The Transforming Basketball Podcast EP36: What Basketball Coaches Can Learn from Volleyball with Kasey Crider
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Jan 26, 2024 Special guest Kasey Crider discusses the ecological dynamics framework's impact on basketball coaching, highlighting the role of relationships and environment in skill acquisition and performance. They explore constraint manipulations in volleyball to improve players' skills and emphasize the importance of learning from different sports and understanding developmental constraints.
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From Traditional Coaching To Ecological Curiosity
- Kasey describes his early exposure to academic coaching via college mentors like Marv Dunphy and how that shaped his curiosity.
- He then fell into ecological psychology after emailing Keith Davids and forming a lasting mentorship that changed his approach.
Email Researchers Without Fear
- Write directly to researchers whose work you want to understand and ask for help.
- Most academics will reply and translate complex terms into practical analogies.
Philosophy Shapes Practice Design
- How you philosophically view humans (machine vs organism) shapes what coaching methods you adopt.
- Define what 'quality learning' looks like for you and your athletes before changing practice design.