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COACH DEVELOPMENT with Jamie Taylor
Season 5 · Episode 217

COACH DEVELOPMENT with Jamie Taylor

Health and Human Performance professor Jamie Taylor talks about the techniques and qualities of elite coaches.

Coach Your Brains Out

October 6, 202250m 29s

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Show Notes

  • 1:19 - Moving into the topic of Coach Development, what are values that Jamie emphasizes when developing coaches?
  • 2:47 - Are there common traits that coaches have, or does Jamie treat each coach on a case by case basis?
  • 5:07 - When Jamie observes coaches develop, what are some of the most common mishaps or mistakes that occur?
  • 10:46 - Should coaches who are interested in improving their coaching read strictly research based books?
  • 12:01 - What are the main skills or values coaches should focus on improving to become more effective?
  • 14:13 - When trying to implement reflection into a coaching routine, what is the most effective schedule to make the most out of the exercises?
  • 15:29 - Some of the questions that Jamie has found to be the most effective to reflect on.
  • 17:50 - How would Jamie structure reflection exercises?
  • 19:40 - What are some common themes that occur during reflection?
  • 21:15 - What are qualities that separate good coaches from the elite coaches?
  • 22:36 - Explaining the term “pracademic”.
  • 23:50 - Should coaches also have an academic background in their field?
  • 26:59 - Exploring the informational processing aspect of motor learning.
  • 37:33 - Introducing shared mentor models.
  • 43:08 - Are there specific scenarios when developing a player that Jamie would focus on an ecological dynamic or constraints led approach vs. an informational processing approach?
  • 45:01 - Explaining the effects of differential learning.
  • 47:15 - Why Jamie is not entirely sold on prescriptive coaching methods.

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