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Episode #24 - All Things Movement, Motor Learning, Skill Acquisition

10/26/2017

In this episode, we brought back EPP Alumni - Shawn Myszka owner of Movement Mastery, and Korey Van Wyk S&C Coach at Northwestern University.
The three of us recently attended a conference in Phoenix, AZ that focused around Skill Acquisition so we decided to hop on to talk about all things Skill Acquisition and Movement. During this 75min talk, we discuss everything from what Repetition without Repetition means, misconceptions about Agility, how to progress Agility, the 3-B's of movement, and much more.
We also discuss concepts like Constraints Led Approach, Non-Linear Pedagogy, Ecological Psychology, and Dynamical Systems and how all of these can be applied to coaching movement and make our athletes take the skills we work on in practice and ensure the have greater transfer and retention.
Honestly, this was just us talking, without much of a script or outline - just shooting out questions and thoughts as they emerged. We really hope you enjoyed this discussion, and I would love feedback as I hope to make more upcoming podcasts along these lines - so feel free to shoot me over feedback to buildingbetterathletes.bba@gmail.com

Enjoy!

Favorite Quotes

Sport is nothing but a problem solving activity, where movements are used to produce the necessary solutions
As the problem changes, so does the solution (movement)
No 2 problems are never exactly the same, therefore no 2 solutions will ever be the same
Behaviors - Sensory Perception; Brain - Cognitive-Decision Making; Biomechanics - Action
Perception - Intention - Action
We shouldn't throw athletes to the wolves, but we should never study action separated from perception
No phenomon can be understood without carefully considering how it emerged
People can't even agree to what optimal agility biomechanics are
The goal of a coach should be to hand the athletes the keys to the car
I hesitate to call things drills, instead I call them activities of exposure and experience because we're trying to shape exposure and experience so the athletes develop movement adaptability and dexterity
We often try to make movement to simplistic, but disregard how complex human movement is
We have to seek to be in a more facilitative role rather than a coaching role
Professional athletes are the World's best compensators
The highest technique is to have no technique

Social Media

Shawn Myszka - @MovementMiyagi
Korey Van Wyk - @KoreyVanWyk

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Episode #23 - Scott Meier: The HS S&C

10/18/2017

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Scott is the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach at Farmington HS in Farmington, MN. Scott has been at Farmington HS for 19 years as their Strength & Conditioning Coach, making him, likely, one of the first HS Strength and Conditioning Coaches in the country.
During this time, Scott has grown and developed his program to fit the school structure and to also compliment the growing enrollment at Farmington HS. Scott and his staff work with hundreds of HS athletes on a weekly basis, ranging from sports like football, lacrosse, hockey, baseball, softball, basketball, wrestling, tennis, etc.
In this episode, Scott discusses how he runs his programs and structures them to fit within the trimester system his HS uses. Scott also talks about some of the common problems he see's in HS athletes and how he tackles those problems. He talks about some of the things his athletes do on a daily basis, and how he attempts to structure training so each athlete gets the appropriate training stimulus, especially the challenges of working with 9th graders, who may have never touched a weight, and 12th graders who have been in his program for 5-years.

Favorite Quotes:

"We still go heavy in-season, we just reduce the volume"
"Our athletes will squat and hinge everyday. We really hammer away at those two movements"
"One of the most successful programs we've implemented has been our middle school strength class. Now our middle schoolers are going through our Block 1 progressions and teachings, which helps a ton when they arrive in high school"
"Kids today just don't know how to run"
"Kids also don't know how to fall or brace at landing. So we try to expose them to different falls and landings and teach them how to fall, land, and/or roll safely so they don't just fall on their shoulder or something"
"An area we've started to do more and more is unilateral training. Much of the common weight room lifts are bilateral, so we've been adding more and more unilateral work to our programs"
"This year we've really started to add reactive agility work and get away from some of the closed drills. Our kids absolutely love it, and we've seen a huge improvement"

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Social Media:

Twitter - @FarmingtonPower
Instagram - @FarmingtonPower

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