In this episode with discuss the challenge of changing the tackle height in rugby league. Does this challenge need a shift in focus away from solving problems for players to providing environments that set problems and challenges for players to solve? To help us make sense of this issue we are joined by Anthony Sullivan and Cameron Owen. Anthony Sullivan is a Welsh former professional dual code international rugby league and union footballer who played in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. He played re...
Oct 10, 2024•1 hr 9 min
Carl has over 20 years of experience in teaching and coaching rugby. He is currently the Coach Education Manager and Performance Lead at the National Rugby League (NRL), where he collaborates with the National Education Program Development team to design, develop, and deliver a sustainable long-term Performance Coach Program in Rugby League. He is also a PhD candidate at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), researching the factors that influence creative decision-making in rugby union ...
Oct 03, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 19
Jack is a PhD student at La Trobe University. He is interested in the Ecological Dynamics Framework and its application to shooting, where he is uniquely positioned to combine his sports science background with extensive experience as an ISSF rifle shooter. Jack has shot for Great Britain at European Championships, World Cups, and the World Championships. He is actively applying his shooting knowledge by coaching ISSF rifle athletes in Australia, from athletes just starting out to those aiming f...
Sep 26, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 18
In this episode we are joined by Jamie Hamilton. Jamie is a UEFA A-licenced coach, an academy coach with Ayr United FC, and is football writer (check out his Medium page for some excellent articles, link below). We discuss football tactics and theory, and how these ideas might be applied in practice. Enjoy! X: @stirling_j Medium: https://medium.com/@stirlingj1982
Sep 16, 2024•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 17
Matt is a coach, coach developer and lecturer in sport coaching with fifteen years’ experience across grass roots, elite and paralympic environments covering team and individual sports. Theoretically underpinned by an Ecological Dynamics rationale of learning, Matt’s research explores how coach learning can be guided in context by a coach developer. As a coach, Matt has been a British Athletics team member (speed and hurdles) on seven international age group teams. His first selection being a pa...
Sep 10, 2024•56 min•Ep. 16
Matt is a coach, coach developer and lecturer in sport coaching with fifteen years’ experience across grass roots, elite and paralympic environments covering team and individual sports. Theoretically underpinned by an Ecological Dynamics rationale of learning, Matt’s research explores how coach learning can be guided in context by a coach developer. As a coach, Matt has been a British Athletics team member (speed and hurdles) on seven international age group teams. His first selection being a pa...
Aug 26, 2024•1 hr 2 min
Part 2 of the episode with Duarte Araújo, where we discuss the role of cognition in sport performance. Duarte is the director of Expertise in Sport at the Faculty of Human Kinetics at the University of Lisbon, Portugal. Duarte is also the head of the Interdisciplinary Centre for the study of Human Performance (CIPER) a national research unit funded by the Portuguese Government. His research influences applied practice all over the world, which includes sport expertise, decision-making, cognition...
Aug 14, 2024•44 min
This week we are joined by Duarte Araújo to discuss the role of cognition in sport performance. Duarte is the director of Expertise in Sport at the Faculty of Human Kinetics at the University of Lisbon, Portugal. Duarte is also the head of the Interdisciplinary Centre for the study of Human Performance (CIPER) a national research unit funded by the Portuguese Government. His research influences applied practice all over the world, which includes sport expertise, decision-making, cognition and af...
Aug 07, 2024•46 min•Ep. 13
This week we are joined by Paul Garner live from the Manchester Festival of Coaching. Paul is an Assistant Professor in Sport Coaching and Player Development at the University of Birmingham. Paul has represented Great Britain as a member of the British Alpine Skiing Demonstration Team, and has worked extensively in snow sports as a performer, coach, coach developer and assessor. Paul continues to work closely with a number of governing bodies to drive excellence in coach education, development a...
Jul 11, 2024•38 min•Ep. 12
This week we are joined by Craig Morris, who has been a British Canoe Slalom performance coach for the past 20 years. Craig started his career as a pathway development lead in the Olympic sport of Canoe Slalom, he found a home in coaching at the age of 23. The process of co-creation in the pursuit of growth and performance enthralled and drove him to work tirelessly to learn more of himself, others and the concept of learning itself. Many years later as personal coach to multiple Olympic, World ...
