Don't constrain athletes too much in practice. They should have agency in how they approach problems.
Ensure practice activities are intertwined with perceptions, actions, and cognitions.
Athletes need the opportunity to explore and search the degrees of freedom within a problem.
Avoid robbing athletes of their authentic approach, including attention, intentions, and information pickup.
Consider how different athletes might pick up and detect different information in similar situations.
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In this episode, Alex Sarama is joined by Shawn Myszka, Founder of Emergence, to discuss the concept of alive movement problems and its application in basketball performance. They explore the ecological dynamics framework and how it impacts the way coaches and practitioners approach skill acquisition in basketball. Shawn emphasizes the importance of creating practice activities that are alive, dynamic, and allow for emergent decision-making.