
About this episode
- 0:28 - Introducing Rob.
- Where to find Rob’s podcast + his new book, How We Learn to Move.
- 1:51 - Describing what Rob calls the “Coaching Revolution” + what this means for coaches.
- 3:40 - Rob’s thoughts on John Wooden’s philosophy of repetition.
- 6:14 - Do laws of learning really exist?
- 7:50 - Changing constraints or purposes changes the results.
- 10:58 - Principles of Rob’s self-organization model.
- 13:05 - Taking the constraints led approach to be a “masterchef” in self-organization
- 14:58 - What constraints should be used to coach young athletes?
- Letting them trial and error techniques
- Letting athletes figure out solutions: giving the goals and intent of practice, but not giving them the answers
- 16:28 - First approaching a college level team: what constraints would Rob use + what would his process be like?
- 18:45 - Approaching situations where coaches might like to change technique (using the example of launch angle).
- 19:15 - Traditional approach vs constraints led approach
- 21:16 - When dealing with an athlete with a deeply ingrained technique, is it worth it to change it, or try changing something else (TIm Tebow example).
- 23:36 - In what situations should constraints be more extreme to effectively train athletes?
- 23:49 - Deliberately using wrong technique to understand better technique.
- 25:04 - Should coaches help athletes understand the method to succeed, or just help them achieve the right technique?
- 26:23 - Describing the “connection ball” constraint.
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