Episode 6: Exploring the CLA in Basketball with Noah LaRoche PART 2
May 22, 2024
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Noah LaRoche, basketball expert, discusses maximizing efficiency in training through representative learning design and adaptability. Topics include evolving team strategies, adapting individual skills, exploring movement solutions variability, enhancing coaching frameworks, coaching netball, and integrating leadership in sports.
Skill development involves adapting to game constraints and rule variations for effective play.
Coaches play a vital role in guiding players to develop skillfulness with emphasis on collective coordination and adaptability.
Skillfulness is defined by achieving goals efficiently through adaptability, coordinated movements, and strategic decision-making.
Deep dives
Understanding Individual and Collective Coordination
Individual coordination in sports requires understanding the rules and constraints of the game, shaping movements based on these principles. However, developing collective coordination is equally crucial as it involves adapting to the team dynamics, coordinating actions efficiently to achieve the common goal. Skillfulness should not be limited to individual prowess but encompasses the ability to work effectively with the team in a coordinated manner.
Adapting to Ecological Niche and Rule Variations
Players must adapt to specific ecological niches within their sport, understanding varying rules and constraints that influence their performance. Adapting to rule variations set by referees or specific game contexts is essential for effective play. Skill development involves fluidly adjusting to the dynamic demands of each situation.
Context-Driven Skillfulness and Mission of Coaching
Skillfulness is contextual and shaped by the task constraints and environmental dynamics present during play. Coaches play a pivotal role in guiding players to develop skillfulness within the context of the game, emphasizing collective coordination, adaptability, and efficient goal attainment. Encouraging nuanced understanding and application of skills tailored to specific scenarios.
Goal of Skillfulness: Efficient Objective Achievement
The essence of skillfulness lies in achieving objectives efficiently and effectively, whether through individual actions or collective efforts. Emphasizing adaptability, coordinated movement patterns, and strategic decision-making in line with task requirements define skillfulness. Evaluating skill based on its contribution to successful goal achievement rather than mere individual performance highlights the true essence of skillfulness.
Importance of Embracing New Concepts in Coaching
Coaches are encouraged to embrace new concepts and frameworks in coaching, viewing them as guiding principles to navigate coaching processes effectively. By adopting and understanding these frameworks, coaches gain the tools to work with different teams and levels, enhancing their coaching abilities. It is emphasized that coaches should engage with various theoretical frameworks and models to enrich their coaching strategies, promoting a more effective and holistic approach to coaching.
Integration of Ecological Dynamics and Information Processing in Coaching
The discussion delves into the integration of ecological dynamics and information processing in coaching, highlighting the differences between linear information processing models and event-centered information-movement coupling. Coaches are encouraged to move beyond traditional linear models and consider the holistic nature of information movement coupling, where actions and perceptions interact dynamically. This integration offers coaches a deeper understanding of decision-making in sports and emphasizes the role of perception in shaping actions and movements in dynamic sporting environments.
In this episode we are re-joined by a previous guest, Noah LaRoche. In true co-design fashion Noah sets the agenda and asks a range of questions about applying the CLA in practice. We explore the challenge of representative learning design and ask the question "how representative does practice have to be for transfer to occur?".