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Ross is a skill acquisition specialist who has worked collaboratively to support sports in areas of sport science, coaching, innovation, and research. He has built an applied career substantively in Paralympic contexts, with a focus on driving change through creativity, empathy, complex thinking, negotiation, and an ability to communicate effectively. After 10 years with Paralympics Australia, Ross was recently seconded into the role of ‘Learning Design Lead’ at the AIS, where he oversees the development and implementation of a national skill acquisition and learning design strategy. 

Link to papers discussed in the podcast:

https://www.aut.ac.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/380698/Representative-Learning-Design-and-Functionality-of-Research-and-Practice-in-Sport.pdf

Askew Pinder Renshaw & Gorman (2023)[1].pdf

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330596408_What_can_coaches_and_physical_education_teachers_learn_from_a_constraints-led_approach_in_para-sport

Alex Sarama is the founder of Transforming Basketball. He is widely regarded as an industry-leading practitioner within the field of contemporary skill acquisition and more specifically, the usage of the constraints-led approach. Sarama's bestselling Amazon book, Transforming Basketball, was released in April 2024. He has delivered clinics in over 40 countries around the world and worked as a coach developer for numerous organizations and international basketball federations. This includes work done in multiple sports outside of basketball.

Dr Jonathon Headrick is a lecturer and researcher in the field of exercise and sports science. Jonny's expertise lies in skill-acquisition and learning design, where he continues to engage and collaborate with a range of sporting organisations and partners including the AIS, QAS, Paralympics Australia, Cricket Australia, Swimming Australia, Surfing Australia, and Basketball Queensland to support his impactful research.

Bat-Weight Paper https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/s13414-012-0368-

Proximity to Goal as  Constraint Paper https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02640414.2011.640706

Affective Learning Design Paper https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1469029214001137?via%3Dihub

Principled Approach to Skill- Acquisition in Surfing Paper https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/17479541241279044

Leveraging Biotensegrity for Sports Performance Paper https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10407413.2024.2448796

Kurilpa Bridge - example of a tensegral structure https://www.coxarchitecture.com.au/project/kurilpa-pedestrian-bridge/

In this episode Keith, Ian and Martyn discuss Gibson's theory of affordances. 

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As a sports science expert with a deep-seated passion for soccer coaching, Albert's academic and professional pursuits are anchored in a profound enthusiasm for enhancing sports performance. This journey has led him to specialize in the field of Ecological Dynamics, a framework that aligns with his approach to understanding and improving performance in soccer.

In this domain, his primary focus lies in the investigation of “representative learning designs”. This research is pivotal in bridging the gap between practice sessions and actual match scenarios, ensuring a more effective and seamless transfer of skills and strategies from training grounds to competitive environments.

Through his research, Albert aims to contribute to the field of sports science, promoting modern, evidence-based sport pedagogy, offering innovative insights and practical solutions to encourage coaches to design training environments that afford players to train as they play.

Link to paper: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/02701367.2024.2434155?casa_token=tYlh2ZFZYFcAAAAA:OLif2JZiWvLFCCJnXou1TSlrnD3lyl_M6uzeQh4LcJI0K2O6s5vdxU86XtgI8gGNPDZjl8Afn8Nr4g

Matt Wigham is a Tennis Australia Master Club Professional and LTA Level 4 Tennis Coach. He also holds a master's degree in psychology. Matt has been a full-time tennis coach for the past 15 years, both in the UK and Australia, working as a private coach, as well as on behalf of the LTA and Tennis Australia delivering workforce development initiatives and coach education. He has also written and developed a number of educational resources for tennis coaches and P.E teachers, and his work has been published by the ITF. 

This week we are joined by Marco Perazzo from New Jersey Martial arts (www.njmaonline.com) and Scott Sievewright from Primal MKE. MMA and grappling coaches working through an ecological coaching approach.

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In this episode Keith, Martyn and Ian discuss the role nonlinear pedagogy can play in supporting intrinsic motivation in sports coaching.

Link to paper https://opensportssciencesjournal.com/contents/volumes/V5/TOSSJ-5-88/TOSSJ-5-88.pdf

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Carl Woods is currently an Associate Professor of Skill Acquisition at the University of Queensland and the Queensland Academy of Sport. His research orients three primary themes: 1) theoretical developments to, and advancements for, the discipline, 2) applied insights to guide practice task design in high performance sport, and 3) environmental design to support exploratory physical activity and ecological literacy. He addresses these themes from within the ecological metatheory.

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Greg Souders is a jiu-jitsu black belt under David Jacobs who worked extensively with Lloyd Irvin and is the founder of Standard Jiu-Jitsu, one of the top no-gi jiu-jitsu/submission wrestling gyms in the sport. 

Greg is known for his novel approach to grappling based on Ecological Dynamics, a methodology he used to develop highly successful athletes such as Deandre Corbe, Gavin Corbe, and Alex Nguyen.