Applying an Ecological Approach to Rowing

The podcast discusses the application of an ecological approach to understanding and coaching rowing. This approach focuses on skill acquisition, motor learning, and skill development. It emphasizes the importance of variability in performance outcomes, movement variability, and variability of practice. The traditional approach, on the other hand, emphasizes a single correct technique and repetition under restricted conditions. The ecological approach recognizes that different individuals have different constraints and movement solutions, and encourages adaptability and adjustability in response to changing conditions. It also explores the benefits of the constraint-led approach, which involves manipulating constraints in the environment to promote desired movement patterns, and the differential learning approach, which involves introducing variability in practice to explore the movement space.