The Constraints Collective
Our mission is to transform practice environments in sport by equipping coaches with the knowledge, understanding and skills to bridge the gap between skill acquisition theory and practice.
The Constraints Collective
Latest Episodes
#97 Round Up 11 — Your Team Was 29 Points Up. Here's Why That's the Dangerous Part.
The San Antonio Spurs led Game 4 of the 2026 NBA Finals by 29 points and lost it on a tip-in with 1.2 seconds left — the biggest comeback in Finals history. Ian Renshaw and Keith Davids use it to argue momentum isn't a mindset problem but a sta...
Episode #96 Daniel Lycett Guest Review
Keith and Ian go back through Daniel Lycett's PE curriculum redesign from episode 81 — and pull apart what was really going on underneath it: context, donor sports, and designing tasks people can actually succeed at. Along the way: Lego therapy...
Before the Ball Moves: How International Footballers Gain Their Advantage
#95 Before the Ball Moves: How International Footballers Gain Their Advantage In this episode, Ian Renshaw and Professor Keith Davids explore the tension between practice tools and movement variability. Using Ian's experience with a golf puttin...
The Constraints Collective Podcast with Michael Richardson
#94 The Constraints Collective Podcast with Michael Richardson In this episode, Ian Renshaw and Keith Davids are joined by Professor Michael Richardson from Macquarie University, a specialist in ecological psychology and computational modelling...