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The Basketball Podcast

Episode 212: Alex Sarama, Practical Applications of Evidenced Based Coaching Ideas

Apr 20, 2022
01:14:50

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Quick takeaways

  • The constraint-led approach is effective for developing shooting skills for players of all levels, challenging the misconception that it only works with advanced players.
  • Understanding skill as an emergent behavior shaped by individual, environmental, and task constraints promotes an ecological approach to coaching.

Deep dives

Importance of Constraints in Developing Shooting Skills

The podcast episode discusses the importance of using constraints in developing shooting skills, particularly for beginner players. It emphasizes that the constraint-led approach is effective for all skill levels and challenges the misconception that it only works with advanced players. The episode highlights the concept of degrees of freedom in player movements and explains how players can self-organize to solve the degrees of freedom problem. It emphasizes the role of task, individual, and environmental constraints in shaping skill emergence. The episode also notes the importance of creating representative learning environments for players to explore different movements and find their own solutions.

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