Hockey Development Insights
Inspiration-First Coaching: A Change of Approach
This post is out to contrast a persnickety and thoroughness-focused approach to coaching movement skill development with one that is intended more to inspire players to really want to improve....
Inspiration-First Coaching: A Change of Approach
This post is out to contrast a persnickety and thoroughness-focused approach to coaching movement skill development with one that is intended more to inspire players to really want to improve....
Tiger Woods' Craziest Decision
Most high end athletes are very protective of the techniques they have worked so hard to develop. It seems, the better those techniques are, the more protective they are. And...
Tiger Woods' Craziest Decision
Most high end athletes are very protective of the techniques they have worked so hard to develop. It seems, the better those techniques are, the more protective they are. And...
The Third Factor - Natural or Trained Ability t...
Is the ability to acquire skill quickly, or even modulate technique somewhat accurately on the fly a trainable skill? In this post we give reasons to believe that the answer...
The Third Factor - Natural or Trained Ability t...
Is the ability to acquire skill quickly, or even modulate technique somewhat accurately on the fly a trainable skill? In this post we give reasons to believe that the answer...
Consciously Changing a Habitual Movement
What holds athletes back from rapid improvement when trying to adjust technique away from what is understood to be a bad habit and toward a better one? In this post...
Consciously Changing a Habitual Movement
What holds athletes back from rapid improvement when trying to adjust technique away from what is understood to be a bad habit and toward a better one? In this post...
Making Adjustments to Established Habits
In this post we consider the uniqueness among animal behaviors that humans consciously trying to change their own movement skill techniques represents. Further, we wonder if the ability to adjust...
Making Adjustments to Established Habits
In this post we consider the uniqueness among animal behaviors that humans consciously trying to change their own movement skill techniques represents. Further, we wonder if the ability to adjust...
Did Mr. Miyagi Teach Blocking and How to Use It...
In The Karate Kid we see an example of a teacher (Mr. Miyagi) teaching a movement skill separately from the concept of how it is used. In this post, we...
Did Mr. Miyagi Teach Blocking and How to Use It...
In The Karate Kid we see an example of a teacher (Mr. Miyagi) teaching a movement skill separately from the concept of how it is used. In this post, we...