Jun 27, 2024•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 11
This week we are joined by Marianne Davies from UK Coaching to discuss how an ecological perspective is influencing the design and development of coach education and development in the UK. Marianne’s coaching experience includes more than 25 years of working in adventure sports, academic and corporate environments. She is a coach developer, coach educator, and national trainer. Marianne is currently working as a Senior Coach Developer for UK Coaching. This role includes shaping learning and deve...
Jun 19, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 10
In this episode we are joined by Véronique Richard from the University of Queensland. Véronique specialises in performance psychology and creativity, working across research and applied environments. She is currently conducting applied research combining creativity and movement sciences to optimize performance, health and wellbeing. In her prior roles as a mental performance consultant for Canadian national sport organisations and Cirque du Soleil, Véronique observed the challenges of balancing ...
Jun 12, 2024•1 hr 9 min
In this episode we explore applying the CLA in golf coaching with Pete Arnott. Pete is performance coach consultant and host of the Practice Thinkers podcast. He shares a wealth of experiences and discusses the nuances of working within a CLA framework. Enjoy! Links to golf focused resources www.practicethinkers.com https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tiger-Practice-Guide-Training-Champion-ebook/dp/B0CKLZKZN9 https://www.routledge.com/A-Constraints-Led-Approach-to-Golf-Coaching/Renshaw-Arnott-McDowall/p/bo...
Jun 05, 2024•59 min•Ep. 8
In this episode we start where we left off in episode 2, and continue the discussions about Newell's 1986 book chapter entitled "Constraints on the Development of Coordination". We also discuss a 1994 paper that started to introduce the ideas of ecological dynamics entitled "The natural physical alternative to cognitive theories of motor behaviour: An invitation for interdisciplinary research in sports science?" Links to both papers are below. Newell 1986 https://grants.hhp.uh.edu/clayne/History...
May 29, 2024•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 7
In this episode we are re-joined by a previous guest, Noah LaRoche. In true co-design fashion Noah sets the agenda and asks a range of questions about applying the CLA in practice. We explore the challenge of representative learning design and ask the question "how representative does practice have to be for transfer to occur?". Enjoy! Website: www.theconstraintscollective.com Email: info@theconstraintscollective.com
May 22, 2024•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 6
In this episode we discuss all things constraints with Tyler Yearby and Shaun Myszka from Emergence. Enjoy! Website: www.theconstraintscollective.com Email: info@theconstraintscollective.com
May 15, 2024•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 5
In this episode we explore basketball coaching with Noah LaRoche from Integrity Hoops. Noah shares some excellent insights into his coaching journey that has spanned many years, where he has worked with children and youth through to NBA stars. Noah shares advice on placing the individual at the heart of coaching, and how to make individualised sessions mentally and physically challenging and engaging. Enjoy! Website: www.theconstraintscollective.com Email: info@theconstraintscollective.com...
May 08, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 4
In this episode we discuss relational and positional game models in football. The aim of this episode is to discuss what these two distinct approaches mean for coaching, athlete development, performance preparation and skill adaptation. It is not our aim to suggest one is bad and one is good, rather discuss the nuanced relationship between the two approaches. With a key question being , what do these models mean for practice? Links to relevant articles: Is the era of the Position Game coming to ...
Apr 30, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 3
In this episode we explore the origins of the constraints led approach. We take a look at Karl Newell's 1986 book chapter entitled ‘Constraints on the development of coordination’. The aim of todays episode is to discuss how the concepts proposed in Newells 1986 chapter have influenced applied practice in coaching, skill acquisition, and physical education. Web: www.theconstraintscollective.com Email: info@theconstraintscollective.com
Apr 23, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 2
The aim of this short episode is to introduce and re-launch The Constraints Collective. In the episode we explain who we are, what we do, and what we hope to achieve on this journey of working with professionals who are passionate about improving learning environments across sport, education, medicine, law enforcement and the military.
Apr 17, 2024•26 min•Ep. 1
