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Episode Synopsis
Send us a textJamie Taylor PhD is the former head of Academy at Leicester Tigers and now working with Grey Matters as a Senior Coach Developer and the English Institute of Sport as the coaching and curriculum lead. He is a coach, coach developer and researcher in coaching science with a particular focus on talent development.In this podcast, we follow up with Jamie to take an even deeper dive into teaching, learning and decision making. We discuss:Is coaching teaching?Can classroom research transfer to sports coaching?Which pedagogical principles can help coaches plan and deliver sessionsWhy a coach needs to be much more than an environmental designerThe role of cognition in learning How coaches can use professional judgement and decision making to decide which principles and methods to use and whenWhat factors does it depend on when we say "it depends"RESOURCES/REFERENCESRobert Bjork Desirable Difficulties:https://bit.ly/DesirableDifficultyPam Richards Research on Shared Mental Models:https://bit.ly/NetballCaseStudyhttps://bit.ly/HolisticSMMFrameworkImplementing the Five-A Model of Technical Refinement: Key Roles of the Sport Psychologist:https://bit.ly/5AModelProfessional Judgement and Decision Making in SportCoaching: To Jump Or Not To Jump:https://bit.ly/PJDMPaperVisit Jamie at:https://twitter.com/jattaylor [email protected] find out more about this podcast and many others, go to Rugby Coach Weekly To find out more about our Partner Club offer CLICK HEREAlso, tap into the library of 4,000 pages of activities, advice, tactics and tips to help you become the best rugby coach you can be!
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