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Si Nainby deep dives with Pete Arnott. Pete is a golf coach with a research interest in skill acquisition.

In this episode we discuss:

• What is skill and what does it mean to be skilful?
• Why did coaching become so de-contextualised?
• Simplification not Decomposition - why we should build skills by simplifying tasks rather than breaking down techniques.
• The issues around de-contextualising practice by using artificial coaching tools such as a lineout net or a bowling machine.
• The concept of Haptic Touch or Extended Mind Theory and how de-contextualised practice can be helpful in building attunement.
• Pete's approach to introducing novices to a sport and how he builds relationships.
• How to identify "Rate Limiters" with intermediate players: the key things that will most quickly improve their game.
• What role does the player's intuition play in the coaching process?
• How walking a mile in your player's shoes (figuratively) helps co-creation of great practice environments.
• How consequences can have a huge impact on development - Ed Coughlan, https://twitter.com/DrSkillAcq, has been a big help to Pete in his work on individualising consequences.
• How Pete uses the Constraints Led Approach - learnings from his biggest mistakes.
• Using sounds, rhythms and verbal cues to influence sessions.
• The impact of technology and data in coaching.
• How Pete uses video review.
• Pete's new project - Train like a Tiger - lessons from Tiger Woods development

Links to books and videos mentioned:
9mins 30s - Inside the All Blacks by Robin McConnell - https://amzn.to/39MeyP2
16mins - Cristiano Ronaldo Documentary - https://youtu.be/4achmhzLNoY
16mins 50s - Jennie Finch strikes out Albert Pujols - https://youtu.be/gm9iZnqGMvY
18mins 30s - Ross Pinder Paper on Bowling Machine Technique - http://bit.ly/PinderBowlingMachineResearch
20mins 50s - Andy Clark Extended Mind Theory - http://bit.ly/ExtendedMindTheory
47mins 30s - How Wolves change rivers - https://youtu.be/ysa5OBhXz-Q
55mins 25s - Will Stubbs - https://twitter.com/WillStubbs1
59mins - The Pressure Principle by Dave Alred - https://amzn.to/36HTqrj
59mins 45s - The Checklist Manifesto - https://amzn.to/3cAWvx0
1hr 20mins 50s - The Language of Coaching: The Art & Science of Teaching Movement by Nick Winkleman -https://amzn.to/39POP84
1hr 37mins - Elite coaching and the technocratic engineer by Shaun Williams & Andrew Manley -http://bit.ly/TechnocratEngineer
Also - ‘We’re not run on Numbers, We’re People, We’re Emotional People’ by Shaun Williams & Andrew Manley -http://bit.ly/WeArePeopleNotNumbers
1hr 37mins 45s - The Hawthorne Effect - http://bit.ly/HawthorneEffct

Website - www.peterarnottgolf.com
Twitter - https://twitter.com/PeterArnottGolf
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/peterarnottgolf/
Train Like a Tiger - https://www.trainlikeatiger.com/
A Constraints-Led Approach to Golf Coaching - https://amzn.to/39LSnZ2

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Host Phil Llewellyn with guests review some of the many great podcasts, books, articles and webinars from the last week. 

This week's guests:
Laurie MacDonald, Coach Developer for Sport Scotland and Coaching Discourse Podcast Co-host, Chloe Brown, Head of Girls Talent Pathway Northamptonshire FA, Peterborough United Ladies Assistant Manager and FA Tutor and Ellie Gennings, Lecturer at the University of Winchester and PhD student studying the impact of outdoor physical activity on children's well being. 

The team pick out the key takeaways from each piece of great content and say how to use it on the pitch, at all the levels of the game.

This week's content:

Coach Communication with Stephen Rollnick – Player Development Podcast www.stormbreak.org.uk – Take a step to better physical and mental health

SUGGESTED CONTENT/WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED

• Determining the role of sport coaches in promoting athlete mental health: a narrative review and Delphi approach – Bissett, Kroshus, Hebard, (2020)
• Motivational Interviewing – Stephen Rollnick
• The Developer Tribe – Russell Earnshaw with Tim Jones
• Coach-a-long social – UK Sport 
• Coach Conversation - with Nick Levett and Jenny Coady
• Allianz Premier 15s Match Footage – England Rugby YouTube

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Women's Rugby Coaching magazine editor, Jess Bunyard, goes to the very top of the English game to chat with Simon Middleton and Amy Turner. 

Simon has been the Head Coach of England Women since 2015, winning 2 Six Nations titles and taking the team to the 2017 World Cup final. 

Amy is Performance Pathway Officer for England Rugby and is currently undertaking a coaching internship with England as part of the Rugby World Cup 2021 programme. 

Amy and Simon discuss what makes a successful coaching dynamic, how they're working together and whether there's the potential for future coaching internships in men's and women's rugby. They also remember their early playing and coaching memories and discuss the importance of grassroots coaching.  

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Host Phil Llewellyn with guests review some of the many great podcasts, books, articles and webinars from the last week. 

This week's guests:
Elliott Newell, Sports Psychologist with the English Institute of Sport, Hugh Gilmore, Sports Psychologist with British Weightlifting and British Athletics, co-host of the Eighty Percent Mental Podcast and Dr Pete Olusoga, senior lecturer in Psychology at Sheffield Hallam University and co-host of the Eighty Percent Mental Podcast

The team pick out the key takeaways from each piece of great content and say how to use it on the pitch, at all the levels of the game.

