Dr Edward Coughlan is a researcher, lecturer and coach at the Cork Institute of Technology in Ireland. He has spent his career studying skill acquisition and applying what he is learning on the training field.

In this fantastic discussion we explore a whole world of topics including:

- How he works to make coaching have a strong representation to the game
- The difference between the 'practice effect and the 'performance effect' and why so many coaches get seduced by it.
- Using consequences to improve performance
- How he improved his coaching by paying attention to the 'decision load' in his sessions
- Why failure is so important for learning

This is an episode that is extremely dense in information...I recommend a notepad for this one!

Enjoy!
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