Send us a textMy Guest today is Yuji Suzuki!Yuji works as a chiropractor and a remote coach to help people of all backgrounds overcome obstacles related to their health and fitness. Over the years, his education has shifted his views on how he can be most helpful to someone dealing with pain and injuries, particularly being informed by the updated models of pain and the ecological dynamics framework for approaching human movement. Yuji was a guest on this show in episode 69, which you can listen to here.This time Yuji and I discuss the blog post he wrote for Emergence titled "The Ecological Dynamics of Musculoskeletal Rehab" In this episode we unpack and expand on some of the concepts that Yuji touches in in his blog post! One quick note before we get started, you may have seen on social media that we at Emergence have announced the dates for the 2024 Sport Movement Skill Conference. This is a hybrid online and in person event and is my favorite event of the year. You have the option of attending for the lectures, the in person coaching or both. It’s completely up to youRight now, we are offering our early bird pricing so I would highly suggest you mark tour calendar for October 4th and 5th and take advantage of this sale!If you like today's episode, leave a review here....If you want to reach me directly, contact me on social media or shoot me @javier@emergentmvmt.comEpisode ResourcesYuji's Instagram Yuji on X Ep 69 with Yuji 2024 SMSC Credits: Song- "Starstruck" by Freebeats.io Let's Chat!Twitter: @thecoachjavIG: @thecoachjav

The podcast delves into effective practice design principles for coaches, including engaging athletes through game-based activities, optimizing skill development through affordances, allowing athletes to explore and be creative, and observing spontaneous movement emergence in young athletes.

Send us a textMy guest for  today’s episode is Dr. Martina Navarro. Martina is a native of Brazil and a senior lecture at the university of Portsmouth in the UK. She received her undergrad from the university of São Paulo in Brazil and her PhD from São Paulo and the university of Amsterdam in Netherlands.Her PhD focused on effects of strategies and high levels of stress and anxiety and human cognition and motor controlShe has also done post doctorate work in , Switzerland was awarded the excellence, doctoral research fellowship by the Swiss government and subsequently joined the Institute of sports science at the university of BernShe is also the UK head of the athletic skills model a framework that offers an alternative perspective to  talent development theories in the form of holistic broad-based movement education. More on this later.Martina was also a high-level Taekwondo practitioner and competed at the Olympic level. Both her and I share a background in Taekwondo admittedly she competed at a much higher level than I did.In this conversation, we do touch on her background and Taekwondo, but we also go into what the athletic skills model is, and how coaches can apply some of their frameworks to training and practice,Athletes are often told to spend more and more hours training in their sport, but the athletic skills model provides a different way of looking at long-term athletic development. Emphasizing a variety of movements and movement experiences. We get into all this and so much more.One quick note before we get started, you may have seen on social media that we had emergence have announced the dates for the 2024 Sport Movement Skill Conference. This is a hybrid online and in person event and is my favorite event of the year. You have the option of attending for the lectures, the in person coaching or both. It’s completely up to youRight now, we are offering our early bird pricing so I would highly suggest you mark tour calendar for October 4th and 5th and take advantage of this sale!If you like today's episode, leave a review here....If you want to reach me directly, contact me on social media or shoot me @javier@emergentmvmt.comEpisode ResourcesMartina on XAthletic Skills Model Website Martina's University Profile Martina on Research Gate Credits: Song- "Starstruck" by Freebeats.io Let's Chat!Twitter: @thecoachjavIG: @thecoachjav

Ben Franks, lecturer at Oxford Brookes University, discusses the Ecological Dynamics of Soccer in a new course, emphasizing practice design and skill acquisition. They talk about manipulating constraints in practice, the importance of clear language in coaching, and balancing individual constraints with skill learning in soccer practice.