This week's content:

• Principled Curriculum Design – William, 2013
• When Change Orientated Feedback Enhances Motivation, Well-being and Performance – Carpentier & Mageau, 2012
• Losers - Netflix

SUGGESTED CONTENT/WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED

• Eighty Percent Mental Podcast – Pete Olusoga
• Last Chance U – Netflix 
• The Good Ancestor: How to Think Long Term in a Short-Term World -  Roman Krznaric
• The Highs and the Lows—Exploring the Nature of Optimally Impactful Development Experiences on the Talent Pathway – Taylor & Collins, 2020

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Bird and LJ welcome Kate Burke, Lead Pathway Analyst with England Rugby. Kate has an MSc in Sports Analysis. After working in Wales with academy teams, she moved to the RFU in 2008, working with U18s and covering the men's teams. She then joined Bath for two years as head of analysis, before returning to the RFU to oversee analysis provision across the pathway, women's, 7's and referees' departments.

In the podcast, Bird and LJ asked the following questions:

• Why did you choose to study sports analysis?
• Has rugby always been the sport you wanted to work within?
• What would you say have been your biggest challenges working within rugby?
• Have you worked with any coaches or in any environments that have had a lasting impression on how you now operate in your day-to-day work? 
• What might a typical week look like for a performance analysis working in a professional rugby environment? 
• Have you seen the analysis role develop/change since you started in 2007?
• How/what do you feedback to players/coaches in terms of previews and reviews?
• How can a community coach, with a minimal budget, start building analysis into their environment? Are there any key areas that you would suggest focusing on?
• Are there any good online platforms/apps that you would recommend to coaches who want to utilise video footage more during their training week? 
• What equipment would you suggest to get started? 
• Have you seen any good practices from other sports that you think we could utilise in rugby to help develop our players and coaches?
• What current trends do you see developing within the game at the moment?
• Where do you see the game going over the next season? 

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Host Phil Llewellyn with guests review some of the many great podcasts, books, articles and webinars from the last week. 

This week's guests:
Barry Maddocks, assistant coach with the Dragons in the Pro 14, AB Zondagh, assistant coach with Toulouse in the French Top 14, Warren Abrahams, head coach with the WRU for Wales Women.

The team pick out the key takeaways from each piece of great content and say how to use it on the pitch, at all the levels of the game.

This week's content:

• Coaches Guide to Teaching – Doug Lemov  
• Continuous Development During Chaos – Fergus Connelly

SUGGESTED CONTENT/WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED

• Game Changer – Fergus Connelly 
• Improving the Quality of Practise for Better Learning – The Learner Lab 
• The Good Psychopaths Guide to Success – Kevin Dutton and Andy McNab

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Dan speaks to Jess Bunyard, the editor of the world's first Women's Rugby Coaching magazine.

Jess tells us why it's the right time to launch, what's different about it, and why it's all about growing the women's rugby community.

She talks about the features of this issue, including dealing with menstrual cycle for players, growing a new club time and the speaking with the inspirational Sarah Ebd Albaki. Plus, she highlights some of the great activities to help girls and women develop their skills and game awareness.

To find out more, visit www.womensrugbycoaching.com 

Also, drop Jess a line at [email protected] if you want to be involved.

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Host Phil Llewellyn with guests review some of the many great podcasts, books, articles and webinars from the last week. 

This week's guests:
Danny Newcombe, Oxford Brookes senior lecturer in Sport, Coaching and PE, Coach Educator and Wales Men's Hockey national team head coach. Michael Ashford, Coventry University lecturer in Sport Coaching and Coach Educator. Luke Taylor, Oxford Brookes lecturer in Sport and Coaching Sciences and Physical Performance Coach for the FA.

The team pick out the key takeaways from each piece of great content and say how to use it on the pitch, at all the levels of the game.

This week's content:

• The Varieties of Human Work – Steven Shorrock
• Attentional Focus and Cueing for Speed Development – Nick Winkelman
•  What works in coach learning, how, and for whom? A grounded process of soccer coaches’ professional learning – Stodter & Cushion, (2017)

SUGGESTED CONTENT/WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED

• A Move Towards Reconceptulising Direct Instruction In Sport Coaching Pedagogy – Cope & Cushion, (2020)
• All Alone We Go Faster, Together We Go Further: The Necessary Evolution of Professional and Elite Sporting Environment to Bridge the Gap Between Research and Practice – Brocherie & Beard, (2021)
• Sports Principles – Sam Jarman
• How Learning Happens - Paul Kirschner and Carl Hendrick

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Host Phil Llewellyn with guests review some of the many great podcasts, books, articles and webinars from the last week. 

This week's guests:
Kev Mannion, head of academy performance at Gloucester Rugby and Rich Middleton. academy S&C coach at Exeter Chiefs.

The team pick out the key takeaways from each piece of great content and say how to use it on the pitch, at all the levels of the game.

This week's content:

The Rocky Road to the Top: Why Talent Needs Trauma – Collins and MacNamara, (2012)

Pacey Performance with Nick Winkelman – Pacey Performance Podcast

SUGGESTED CONTENT/WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED

TedX – Conscious Listening – Julian Treasure

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Dan Cottrell chats with Nick Hart. 

Nick is head of Courthouse Junior School in Berkshire, a CPD provider and an educational writer on his blog Thisismyclassroom. He has a sports science degree and played semi-pro soccer as a goalkeeper.

Our main discussion is around scaffolding in coaching. It is probably something most of us do in some format but we might not always know why it works. Plus, it would be good to explore some other great ways to scaffold our players’ learning.

For me, this pod helped embed better practice in my own mind, as well as clear up some of my misconceptions around the processes involved.

In the podcast we talked about:

• The similarities and differences between classroom learning and on-the-field learning.
• What is meant by scaffolding?
• Ten different methods, and works well when?
• How coaches might use scaffolding in different situations.

Follow Nick on Twitter
@MrNickHart
and his blog
thisismyclassroom.wordpress.com

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