Learning Through Sport

OCTOBER 15, 2020

I have previously summarised some of those approaches for PE and sport coaching in a blog here I have followed the work of Katie Salen since reading Rules of Play (2003) and understanding how the ' science of learning ' informs digital game design. Learning activities must provide maximal activity or practice time for all students 3.

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The Sporting

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

There's a lot of science to back the number of hours an athlete needs to perform at their best. Let's delve into the science of sleeping, athleticism - and what it means to sleep like a champion! The pros believe athletes should sleep an hour more than the average person. Here’s why. Why is Sleep Important For Athletic Performance?

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First Beat

AUGUST 21, 2023

In brief, it seeks to explain what drives the intrinsic motivation behind the choices that people make and there are three components to SDT; from these I think you’ll begin to see where I’m coming from and why I chose to use this for the basis of this piece. Without athlete buy-in, it will likely be difficult to get reliable and valid data.

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Informed Practitioner in Sport

APRIL 1, 2021

This is a scenario that seems to be especially prevalent within professional sport and the performance sciences in general. As the idea gathers steam, the growing uptake seems as much motivated by anxiety and the sense that ‘everybody else seems to be into this, so perhaps I should be too’.

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The Physical Educator

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Finding a sense of belonging in one’s experiences is critical being able to realize one’s full potential. Subscribe To The #PhysEd Show. These are the show notes for my latest episode of The #PhysEd Show Podcast. Take a listen to the episode by using the player below or subscribe to the show in your favourite podcast app! Show Notes. “If

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Informed Practitioner in Sport

OCTOBER 15, 2021

The inclination to question is not common - looking back, most of us would admit that we uncritically accepted what we were taught. There is a general assumption that authority figures know what they are doing, so it may not necessarily occur to us that the consensus view that is espoused might be flawed or even untrue.

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First Beat

APRIL 19, 2024

In one of my previous blog posts I highlighted the variance in how players quantify training load. This article is written by Domenik Theodorou , a Firstbeat Sports client and Performance Coach at RASTA Vechta , a professional basketball team competing in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL).

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