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Crimes Against Critical Thinking in the Face of a Good Story

Informed Practitioner in Sport

The themes covered and the example cited in the post remain highly topical, so with the permission and blessing of those involved I am resharing it for the Informed Practitioner in Sport audience, not least to ensure that it remains available online. Mencken The second group comprises sports medicine and physiotherapy practitioners.

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Alumni Spotlight: Bryson Preddy

MSU

About 14 years ago, he coached his son’s first flag football team and fell in love with it. Since then, he has pursued volunteer opportunities to coach and continued his education, all in hope of becoming a coach one day when he retires. I was always aware that I lacked practical coaching experience.

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Keeping the Sparks Aflame: Preventing and Addressing Burnout in High School Student-Athletes

AASP

. </p> <h3>What Coaches and Practitioners Can Do</h3> <p>Given burnout is so physically, emotionally, and socially demanding, it is paramount that coaches, caregivers, and student-athletes are informed. sleep, home, school).</li> sleep, home, school).</li> Bertollo, M., Bosquet, L.,

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Firstbeat Sports Team Attending FSI Conference on High Performance in Football

First Beat

Organized by the Football Science Institute this conference is aimed at students, football practitioners, and staff from different professional clubs and features more than 20 lectures related to the sciences applied to football, given by high-level international experts.

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Inattentional blindness and what it means for sport coaching practice

Learning Through Sport

How coaches coach practice sessions are an influence on players developing perception. Research by Furly and colleagues (2010, see here ) showed that a coach can attentionally set a players perception by the instructions they provide. What does this mean for the practitioner coach? " more game-form practice.

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What You See Is Not All There Is

Informed Practitioner in Sport

However, the central themes of unseen and unknown elements are highly pertinent to coaches and practitioners. And in reality much of what an athlete does is beyond the purview of coaches or practitioners. As a wise friend and fellow coach shared, the best monitoring system is a coach who pays attention.

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Lessons from 2020: Emergence of the Autonomous Athlete

Informed Practitioner in Sport

Over recent months the lack of direct coaching supervision, restricted access to training facilities and absence of training partners posed huge challenges for athletes at all levels, testing not only their will but also their ability to find a way. With the unprecedented events of 2020 all of this very much came to the fore.