Rugby Coach Weekly Si Nainby's Deep Dive with Jamie Taylor
Si Nainby talks in-depth to Jamie Taylor PhD.
Jamie is the former head of Academy at Leicester Tigers and now working with Grey Matters as a Senior Coach Developer and the English Institute of Sport as the coaching and curriculum lead. He is a Coach, Coach Developer and Researcher in Coaching Science with a particular focus on Talent Development.
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In this podcast we discuss:
Part I: Psycho-behavioural Characteristics of Developing Excellence - the mental traits and states that underpin Talent Development
- Why are they important? Jamie discusses his research showing how a lack of mental skills was a key factor in players who were expected to make it to the top but didn't
- How PCDEs can be used to evaluate Players' needs analysis
- Practical Implementation of PCDEs
Part II: Deep Dive on Coach Development
Jamie's reflections on his early Coaching & Teaching career - the importance of declarative and procedural knowledge
- How his early mentors supported him via challenging him
- The importance of "Why?" in appraising & implementing methods & knowledge
- The value for Coaches in Teacher training
- Developing Professional Judgement & Decision Making as a Coach
- Cognitive Load Theory
LINKS
The role of psychological characteristics in facilitating the pathway to elite performance. Part 1: Identifying
mental skills and behaviours
http://bit.ly/PCDEPart1
The Role of Psychological Characteristics in Facilitating the Pathway to Elite Performance Part 2: Examining Environmental and Stage-Related Differences in Skills and Behaviors
http://bit.ly/PCDEPart2
Talent Development: A Practitioner Guide - http://bit.ly/TalentDevTextBook
Coulda, Shoulda, Didnae - Why Don’t High Potential
Players Make it? http://bit.ly/CouldaShouldaDidnae
“I Didn't Make It, but…”: Deselected Athletes' Experiences of the Talent Development Pathway
http://bit.ly/DidntMakeItBut
Professional Judgement & Decision Making - http://bit.ly/PJDMPhd
Developing coaches’ professional judgement and decision making: Using the ‘Big 5’ http://bit.ly/Big5ReflectivePractice
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