New research in @JSportsSci. A pleasure to work with @rob_mason12 @EdCope1 @CoachPartington @LisRyan_Nutri @EvanGannon_ on this. Thanks to @ATU_GalwayCity @ATU_ResearchIE @lborouniversity for the support as always. A thread summarising the paper 👇 tandfonline.com/eprint/SRJ5Z…

Thanks so much Chris. As always, appreciate your support for the show. May I also be so bold as to suggest two recent episodes on coaching and skill acq: 1. With @Jattaylor here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas… 2. With @EdCope1 and @drstephenharvey here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…

This work led by Juyoung attempts to understand how well we know coach-athlete dialogue based on existing qualitative research in this area @CoachC1 @JuyoungRyou @DrDanielRhind

New paper (open access) with @drstephenharvey where we consider TGfU design and delivery through the lens of cognitive load theory mdpi-res.com/d_attachment/ed…

New episode of The Sport Psych Show! On this week's episode "Understanding and Improving Player Learning" I welcome back Prof Stephen Harvey @drstephenharvey and Dr Ed Cope @EdCope1 to the show. Take a listen here buff.ly/6FH5219

Latest article led by one of my Doctoral Researchers, Zhenlong with @DrAshCasey , who has developed a systematic observation instrument to support the understanding and development of coach educators/developers practice tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Cool times on #TheCoachingAcademy Newly minted @soccerhof member Nick Rimando along with @ussoccer educators @drstephenharvey & @EdCope1 & Cognitive Load Theory. Today at 7pm ET @SiriusXMFC Ch. 157 & @SiriusXM app

‘A systematic review of coach developers’ professional learning’ Jack Walton, @CoachC1 , @annastoDr & @EdCope1’s latest publication is available open access @tandfsport; doi.org/10.1080/21640629.202…

RT @DanAbrahams77: Coaches… So you want to be a world class coach? If so, you would be well-served to become an incredible teacher and wel…

A collection of articles recently written with @drstephenharvey for @ussoccer discussing how learning happens through the principles of cognitive load theory learning.ussoccer.com/articl… learning.ussoccer.com/articl… learning.ussoccer.com/articl… learning.ussoccer.com/articl…

As complicated as it looks…I think the below diagram is crucial for sports coaches to make sense of in their session design and coach behaviours (specifically, explicit instruction) 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 It start with attention…attention is the entry point for player learning. Captivate their attention, direct their attention, hold their attention… Make your activities stretched…but…not so stretched that it overloads your players’ working memories…and make your instructions simple, short, & snappy to prevent overload Check for understanding by asking players questions about what they’ve just experienced in an activity and test for understanding by setting a task or challenge in an activity relevant to the just-learned information…this improves retention in long-term memory Prevent forgetting and consolidate memories in long-term memory by continuing to ask players to retrieve the just-learned information (during water breaks, in huddles between activities, at the end of the session) The above process is my extended take on a model called Cognitive Load Theory which is the basic cognitive architecture of how human’s learn…(note: this is my take alone) For more information see: 1. Works by John Sweller 2. Recent article with U.S. Soccer from @drstephenharvey and @EdCope1 here: learning.ussoccer.com/articl… 3. The Sport Psych Show podcast episode with @Jattaylor and @Rdtaylor_16 here: thesportpsychshow.libsyn.com…

Great to make continued contributions to U.S. Soccer Coaching Education with @EdCope1. Thanks to everyone involved for the opportunity.

Dive into the second part of the series on cognitive load theory where Dr. Stephen Harvey and Dr. Ed Cope explore how to optimize intrinsic load for effective learning. Learn why spacing out learning sessions and employing retrieval strategies can lead to long-term retention and skill development. Link: learning.ussoccer.com/articl…

📢PT Research Fellow opportunity @NTUSportScience! Myself @petepjh @CoachC1 are researching coach development in tennis & are looking for support in qualitative data collection (observations & interviews). 0.2 FTE until 31st July. CLOSES 16th April 🎾⤵️vacancies.ntu.ac.uk/Job/JobD…

I was fortunate enough to examine two PhD’s with Jim, where he was the external and me the internal. I learnt so much from him and found the whole process such a privilege. Kind, caring and critical are the three words that come to mind.

Open access paper with @CoachC1 building upon other work in coach education and development that uses democratic forms of education to support sport coaches development. Challenging project but lots of learning for orgs wishing to utilise such approaches. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

One of my favourite episodes on The Sport Psych Show! Prof Chris Cushion @CoachC1, Prof Stephen Harvey @drstephenharvey and Dr Ed Cope @EdCope1 on the show. We did a deep dive on instructional approaches to coaching. A must listen… A great listen apple.co/3mdzjeT

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New paper led by @corbett_ross reviewing the feedback research using a systematic observation method in sport coaching @CoachPartington @LisRyan_Nutri journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…

Great to see this paper out which illuminates how FA coach education developed. Great background & intro for anyone researching or working in FA coach education. Well done Reece for persisting with this work & thanks to co-authors (esp @EdCope1 ), all reviewers & participants.