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My coaching mentors.Go to https://www.fosburyflop.blog/ to check the written version of the episode, its notes and much more content. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fosburyflop.blog/subscribe

The sprinter Michael Johnson had a singular running “technique”. That didn’t stop him from winning 9 world championships and 4 Olympic golds. One day, a journalist asked him: “Do you think that if you had run like the other sprinters you would have been a better athlete?” And he, very smart, answered: “If I had run like them I would have become one of them.” The best version of oneself is achieved when one has the courage to enhance one’s virtues even if it is challenging what the whole herd thinks. Albert Batalla is a university professor, but you will understand his figure better if I tell you that his authentic ideas make him the Michael Johnson of motor skills learning, training... and life. Now you can listen to his wisdom in Catalan. If you prefer the English version, you can watch the YouTube video of the episode.Check the notes, other episodes and related blog posts in: fosburyflop.blog This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fosburyflop.blog/subscribe

Evolution depends on adaptation: those who best adapt to their environment survive. If you have an adaptive advantage, you have a better chance of surviving and passing it on. Sometimes these advantages are achieved by those who are different, those who have undergone a mutation compared to the majority. In nature... but also in sport. Véronique Richard is an expert in performance psychology and teaches us to be more adaptable to our sporting environment and creative, because being ready to change always helps. Often, her means to achieve it, are environments to encourage athletes to navigate through discomfort and grow psychologically from it. Véronique gives us her lessons as a mental performance consultant of Cirque du Soleil and member of the National Generation 2032. A Coach Program that aims to increase Australian coaches to contribute to future Olympics.Check the notes, other episodes and related blog posts in: https://www.fosburyflop.blog This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fosburyflop.blog/subscribe

Carlota Torrents is a professor at the National Institute of Physical Education of Catalonia and a member of the Complex Systems in Sport research group. With her doctoral thesis, Carlota was one of the pioneers in bringing dynamical systems theory to training. She has published dozens of articles on creativity, complexity, and movement, and recently published one of the most educational books I’ve ever read. I love one of her key principles as a teacher is: “If your students don’t surprise you, you’re doing something wrong.” Listen to the conversation to find out how. It is in Catalan, you have it with English subtitles on the YouTube video of the episode.Check the notes, other episodes and related blog posts in: https://www.fosburyflop.blog This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fosburyflop.blog/subscribe

Following Fosbury's example, we can study the path of Arturo Coello to become world's N1 padel player.Go to https://www.fosburyflop.blog/ to check the written version of the episode, its notes and much more content This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fosburyflop.blog/subscribe

Robert Hristovski is an experienced professor of Sports Science in Ss. Cyril and Methodius University. He has carried out research on DST, echological dynamics, complex systems approach... among many others. In fact, when I hear the following quote I think of him: “As to methods, there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully choose his own methods. The man who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble.” I am passionate about his ability to explain with the same principles - phenomena that I would say have nothing in common.Check the notes, other episodes and related blog posts in: https://www.fosburyflop.blog This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fosburyflop.blog/subscribe

If you see fraud and you don't say fraud, you are a fraudGo to FosburyFlop.blog to check the written version of the episode, its notes and much more content This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fosburyflop.blog/subscribe

One of Joan’s characteristic phrases is: “We will never capture basketball.” As coaches, we often try to over-control the game, anticipate it, decide what will happen... but we always end up behind. I feel the same about his wisdom. No matter how hard I try, I will always be behind. Joan Cortés is a unique coach, pedagogue, teacher, father, mentor, professor, thinker... Sometimes, he is called crazy just because he is ahead of our time. I met Joan in a basketball coaching course... and on the court he taught me a criterion for life. During the conversation you will be able to imagine what it was like for me to stumble upon this genius when I was 15 years old.The conversation is in Catalan. You can watch it with English subtitles in the YouTube video of the episode or read the automatic English transcript by clicking on the menu above.Check the notes, other episodes and related blog posts in: fosburyflop.blog This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fosburyflop.blog/subscribe

A man is not a machineGo to FosburyFlop.blog to check the written version of the episode, its notes and much more content This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fosburyflop.blog/subscribe

The labels Professor of the National Institute of Physical Education of Catalonia or Founder and Director of Complex Systems in Sport Research Group are too small to describe Natàlia Balagué. She applies complex systems approach to understand human behaviour in sport. From his wisdom have emerged professionals of great caliber, works like Training or Synergizing and Network Physiology of Exercise or books like Biological Intelligence. She doesn’t provide recipes or methodologies but ways of thinking to empower her readers to create their own.This is what she did to me: I was looking for simple answers and she changed my gaze with complex questions. I will be grateful to Natàlia all my life.Check the notes, other episodes and related blog posts in: fosburyflop.substack.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fosburyflop.blog/subscribe