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
#91 Are you switched off from physical education and sport?
In this episode Ian and Keith discuss why millions of people are put off exercise for life by bad PE memories. The culprit? Traditional formats that reward the already-skilled and humiliate everyone else (the beep test being a prime offen...
#90 Dave Keelty and Sam McKenzie
In this episode we are joined by Dave Keelty and Sam McKenzie, high performance practitioners working at the cutting edge of sport. We explore talent development and coach development and New Zealand's "Balance is Better" philosophy, discussing...
#89 Exploring Niche Construction in Sport Coaching
What do beavers building dams have to do with coaching elite athletes? More than you'd think.In this episode, we dive into niche construction theory. A concept borrowed from evolutionary biology, and explore how coaches are consta...
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#88 Round Up 9
Should you ditch the bowling machine? The hidden cost of "convenient" practiceWhat if the tools coaches rely on most are actually making athletes worse?In this roundup episode, Martyn, Keith, and Ian unpack a deceptively si...
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#87 Tom Parry and Tyler Yearby
Dr Tom Parry is the Kinesiology Program Director in the College of Education and Human Development at Butler University, Indianapolis, USA. His area of expertise is motor-skill learning, and specifically the application of ecological dynamics t...
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