Season 5 · Episode 179
HOW WE LEARN TO MOVE with Rob Gray - Part 1
Rob Gray is the Associate Professor of Human Systems Engineering at Arizona State University and the host of the Perception and Action Podcast. Rob Gray joins us to discuss his new book: How We Learn to Move: A Revolution in the Way We Coach & Practice Sports Skills.
December 23, 202129m 30s
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Show Notes
- 0:28 - Introducing Rob.
- Where to find Rob’s podcast + his new book, How We Learn to Move.
- 1:51 - Describing what Rob calls the “Coaching Revolution” + what this means for coaches.
- 3:40 - Rob’s thoughts on John Wooden’s philosophy of repetition.
- 6:14 - Do laws of learning really exist?
- 7:50 - Changing constraints or purposes changes the results.
- 10:58 - Principles of Rob’s self-organization model.
- 13:05 - Taking the constraints led approach to be a “masterchef” in self-organization
- 14:58 - What constraints should be used to coach young athletes?
- Letting them trial and error techniques
- Letting athletes figure out solutions: giving the goals and intent of practice, but not giving them the answers
- 16:28 - First approaching a college level team: what constraints would Rob use + what would his process be like?
- 18:45 - Approaching situations where coaches might like to change technique (using the example of launch angle).
- 19:15 - Traditional approach vs constraints led approach
- 21:16 - When dealing with an athlete with a deeply ingrained technique, is it worth it to change it, or try changing something else (TIm Tebow example).
- 23:36 - In what situations should constraints be more extreme to effectively train athletes?
- 23:49 - Deliberately using wrong technique to understand better technique.
- 25:04 - Should coaches help athletes understand the method to succeed, or just help them achieve the right technique?
- 26:23 - Describing the “connection ball” constraint.
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