The Adaptable Athlete Podcast
The Adaptable Athlete Podcast is a podcast for coaches and practitioners who want to learn more about modern approached to sport movement and skill acquisition; and who ultimately, want to help to their athletes become more adaptable.
Host, Javi Miller-Estrada engages in discussions with some of the absolute best sport coaches, trainers, and practitioners in the world. Coaches who are truly pushing the industry forward.
The Adaptable Athlete Podcast
Latest Episodes
Why Your Fastest Athlete Isn't Always Your Best Problem Solver
Is speed a capacity, or a skill? Most coaching treats them as the same thing, and that's where the gap starts.Speed as a capacity, not an outcome: why a stopwatch measures something real, but not the thing that actually shows up in ...
Three Experts on What Really Defines Skill
What if skill isn't something an athlete has, but something a moment gives them?This episode pulls together three conversations that each answer a piece of that question, more directly than any single guest could get to on their own....
The Problem With Coaching Pretty | Molly Binetti
What happens when a strength coach spends nine years unlearning everything she was taught about "correct" technique?Molly Binetti is the Women's Basketball Sports Performance coach at the University of South Carolina, where she's built a...
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Everything But the Thing: Boxing's Skill Acquisition Problem | Adam Haniver
What does it actually mean to train a boxer to be adaptable when the most representative practice, hard sparring, also causes permanent damage?Adam Haniver is a boxing coach and England Boxing DISE program lead who's spent years working ...
SMSC 2026 Recap: Debates, Awards, and the Challenge Point
Nine years in, and the "room" for SMSC keeps getting smarter every year. This one landed three genuinely different debates, a set of award winners worth knowing, and a founder's-eye view of what the conference has become.Coach Jav starts...
