by Admin | Jun 24, 2022 | Coaching, Constraints, Ecological Dynamics, Growth, Skill Adaptation, Sport Movement
If you’ve followed our work at Emergence over the last three years, you may have noticed a pretty apparent narrative being routinely delivered (or at least I hope that you have): we center our lens, perspective, and scope of analysis on the performer-environment...
by Admin | Jun 14, 2022 | Coaching, Constraints, Ecological Dynamics, Uncategorized
Despite the advancements in science and rehab protocols, ACL re-tears occur at an alarmingly high rate. Reportedly ranging from 9-31% depending on various factors, the occurrence of re-tears is far too common given the advancements made in both surgical and...
by Admin | May 23, 2022 | Coaching, Constraints, Ecological Dynamics
A movement skill idol of mine, Bruce Lee, once stated, “Man, the living creature, the creating individual, is always more important than any established style or system.” This is why Lee prioritized using no way as way and having no limitation as limitation as key...
by Admin | May 9, 2022 | Coaching, Constraints, Ecological Dynamics, Movement Meet-Up, Skill Adaptation, Sport Movement
Last week, I wrote a short blog post oriented around a real-life case study of the work that I did with an NFL player who partnered with me a number of years back. Of course, that piece was attempting to build upon a few of the practical examples which we included in...
by Admin | May 1, 2022 | Coaching, Constraints, Ecological Dynamics, Skill Adaptation, Sport Movement
In case you missed it, Tyler Yearby and I, were recently fortunate to lock arms with some wicked smart individuals in the movement skill community, Keith Davids, Will Roberts, and Carl Woods, on the writing of a first-of-its-kind paper entitled, Applying an ecological...
by Admin | Mar 18, 2022 | Coaching, Ecological Dynamics, General, Uncategorized
Over the course of my career I have both taken part in and observed a great deal of youth training sessions. As I reflect on that time spent, there is one prevalent theme that bubbles up. We (coaches/teachers/parents) don’t trust youth athletes enough with their...
