The Adaptable Athlete Podcast

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

Send us a textMy guest today is Rob Nelson! Rob is the associate director of sports performance at University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC).He directly oversees all program design for women’s volleyball, baseball, women’s basketball, and track and field.Prior that Rob worked at Wofford College, St Francis, and IMG academy.  I was first introduced to Rob via our mutual friend and head coach of UMBC, Kasey Crider. Both Rob and Kasey wanted to introduce more of an ecological apporach to the weight room, so we all had a conversation about these concepts. Since then, Rob has been crushing and has taken these ideas and made them his own.We talk about some of these ideas and concepts in today's episode. 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.com.Looking to learn more about  an Ecological approach to the weight room?..Visit the Emergence website and take the next step in your coaching career!Episode Resources:Rob's Instagram UMBC website Episode  4 and 41 w/ Kasey CriderEcological Approach to the Weight Room Course Credits: Song- "Starstruck" by Freebeats.io Let's Chat!Twitter: @thecoachjavIG: @thecoachjav