A bi-annual listen for me at this stage. open.spotify.com/episode/2Xl9...

A few thoughts. Distinguishing the epistemological basis of skill acquisition with the pedagogical basis to facilitate learning in skill acquisition. www.skilledathleticism.com/post/coach-l...

Thank you @danabrahamspsych.bsky.social for the invitation to chat all things #SkillAcquisition on #TheSportPsychShow over the summer: t.co/xWC7NcFzAL Our discussion centred on the Guide to Skill Acquisition within Gaelic Games (hopefully stimulating whatever your sport): t.co/xG5tRyGNDX

A stitch in time saves nine! Thanks to @drcrmatthews.bsky.social for the gift as I prepare to dive into the deep end with my PhD. “The unexamined life isn’t worth living.”

Someone who supports my work has paid for 3 books for me to give away! I'll double that - so I have *six* to give away!!! To enter just repost & comment below. I'll announce the winners on friday (1st Aug). Please do share, thanks. 🙏🤟🍻 More info on the book here - www.routledge.com/Doing-Good-S....

A few thoughts on supporting coaches with constraints-based coaching. www.skilledathleticism.com/post/introdu...

Where are we now? the illusion of professionalism.Systems don’t rise to the level of their goals, they fall to the level of their design.We must invest where it's needed most,in the changing contexts of the ‘real world’ where learning and performance happen footblogball.wordpress.com/2025/05/14/w...

Checking the conference program to see what I said the title of my talk would be so I can make the talk, like a boss.

Send this to an 'ego-manic prof', I dare ya 👹💩🙈

Love listening to Harrington: “when you end up on your arse you’re always wrong!” open.spotify.com/episode/4Xun...

The Seductive Myth of Discovery Learning The idea that children learn better if they discover something themselves is attractive for many different reasons despite the fact that empirical research tells a very different story. #EduSky www.kirschnered.nl/2025/03/30/t...

Games & drills, “contemporary” & “traditional”, internal & external. It’s not this or that, but when and where (and why). A non-versus approach to skill acquisition. www.skilledathleticism.com/post/a-non-v...

open.spotify.com/episode/0YjG... Powerful stuff. Job’s the man.

Great minds don’t think alike. They challenge each other to think differently. The people who teach you the most are the ones who share your principles but not your thought processes. Converging values draw you to similar questions. Diverging views introduce you to new answers.

Attended the ASAN conference last week and had a great time, but left with more questions than answers. I wrote about one such question. www.skilledathleticism.com/post/philoso...

A few basketball training tasks. Dodgy camerawork, and only 3 players, but still an opportunity to challenge player decision making.

If you are new to open research and are looking for a place to start, including examples from Sport and Exercise Science, take a look at the UKRN Open Research across disciplines resource...

Perfect practice makes perfect? Not so. The effortful pursuit of perfect results in an appropriately representative environment designed to make attaining such results suitably challenging makes perfect. But don't forget to just play around too.

“There must be a desired end zone (not necessarily a specific end point), even if that end zone is not a specified technique?” #sportcoaching www.skilledathleticism.com/post/clarity

Pre-season starting for teams this week, meaning some good conversations with coaches over the last few weeks. Some ideas we spoke about, which may be useful: Drills v Games: t.co/ZM1TV1KCiN