The labels “coach”, “researcher”, “professor”, “co-designer”… fall short when it comes to describing Maricarmen Almarcha, who was born in Murcia, graduated in Barcelona, and now living in Australia. Aligned with her authenticity: last year, she published not one, but two (!) disruptive PhDs that challenge the status quo of the education field and the one of health and exercise promotion; two fields not as different as society might think. Now starts the conversation in Spanish. The English version, in the YouTube video of the episode.

Notes of the episode

El Quadern Gris | Josep Pla

RAÚL GIL | Rethinking the assumptions that govern sport, fitness... and the world

PhD Personalització de les recomanacions d’exercici per a la salut. Perspectiva de la Fisiologia de Xarxes | Maricarmen Almarcha Cano

PhD Towards an Embodied and Transdisciplinary Education | Maricarmen Almarcha Cano

Leonardo Da Vinci | Walter Isaacson

The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms | Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind | Yuval Noah Harari

Personalizing the guidelines of exercise prescription for health: Guiding users from dependency to self-efficacy | Maricarmen Almarcha, Joachim Sturmberg & Natàlia Balagué

PAU CASASSA | Idea Barça

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The power of the interaction with what surrounds us.

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Gerard Encuentra is the coach of Hiopos Lleida of the Spanish Endesa League. The saying goes that the “whole” is more than the sum of its “parts”. Gerard Encuentra is the perfect example: season after season, he continues to show that he can make the interaction of the “parts” —his players— come together to form a “whole” —the team—… that few could have imagined. Now, you will hear Gerard’s lessons in Catalan. The English version is available in the YouTube video of the episode.

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Notes of the episode:

Video Final Four Girona | Força Lleida

Video Play-Off ACB | Magna Brush

Victus: The Fall of Barcelona | Albert Sánchez Piñol

Herr Pep | Martí Perarnau

Gerard Encuentra, con MICRÓFONO | ACB

VÉRONIQUE RICHARD | Adapt or die

The Creative Act: A Way of Being | Rick Rubin

Lo esencial: Una guía de diseño para la vida | Miguel Milá

Tor. 13 cases i tres morts | Carles Porta

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The rules state that, in football, there are only two positions: those who can touch the ball with their hands and those who cannot. Training, however, often focuses on the latter, while the former, the goalkeepers, are separated from the group with a coach that some call “trainer” and others “entertainer”. With Lluís, Diego, and Manu, we aim to integrate a player that has continuously been isolated from the team. Here starts the conversation in Spanish. The English version is available on the YouTube video of the episode.

Notes of the episode

JOAN CORTÉS | The coaching genius

My Turn: The Autobiography | Johan Cruyff

Pep Confidential: The Inside Story of Pep Guardiola's First Season at Bayern Munich | Martí Perarnau

A Life Too Short: The Tragedy of Robert Enke | Ronald Reng

ALBERT BATALLA | The art and science of teaching

ÓSCAR CANO | Essential football

Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder | Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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In defense of the intervention of the coach.

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There are coaches who seek empty forms devoid of meaning, and others who pursue functions full of purpose. Some work on “ideal” decontextualized patterns, while others encourage uncertain and adaptive behaviors. Some memorize, store, and implement drills and models mechanistically, while others explore and adapt efficiently to the uniqueness of each context they encounter. The same applies to those in charge of methodology. After all, they are coaches in a different context, with a different label. Joan Alcaraz belongs to the latter group, and he shares how he approaches this as the Methodology Director of RCD Mallorca. Now, the conversation in Spanish. The English version is available on the YouTube video of the episode.

