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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

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