In the Second World War the great Charlie Munger was tasked with making weather forecasts that would be… read more
Category: Coaching
The Kinetic Chain
Ground up, big to small, legs drive first, then torso uncoils, shoulder follows, arm whips, wrist snaps. A tidy distal to proximal tale… Read More…
“Better”
A guy sent me an email. “Blah… blah… geez, your website is filled with some crazy ideas.”
I answered. “Blah… blah… not everyone wants to be… Read more…
The In-Between Time
Can the majority of an activity be of minority importance?
I ask because in the average club level match (UTR 2.5 – 4.5-ish) the ball is in play for… Read More…
Evidence Based Practice
Reminder: coaches do NOT teach skills. They create environments that let players discover them.
There are three, separable, not mutually exclusive, functions of practice… Read More…
Constraints Led Approach
The New York Times published an article about the Constraints Led Approach to coaching. Quoting from the article… “This radical coaching method was once a “secret”. Now… read more…
The “Mental” Game
We talk about sports like tennis as if there are two games. A physical game of techniques and movements. A mental game that is distinct from, but influences, the physical game. Read More…
I Quit… kinda
A Better Way
From where did you get the idea that technique needs to be taught? Read More…Read More…
The Ugly, the Bad, and the Good
We swim in a sea of information. Your brain… mine too, I hope, receives a billion bits of information… EVERY SECOND. What’s weird about that is we are only consciously aware of maybe ten bits of that billion. Read more…