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Realising the Value of Debate

Informed Practitioner in Sport

This phenomenon occurs where you find a high concentration of bright inquisitive people who are open and enthusiastic about sharing their ideas and collaborating to create something new and interesting; this acts as a beacon that draws other bright inquisitive minds, in turn generating renewed energy and fueling further innovation.

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Ingredients for Progress: Heretics and Dissent

Informed Practitioner in Sport

THE VALUE OF DISSENT… Questioning and openness to alternative interpretations are the means by which ideas and how they are applied evolves. The inclination to question is not common - looking back, most of us would admit that we uncritically accepted what we were taught. This is what creates the conditions for ideas to evolve.

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Achieving Engagement and Alignment

Informed Practitioner in Sport

Proponents of sports science and medicine often rail at how coaches and athletes seem reticent to adopt new findings and assimilate evidence-based practice, despite the merits presented in the research literature. As the march to high performance systems continues we have yet to resolve how to unite all parties to the cause.

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Figuring It Out

Informed Practitioner in Sport

Given the diversity and complexity we encounter when working with humans there is an ongoing need to assimilate new information. Leaders, coaches and practitioners who aspire to excellence typically recognise the imperative for life-long learning. It all begins with a question. What is striking is how much of this is done independently.