Job Fransen
Senior Lecturer and founder of SkillACQ who studies skill acquisition in team sports and consults to high-performance organizations, sharing evidence-informed practice design and training frameworks.
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Mar 7, 2023 • 25min
The Coaching Knife: Improve skill acquisition, with Job Fransen
Send us a textWelcome to the coaching knife when we cut to the root of the matter. In this episode, we speak to sports scientist and assistant professor at UMCG Job Fransen. Focusing on applying science to coaching, we are going to cut to the root on how to improve skill acquisition.Job is also a fellow at UTS Sydney and a skills acquisition consultant.His philosophy is to encourage as much as possible the spread of excellent information in the field of skill acquisition science to coaches and practitioners.You can contact him on LinkedIn, Job Fransen or JobFran3 on Twitter To find out more about this podcast and many others, go to Rugby Coach Weekly To find out more about our Partner Club offer CLICK HEREAlso, tap into the library of 4,000 pages of activities, advice, tactics and tips to help you become the best rugby coach you can be!
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Dec 30, 2025 • 1h 16min
Sports Scientist Job Fransen: Science of skill acquisition, competence vs confidence training and trusting your intuition
Job Fransen, Senior Lecturer and founder of SkillACQ, shares insights on skill acquisition in team sports. He explores the crucial differences between competence and confidence training, revealing why coaches should trust their intuition. Job emphasizes the importance of balancing both training types for optimal athlete engagement and performance. He discusses creative practice design, the role of coaches as facilitators, and the need for long-term learning versus short-term wins. Plus, he highlights innovative methods to assess learning and promote growth in athletes.
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Mar 14, 2023 • 39min
442 – An Ecological Dynamics Approach to Measuring and Developing Collective Behavior, Job Fransen
Job Fransen, a researcher from the University Medical Center Groningen, shares insights from his book on ecological dynamics and collective behavior in football. He discusses the importance of using spatiotemporal data for analyzing team performance. Fransen breaks down coordination levels into macro, meso, and micro analyses, revealing how these can enhance tactical training. He also highlights the need for empirical testing in ecological dynamics and the broader applications of these concepts in various sports and rehabilitation. Plus, learn about the challenges of data accessibility and the push for improved research rigor.