Send us a textMy guest today is Jason Watson . Who is Jason? Jason is the head  women’s volleyball coach at  the university  Arkansas women’s volleyball. Prior to that he had successful head coaching stance at my alma mater Arizona State and BYU.What’s unique about Jason is that he is a program builder. He took over a program in Arkansas. That is a major conference in the SEC and had not had a lot of historical success and since he took over the program in 2016 he has since taken them to new Heights, including making the NCAA tournament 8 times.In his previous stops at ASU and BYU, he also took programs not known for their success and helped elevate them. Like I said Jason has a knack for building programs.He does this not subscribing to traditional practice method where athletes do isolated drills, and then hope that they can put it together a scrimmage or live action, he instead helps put his athletes in game like situations where they could adapt their skills and become better volleyball players.  You can attribute a lot of his success to his practice structure.I really enjoyed this conversation with Jason, we talk about his coaching journey and practice design from when he started, to what it is today!Before I let you get to the episode, I wanted to let you know that we have a brand new course called the Ecological Dynamics of Soccer, which is currently on sale and available for purchase. It’s our good friend and friend of the podcast Ben Franks. B en is a wicked smart dude and always delivers so be sure to check that out. I’ll put the in the show notes.If you like today's episode, leave a review here....If you want to reach me directly, contact me on social media or shoot me @javier@emergentmvmt.comEpisode ResourcesJason's staff page at Arkansas Jason on X The Ecological Dynamics of Soccer Course Credits: Song- "Starstruck" by Freebeats.ioLet's Chat!Twitter: @thecoachjavIG: @thecoachjavCredits: Song- "Starstruck" by Freebeats.io Let's Chat!Twitter: @thecoachjavIG: @thecoachjav

Tom Parry, head of Butler University's kinesiology department, discusses skill acquisition, coaching strategies, and creating adaptable learning environments in youth sports. He emphasizes the importance of ecological dynamics, effective communication, and principles of play to enhance athlete development and decision-making skills. Parry challenges traditional coaching methods, advocating for a diverse range of sports experiences for optimal growth.

Alex Sarama, Director of methodology with London Lyons and works with the Rip City remix, discusses his new book 'Transforming Basketball' and modern coaching techniques. Topics include upgrading traditional drills, adapting systems for new athletes, and the influence of international coaching experiences on his coaching style.

Send us a textOn this episode, I'm joined by my guy Tyler Yearby and we answer your skill acquisition questions!We asked you  on social media  to post any burning questions you had heading into the new year and you delivered!  Today, we answer those questions.  Some of the topics we covered include:How Important is it for a coach to have experience playing the sport that they want to coach?What are the best games to use for youth athletes?How does skill acquisition fit into a training session?Will there be an east coast Skill Acquisition Retreat? and of course we dive into many more side tangents and rabbit holes!...Enjoy the show!For the next month, we are offering 25% off our "Origins" and "Reconceptualizing The Warm Up".  This is a great opportunity and only available for a limited time...check it out here!If you like today's episode, leave a review here....If you want to reach me directly, contact me on social media or shoot me @javier@emergentmvmt.comEpisode Resources EcoD in MMA Paper - Open Access!!Link for Origins and our Warm Up Course Credits: Song- "Starstruck" by Freebeats.io Let's Chat!Twitter: @thecoachjavIG: @thecoachjav

Send us a textMy guest today is Nick Smallridge! Nick is a teacher and soccer coach in Bentonville, Arkansas, USA.He is he coach at Sporting AR  2007G Coach and the assistant varsity coach at Bentonville High School for the girls team.Nick has over 18 years of coaching experience  including Socorro High School Boys Asst, Grassroots in Socorro, various levels, New Mexico Tech girls(college club) Qiziltepa Mahalla boys(UZ).He played soccer at  FC Haka B1/B2 Finland and  Drury University in Missouri. In this episode, we discuss how coaches can help make their athletes more adaptable by putting the tools back in their hands.  Enjoy!If you like today's episode, leave a review here....If you want to reach me directly, contact me on social media or shoot me @javier@emergentmvmt.comEpisode Resources Nick on X Nick on Instagram   Credits: Song- "Starstruck" by Freebeats.io Let's Chat!Twitter: @thecoachjavIG: @thecoachjav

Dr. Andrew Wilson discusses affordances in sports and daily life, emphasizing the relationship between perception, action, and cognition. Topics include building learning labs in sports, VR training platforms, intentional design choices, and optimizing skill acquisition through affordances.