emergence website and take the next step in your coaching career!

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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 coach development program. 

The game's tactical sphere has always been what has interests him most and He believes in Developing teams that are tactically adaptable, and he does that through an ecological approach

We discuss many topics including:

• How a coaches principles of play can potentially have a positive and negative impact on their teams 
• We discuss how soccer tactics have changed over time 
• Practice design periodization

If you like today's episode, leave a review here....If you want to reach me directly, contact me on social media or shoot me @javier@emergentmvmt.com.

Interested in hearing more from Emergence?..For as little as $5 per month, you can join the Exchange on Patreon for exclusive content including movement "deep dives" and much more!

Looking to learn more about skill acquisition and sport movement?..Visit the Emergence website and take the next step in your coaching career. 

Episode Resources:

• Gareth's twitter 
• Gareth's email: flitcroftg@gmail.com
• Episode Webpage 

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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 inquiry in the sports sciences

This was a very enjoyable conversation w/ Carl.  Hope you enjoy!

Interested in hearing more from Emergence?..For as little as $5 per month, you can join the Exchange on Patreon for exclusive content including movement "deep dives" and much more!

Looking to learn more about skill acquisition and sport movement?..Visit the Emergence website and take the next step in your coaching career. 

Episode Resources:

• Carl's Twitter 
• Carl on Research Gate 
• Episode Webpage 

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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 Football Club, the English Cricket Board amongst others.

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 interceptive actions. Alongside his academic work, Ben coaches in football where he currently works for Ebbsfleet United Women, having previously held positions in the Womens National League and within non-league mens football.”

Previous guest on episode 32 - Where we discussed his paper on visual gaze strategies in Elite soccer players 

Their project boing is all about physical literacy not just youth athletes but across all population.

They provide the latest research about physical literacy, as courses, and resources for coaches. Which includes a book of over 100 games.

 
Interested in hearing more from Emergence?..For as little as $5 per month, you can join the Exchange on Patreon for exclusive content including movement "deep dives" and much more!

Looking to learn more about skill acquisition and sport movement?..Visit the Emergence website and take the next step in your coaching career. 

Episode Resources:

• Boing Website 
• Will's page 
• Ben's page
• Ben's twitter 
• Episode 32 w/ Ben 

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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 overseeing a consistent player development identity across the club in collaboration with relevant age group / program directors. 

He has recently earned the role of the Clubs Director of Technical Training, a program traditionally based on isolated technical repetitions which Julian has morphed into a program that embraces movement abundance and representative learning design.

 Julian intends to ignite a fire of positive change in the United State's culture of soccer ranging from grassroots up to the professional game.

Julian is one of the top young up and coming coaches in the space and does a great jon implementing ecological concepts in his practice. 

He also run a blog called "Makes Sense Soccer" and we discuss some of this blog posts.

We discuss many things including his journey from technical model coach to one who embraces an ecoD approach and all the things that come w/ it!

Looking to learn more about skill acquisition and sport movement?..Visit the Emergence website and take the next step in your coaching career. 

Episode Resources:

• Julian's twitter 
• Julian's IG 
• Julian's blog 

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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 are tackling part 2 of the blog series, titles "Injury and Affordance Perception".

This is a really important topic that doesn't get discussed enough. Injuries affect much more than just the motor system, and we dive into that topic today!

If you like today's episode, leave a review here....If you want to reach me directly, contact me on social media or shoot me @javier@emergentmvmt.com.

Looking to learn more about skill acquisition and sport movement?..Visit the Emergence website and take the next step in your coaching career. 



Episode Resources:

• My blog post 
• Part 1 of the blog 
• Episode 28

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