The Benefits of Diversifying Sports Training in Australian Footy

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The idea of incorporating basketball in pre-season training has potential benefits for Australian footy players.
Jason Barry's work in the 2000s has shown that participation in basketball can enhance perceptual skills in Australian footy.
Diversifying sports in younger years can have long-term benefits for athletes.
The integration of diverse sports in training is often neglected in younger age levels.

In episode 71 of the Pacey Performance Podcast I am speaking to lecturer in sports science at James Cook University in Queensland, Carl Woods. Carl has published in the areas of talent identification, skill acquisition and motor learning. Carl was recommended to me by Ian McKeown and when Mackers speaks, I listen. Carl and I discuss athletic movement assessments and what he has seen between different sports in terms of movement competency as well as how he has assessed perceptual skills in youth athletes. One thing that I also wanted to discuss with Carl was how he uses data to aid coaches in making decisions on the selection of players.

In this episode you will learn -

Who is Carl Woods (background, experience and current role)
The talent ID process in the AFL
Athletic movement assessments
Ways to assess perceptual skills
Commonalities in youth sport
Performance analytics

Keep up to date with everything that is going on with the podcast by following me on Twitter @paceyperform or visiting paceyperformance.co.uk/podcast.

Carl can be found on Twitter @CarlWoods25 and n research gate at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Carl_Woods2

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