Many coaches lament the decline of physical education and physical literacy. Rather than just complain about it, Darren Ritchie has been at the forefront of doing something about it. As head of coach development at Scottish Athletics, he sought to arm coaches with new tools to battle the problem. On this week's GAINcast Ritchie joins us to discuss how he helped define and build physical competence in Scotland. For more information on this topic, read the complete show notes at: http://www.hmmrmedia.com/2019/09/gaincast-episode-170-physical-competence-with-darren-ritchie/

The following links were referenced in the podcast or provide some additional reading material on the topic:

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• Darren has previously been a guest in panel discussions on HMMR Podcast 142 about coaches education and GAINcast 72 with GAIN members.
• You can reach out to Ritchie on Twitter (@langleap).
• Ritchie worked closely with Kelvin Giles to redesign the curriculum. Giles was a guest on HMMR Podcast 87 and GAINcast 105. You can see his physical competency assessment in practice in Randy Ballard in our GAINtalk 2 video lesson.
• We also did a few episodes Ritchie's Scottish Athletics conference in 2016: including our recap on GAINcast 32 and a live panel discussion on GAINcast 34.
• Another reference mentioned on the podcast was Vern's book Athletic Development: The Art & Science of Functional Sports Conditioning.