FOSBURY FLOP

Lost in the search for the perfect design

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Oscar Tusquets explains that when he was very young he learned that, when faced with a question for which they did not have a clear answer, only good teachers responded: "Well, I have to admit that I don't know.” The bad ones never recognized it. Àlex Terés has been linked to basketball in multiple ways: as a coach of Catalan teams, of the American G-League, of lower categories in clubs such as FC Barcelona (for which he is now responsible of the youths teams) or individual technique coach. I assumed that someone who has lived so much basketball, in so many different contexts, would give me some certainties, but I have only seen doubts and caution. I guess I must have talked to a good teacher. In a society where doubt is more necessary than ever but seems to weaken... thanks for doubting, Àlex. You can listen the conversation in Catalan; if you want the English version, you know you can find it in the YouTube video of the episode.

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How to make your players learn because —not in spite— of you

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How to promote —and not hinder— learning

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This is the conversation I had with Bernat Cardenas for The Padel Row, a padel coaching project to help every player whatever their level. Padel is still surrounded by an infinite number of incomprehensible mechanistic beliefs. The current way of training and understanding padel is not consistent with its true essence. The best Brazilian footballers become stars playing in the street, but in padel it seems that one must first learn “correct” and closed movements to then be able to play and be free. Throughout this conversation, we try to give advice for the players, analyze the role of the coach and rethink the principles that govern the sport.

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My coaching mentors.

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The sprinter Michael Johnson had a singular running “technique”. That didn’t stop him from winning 9 world championships and 4 Olympic golds. One day, a journalist asked him: “Do you think that if you had run like the other sprinters you would have been a better athlete?” And he, very smart, answered: “If I had run like them I would have become one of them.” The best version of oneself is achieved when one has the courage to enhance one’s virtues even if it is challenging what the whole herd thinks. Albert Batalla is a university professor, but you will understand his figure better if I tell you that his authentic ideas make him the Michael Johnson of motor skills learning, training... and life. Now you can listen to his wisdom in Catalan. If you prefer the English version, you can watch the YouTube video of the episode.

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Evolution depends on adaptation: those who best adapt to their environment survive. If you have an adaptive advantage, you have a better chance of surviving and passing it on. Sometimes these advantages are achieved by those who are different, those who have undergone a mutation compared to the majority. In nature... but also in sport. Véronique Richard is an expert in performance psychology and teaches us to be more adaptable to our sporting environment and creative, because being ready to change always helps. Often, her means to achieve it, are environments to encourage athletes to navigate through discomfort and grow psychologically from it. Véronique gives us her lessons as a mental performance consultant of Cirque du Soleil and member of the National Generation 2032. A Coach Program that aims to increase Australian coaches to contribute to future Olympics.

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Carlota Torrents is a professor at the National Institute of Physical Education of Catalonia and a member of the Complex Systems in Sport research group. With her doctoral thesis, Carlota was one of the pioneers in bringing dynamical systems theory to training. She has published dozens of articles on creativity, complexity, and movement, and recently published one of the most educational books I’ve ever read. I love one of her key principles as a teacher is: “If your students don’t surprise you, you’re doing something wrong.” Listen to the conversation to find out how. It is in Catalan, you have it with English subtitles on the YouTube video of the episode.

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Following Fosbury's example, we can study the path of Arturo Coello to become world's N1 padel player.

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