Motor Learning and Genetics

Easter Special! Timestamps:

2:37: Genetics and responsiveness to training

• The David Epstein book The Sports Gene
• How does this affect the way we coach?

23:26: The Steve Smith model of technical development

• Is it bad if all your players look the same?
• Is there value in your players feeling that everyone is doing the same thing, that we're all in this together?

35:35: Coaching through feelings

• Is it useful?
• Zack's pet peeve
• Using the athlete's own words

44:29: Kyle Edmund and life after tennis

• How tough the sport is
• Our responsibility to set them up for after tennis
• How do we prepare them?
• The srilankan fisherman

55:40: Bonus: The UBC Masters of High Performance Coaching