Episode Archives

442 – An Ecological Dynamics Approach to Measuring and Developing Collective Behavior, Job Fransen

442 My interview with Job Fransen from the University of Groningen, discussing his new open-access book, The Forest Through the Trees: Making Sense of an Ecological Dynamics Approach to Measuring and Developing Collective Behavior in Football.Download link Links:https://kinesiologybooks.org/index.php/stork/catalog/book/13https://twitter.com/JobFran3https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=JCXMOrgAAAAJ&hl=en More information:Subscribe in iOS/AppleSubscribe in Android/GoogleMy Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)My ASU Web pagePodcast Facebook…

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441 – Knowing, Wayfinding, Corresponding & Guiding On and Off the Sports Field; Carl Woods

441 My interview with Carl Woods from Victoria University. What does it mean to know, guide, and correspond with our environment?Download link Links:https://twitter.com/carlwoods25?lang=enhttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Carl-Woods-2 More information:Subscribe in iOS/AppleSubscribe in Android/GoogleMy Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)My ASU Web pagePodcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)Email: robgray@asu.edu Support the podcast and receive bonus content

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440 – Coach Journeys: Greg Souders, Standard Jiu-Jitsu

440 My interview with Greg Souders from Standard Jiu-Jitsu. Developing an ecological dynamics approach to martial arts training.Download link Links: https://www.instagram.com/gdsouders/ More information:Subscribe in iOS/AppleSubscribe in Android/GoogleMy Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)My ASU Web pagePodcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)Email: robgray@asu.edu Support the podcast and receive bonus content

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439 – The Tyranny of Talent, Joe Baker

439 My interview with Joe Baker from York University discussing his new book – The Tyranny of Talent: How it Compels and Limits Athletic Achievement..and Why You Should Ignore It.Download link Links: More information:Subscribe in iOS/AppleSubscribe in Android/GoogleMy Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)My ASU Web pagePodcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)Email: robgray@asu.edu Support…

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438 – Applying Ecological Dynamics to Physical Therapy, Martijn Lips & William Spinhoven

438 My interview with Martijn Lips & William Spinhoven from the Sports Practitioners, discussing their experiences applying Ecological Dynamics to Physical Therapy.Download link Links:https://twitter.com/thesportspracthttps://twitter.com/mpalipshttps://twitter.com/williammgraeme More information:Subscribe in iOS/AppleSubscribe in Android/GoogleMy Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)My ASU Web pagePodcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)Email: robgray@asu.edu Support the podcast and receive bonus content

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Practicing in Groups with Athletes with Different Individual Constraints & Action Capacities

This is an issue I have been asked a lot about lately. As I have emphasized in both of my books, individualized coaching is one of the central tenets of the ecological approach to skill. We need to consider an individual athlete’s organismic constraints and intrinsic dynamics. We need to create affordances in the practice…

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437– Training Visual Capabilities in Sport, Zoe Wimshurst

437 My interview with Zoe Wimshurst from Performance Vision. How can we train athletes to improve their task-relevant, visual capabilities and connect them with their skill on the field.Download link Links:https://www.performancevision.co.uk/https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoe-wimshurst-3ab7113b/ More information:Subscribe in iOS/AppleSubscribe in Android/GoogleMy Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)My ASU Web pagePodcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)Email: robgray@asu.edu Support the…

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436 – Coach Journeys: Craig Morris, Embracing Not-Knowing

436 My interview with Craig Morris, Olympic Slalom Coach for British Canoeing. How can embracing the idea that you don’t know all the answers make you a better coach?Download link Articles:On the wisdom of not-knowing: reflections of an Olympic Canoe Slalom coach More information:Subscribe in iOS/AppleSubscribe in Android/GoogleMy Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)My…

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435 – Perceiving the Affordances of Others

435 How well can we perceive the action opportunities available to others? What information do we use? Can we perceive nested affordances – that is, be sensitive to not only another person’s action capabilities but impending changes in their capabilities? Some implications for coaching. Download link Articles:Can I Choose a Throwable Object for You? Perceiving…

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434 – Coach Journeys: Martijn Nijhoff, Dutch Baseball

434 My interview Martijn Nijhoff discussing his experiences adopting an ecological approach to coaching.Download link More information:Subscribe in iOS/AppleSubscribe in Android/GoogleMy Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)My ASU Web pagePodcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)Email: robgray@asu.edu Support the podcast and receive bonus content

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