Notes of the episode

Aluminosis organizacional | Xavier Marcet

Radical | Cristopher Zalla

The Ignorant Schoolmaster: Five Lessons in Intellectual Emancipation | Jaques Rancière

Coaching meditations | Andreu Enrich

Dexterity and its development | Nicholai A. Bernstein

Training or Synergizing? Complex Systems Principles Change the Understanding of Sport Processes | Rafel Pol, Natàlia Balagué, Angel Ric, Carlota Torrents, John Kiely & Robert Hristovski

Training or Synergizing? Complex Systems Principles Change the Understanding of Sport Processes | Rafel Pol, Natàlia Balagué, Angel Ric, Carlota Torrents, John Kiely & Robert Hristovski

ALBERT BATALLA | The art and science of teaching

Todo se puede entrenar | Toni Nadal

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Jorge Sanz is the Sports Director of the Cycling Movistar Team. When he was young, he went to study in Barcelona, where he was greatly impacted by a trainer of football players —not a physical coach— named Paco Seirul·lo. With Jorge, we discuss in Spanish the integration of training in a sport where fragmentation reigns. You know you have to English version in the YouTube video of the episode.

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Notes of the episode

ÓSCAR CANO | Essential football

El día menos pensado | José Larraza & Marc Pons

Plomo en los bolsillos | Ander Izagirre

Cómo ganar el Giro bebiendo sangre de buey | Ander Izagirre

El entrenamiento en los deportes de equipo | Paco Seirul·lo

A TRUE RENAISSANCE: Our Tour de France 2024 - Inside the Beehive | Team Visma | Lease a Bike

GoiGroup | Arturo Goicoechea

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Óscar Cano is not a football coach: he is an incredibly sharp person who happens to have chosen to make a positive impact on football teams. Óscar is one of the few who elevates our profession. The beloved Taleb says you should never read a book that can be summarized. Because then, it is not a book. This is exactly how I feel about my conversation with Óscar: it is impossible to describe it. Up next, you can listen to it in Spanish. If you prefer the English version, you have it available in the YouTube video of the episode.

Notes of the episode:

Juan Belmonte, matador de toros | Manuel Chaves Nogales

Del Bayern de Munich al Bayern de Pep | Óscar Cano Moreno

Always think before computing! | Rafel Pol & Natàlia Balagué

JOAN CORTÉS | The coaching genius

ÀLEX TERÉS | Thank you for doubting

Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals | Oliver Burkeman

JORDI FERNÁNDEZ | Questioning methodologies

Óscar Cano: “El sentimiento que hay que desarrollar en el ser humano es el de utilidad, el de la inclusión.” | Pablo Beltrán

La frontera invisible | Kilian Jornet

La lengua de las mariposas | José Luis Cuerda

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Adaptation wits from the sideline.

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Andreu Enrich has understood it perfectly: he is a COACH, in all caps, with every letter. It does not matter the sport. Because Andreu knows that, both on and off the field, it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, that what is essential is invisible to the eye... or to the whiteboard where many draw technical-tactical arrows. Up next, Andreu shares his authentic perspective to us in Catalan. If you’re interested in the English version, the YouTube video of the episode is waiting for you.

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Notes of the episode

Coaching meditations | Andreu Enrich

Citadelle | Antonie Saint-Exupéry

The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable | Nassim Nicholas Taleb

La Preparación ¿Física? en el fútbol | Rafel Pol

Exploring the Relationship of Declarative Tactical Knowledge With Participation, Football Competence, and Potentiality in a Professional Club (Real Sociedad) | Rubén Sánchez-López, Ibon Echeazarra, Jon Mikel Arrieta & Julen Castellano

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind | Yuval Noah Harari

JORDI FERNÁNDEZ | Questioning methodologies

’Visualise tragedies —not commedies’ - A conversation with Andreu Enrich | The Talent Equation Podcast

Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration | Ed Catmull

Direct theory of perception | Gibson

Theory of Cooperative-Competitive Intelligence: Principles, Research Directions, and Applications | Robert Hristovski & Natàlia Balagué

Decisiones vitales | Pep Marí

SMALL-SIDED GAMES: How to effectively train your players in variable and complex environments | Andreu Enrich

Hockey: 50 Tips From Intelligent Players | Andreu Enrich

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