
The Adaptable Athlete Podcast
The Adaptable Athlete Podcast is a podcast for coaches and practitioners who want to learn more about modern approached to sport movement and skill acquisition; and who ultimately, want to help to their athletes become more adaptable. Host, Javi Miller-Estrada engages in discussions with some of the absolute best sport coaches, trainers, and practitioners in the world. Coaches who are truly pushing the industry forward.
Latest episodes

Mar 20, 2024 • 45min
Ask Emergence Q&A #2
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

Mar 6, 2024 • 1h 4min
Putting The Tools In The Athlete's Hands w/ Nick Smallridge
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

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Feb 21, 2024 • 1h 3min
A Masterclass On Affordances w/ Andrew Wilson
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.

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Feb 7, 2024 • 1h 16min
Reconnect to Your Inner Athlete w/ Rafe Kelly
Rafe Kelley, founder of Evolve Move Play and a renowned movement practitioner, discusses the misconception of athleticism, the upcoming Skill Acquisition Retreat, the concept of being a natural athlete, misconceptions in sports preparation, the role of variability in human movement and development, parkour practices, origins and applications of rough and tumble play, and the importance of physicality and play as a form of communication.

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Jan 17, 2024 • 1h 10min
No Two Jumps Are The Same: An Ecological Approach to Jump Training w/ Chris McCosker
Chris McCosker, a sport scientist and lecturer, discusses applying an ecological dynamics approach to jump training. They explore the importance of observing various jumps in sports games, training methods, transitioning from sports science to academia, understanding performance in training design, building adaptable athletes, and the payroll of the Dodgers.

Jan 3, 2024 • 52min
Ask Emergence Q&A - Answering Your 2024 Coaching Questions
Send us a textWelcome to today's show!On this episode, I'm joined by my guy Shawn Myzka and we answer YOUR 2024 coaching 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:Game day warmups: Rote repetition vs a more variable approach to prepare athletes for competition What's a better term than skill acquisition?High representativeness vs injury prevention in boxing How to help athletes deal with identity issues once the consider retirementand of course we dive into many more side tangents and rabbit holes!...Enjoy the show!We are launching a new program called the Skill Acquisition Retreat! We will be hosting the first one in Arizona on February 16th, 2024. ..Click here to learn more!Check out our new free course!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 Ep 49- Should Skill Acquisition Really be Called Skill Adaptation?What Exactly is Acquired During Skill Acquisition? Skill Acquisition Retreat Credits: Song- "Starstruck" by Freebeats.io Let's Chat!Twitter: @thecoachjavIG: @thecoachjav

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Dec 13, 2023 • 59min
Exploring Movement Boundaries w/ Yuji Suzuki
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 and I discuss many things skill acquisition, including how uses an ecological dynamics framework to help his patients explore their movement boundaries.Before I Iet you get to the episode, I want to tell you about some exciting news with us at Emergence.We are launching a new program called the Skill Acquisition Retreat! We will be hosting the first one in Arizona on February 16th, 2024. ..Click here to learn more!Check out our new free course!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 Yuji on Instagram Yuji on XFree Emergence CourseSkill Acquisition Retreat Credits: Song- "Starstruck" by Freebeats.io Let's Chat!Twitter: @thecoachjavIG: @thecoachjav

Nov 29, 2023 • 1h 12min
Embracing Complexity in Coaching with Stu McMillan and Shawn Myszka
Send us a textMy Guests today are Stu McMillan and Shawn Myszka!Shawn has been on this podcast multiple times before, so you can refer this previous episodes for more info on his background.Stu is the sprints coach and CEO at Altis, which is one of the leading companies in in the world in coach educationsStu has over 25 years of experience in professional coaching and has personally coached over 70 olympians at 7 Olympic Games, with over 30 of those athletes winning olympic medals. His company, Altis has a launched brand new product called Motion IQ which is a cutting edge video based tool to hope coaches better understand the kinematics of movement and apply that data to better inform their coaching The impetus for this episode was based of my knowledge of Stu and Shawn’s friendship or “Bromance” as you might call it. Shawn and Stu and close friends and I have heard of their legendary, but unrecorded talks for years and I just had to be a part of it.We go into deep dives into many topics including: Coaching through a lens of complex systems Ways to avoid burnout Questions to make you a better coach And much more!Before I Iet you get to the episode, I want to tell you about some exciting news with us at Emergence.We are launching a new program called the Skill Acquisition Retreat! We will be hosting the first one in Arizona on February 16th, 2024. ..Click here to learn more! Check out our new free course! 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 Altis WebsiteStu on XStu on Instagram Shawn on Instagram Shawn's Previous Episodes: Ep 61, Ep 53, Ep 38, Ep 24Free Emergence CourseSkill Acquisition Retreat Credits: Song- "Starstruck" by Freebeats.io Let's Chat!Twitter: @thecoachjavIG: @thecoachjav

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Nov 15, 2023 • 1h 4min
Take The Red Pill: Ditch The Matrix and The Coaching Dogmas w/ Austin Jochum
Austin Jochum, owner of Jochum Strength, challenges societal beliefs about physical limitations. They discuss empowering athletes to break free from negative diagnoses and create a positive training environment. The podcast also delves into challenging misconceptions in coaching and training, and reflects on the limitations of training methods in achieving success in athletics.

Nov 2, 2023 • 18min
3 Ways to Guide an Athlete's Search
Send us a textFor today's episode, we are going to discuss how a coach can guide an athlete's search!As more and more people are starting to become aware of a modern approach to skill acquisition, there still seems to be this gap between knowledge and application.So today, I'm going to share w/ you 3 Ways to Guide An Athletes Search! If you're someone who's new to this approach, or even someone who has been implementing these ideas for a long time, this episode will have takeaways that you can implement into your practice design immediately!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.comLooking to learn more about skill acquisition and sport movement?..Consider our course Emergence called the The Movement Academy to take your career to the next level!Credits: Song- "Starstruck" by Freebeats.io Let's Chat!Twitter: @thecoachjavIG: @thecoachjav