The 3rd Annual Sport Movement Skill Conference took place via an online format on May 16th and 17th (adapting to the constraints of the COVID-19 pandemic like many others). The SMSC is truly the only event of its kind where sport movement professionals come together in integration and cohesion to advance the understanding of movement behavior in sport while refining methods utilized within the art of facilitating skill acquisition in athletes of all levels. In case you missed it live, now is your time to accept the opportunity to interact with this material from some of the foremost leaders in the movement skill community.
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With over 60+ years of experience, our experts have developed several ways for you to sharpen your understanding and subsequent practical application. Highlighted by our various online educational courses, Emergence sets the standard in helping you investigate concepts and ideas relevant to sport movement behavior.
We know you’ll walk away with much greater insight on how to develop creative and adaptable movers that aids in them solving complex problems in sport. We look forward to locking arms with you!
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Sport Movement Skill Conference 2020
Sport Movement Skill Conference 16 speakers including Keith Davids, Stu Mcmillan, Rob Gray and other leaders across the sport movement community, deliver on over 18 hours of content!
Speaker List and Topics
SHAWN MYSZKA
Opening Address: An Emergent Interaction
Marianne Davies
Listening to the Rebels: Tales from the naughty side of research and practice
Dr. Keith Davids
Have we got the right balance between specificity of training and enrichment of functional capacities in athlete development and preparation for performance?
Dr. Rob Gray
From Freezing to Freeing to Coordinative Structures: Solving the DOF Problem in Skilled Motor Action
Todd Hargrove
The Complexity of Pain & Biomechanics
Tyler Yearby
Introducing a Repetition Without Repetition Approach to the Weight Room
Dr. Emily Splichal
Reflexive Stabilization for Power & Agility
Stu McMillan
Problems & Roundtable
Rich White
Bridging the gap with novel activities
Stuart Armstrong
There's a game for that: Reconceptualizing practice design through the needs of the participant
Ben Franks
Could adaptive variability underpin skilled perception-action couplings?
Michael Zweifel
Youth Movement Skill Acquisition
Cam Josse
Contextual Training in Team Sports
Harjiv Singh
Rethinking Feedback: Characteristics of Language for Optimal Motor Learning and Performance
Dr. Jas Randhawa
The Performance Environment: Integrating Representative Design & Performance Therapy
Rhett Ellison
Perspectives from the athlete
Roundtable
Challenges in Movement Skill Acquisition
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Underpinnings: Concepts which live & breathe within an Ecological Dynamics framework
Underpinnings was created to bring clarity to your journey and discuss the pertinence of the vast array of important, conceptual ideas which form an ecological dynamics framework for sport movement behavior.
Movement Meet-Up Calls (MMU)
Our goal at Emergence is to provide coaches with a different lens through which they view on-field sport performance. The Movement Meet-Up (MMU) think tank was created to serve as a platform in growing the community’s understanding of sport movement skill. This is a wonderful opportunity to interact with industry thought leaders and discuss practical applications to promote learning for your athletes.
Approaching the Weight Room from an Ecological Dynamics Perspective
We view athletes as complex adaptive systems and in this digestible mini-course, we offer a nonlinear approach to the weight room. We showcase how you can guide your athletes to discover their ability to adapt. Join us as we explore ways to provide a platform for your athletes to chase dexterity!
Ecological Dynamics for Dummies
‘Ecological Dynamics for Dummies,’ to stand as a more bite-sized version of our more extensive course, ‘Underpinnings,’ as a way to bring the sport movement skill community more clarity and a common ground. Using the popular instructional book series that most are familiar with as our inspiration and model, we intended this course to be more direct, simpler, and less intimidating overall.
Sport Movement Skill Conference 2020
Sports Movement Skill Conference 2020: Standing on the Shoulder of Giants — Shawn Myszka, Marianne Davies, Dr. Keith Davids, Dr. Rob Gray, Todd Hargrove, Tyler Yearby, Dr. Emily Splichal, Stu McMillan, Rich White, Stuart Armstrong, Ben Franks, Michael Zweifel, Cam Josse, Harjiv Singh, Dr. Jas Randhawa, Rhett Ellison, Roundtable; Challenges in Movement Skill Acquisition
The Movement Academy
TMA includes: – 6 months of intensive interaction with the Emergence team along with other passionate movement professionals – Underpinnings Module 1 ($87 value) – Ecological Dynamics for Dummies ($87 value) – 18 interactive calls (12 are one-on-one), which are split into 3 categories (Emergent Discussions, Personal Craft Development, & Mentor Driven Movement Analysis – reference call details above) ($3,150 value) – Access to all Movement Meet-up calls ($97 value) – Session planning & reflection tools with recorded explanation ($57 value) – Networking & locking arms with other passionate movement professionals (Priceless) – Exclusive discussion board – Emergence gear Total investment: $1,347