The Constraints Collective
Our mission is to improve learning environments in sport, education, medicine, law enforcement and the military, by translating the often-dense theoretical language of academia to a form that makes sense for practitioners to apply in their context.
Episodes
42 episodes
#42 Carl Woods
Carl Woods is currently an Associate Professor of Skill Acquisition at the University of Queensland and the Queensland Academy of Sport. His research orients three primary themes: 1) theoretical developments to, and advancements for, the discip...
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#41 Greg Souders
Greg Souders is a jiu-jitsu black belt under David Jacobs who worked extensively with Lloyd Irvin and is the founder of Standard Jiu-Jitsu, one of the top no-gi jiu-jitsu/submission wrestling gyms in the sport. Greg is known for his...
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Episode 41
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#40 A Patreon special, live from the 5th Movement Skills Acquisition Conference
This week we are joined by some of our Patreon members live from the 5th Movement Skills Acquisition Conference.
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Episode 40
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#39 Martyn and Ian discuss creativity in coaching
In this week's episode Martyn and Ian discuss creativity in coaching.Check out our Patreon site at https://www.patreon.com/c/TheConstraintsCollective
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Episode 39
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#38 Mike Maloney, skill acquisition specialist
Michael is a skill acquisition specialist who has worked within the National Institute Network (Australia) as a practitioner and researcher since 2012. He has a PhD in skill acquisition in sport, with a focus on practice methods for skill reten...
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Episode 38
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#37 Tom Coyd MBE, World Cup winning coach
Tom Coyd is an English rugby league player and wheelchair rugby league coach. He plays for Medway Dragons in the London and South East Rugby League and is the head coach of London Roosters and the England national wheelchair rugby league team.&...
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#36 Rob Gray, skill acquisition specialist
Rob completed his BA in Psychology at Queen’s University and his MS and PhD in Experimental Psychology at York University. After receiving his PhD in 1998, he worked as a Research Scientist for Nissan Motor Corporation in Cambridge, MA, USA. In...
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Episode 36
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#35 Football legend, Pete Sturgess
Pete Sturgess has dedicated his life to football coaching and coach development. Pete retired in March 2023 after working at the FA for 17 years. The majority of his tenure leading the way in coaching young children in the Foundation Phase. He ...
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#34 Skill acquisition specialist, Adam Gorman
Adam is currently working as a Senior Lecturer in Skill Acquisition at QUT. Adam completed his PhD through the University of Queensland under the supervision of Professor Bruce Abernethy and Professor Damian Farrow. His thesis investigated the ...
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Episode 34
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#33 Olympic boxing coach Jona Bronswijk
Jona Bronswijk is a boxing coach working with the Dutch Olympic boxing squad. He is interested in practice and training designs that are informed by the constraints led approach. Jona is also studying for a masters degree in sport coaching...
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Episode 33
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#32 Combat Shooting with Kane Middleton and Jack Bale
Dr Kane Middleton is an Associate Professor of Sport and Occupational Biomechanics within the Discipline of Sport and Exercise Science and the Sport, Performance, and Nutrition Research Group. Kane also serves as La Trobe University's Academic ...
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#31 Martyn and Ian discuss 'Reframing the learning and performance relationship'
In this episode with discuss learning and performing in sport. For too long, learning and performing have been viewed as separate processes—train, then apply. But is that truly how we skilfully engage in competitive situations? &nbs...
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Episode 31
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#30 Sport coaching and the dynamics of talent development with Christian Thue Bjørndal
Christian Thue Bjørndal is an Associate Professor at the Department of Sport and Social Science. He has a Master’s Degree in Sports Coaching and Sport Psychology from NIH and received in 2017 his PhD from research focusing on the dynamics of ta...
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Episode 30
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#29 Craig Morris (Olympic paddlesport coach) returns for the second time
Returning for a second time this week is Craig Morris, who has been a British Canoe Slalom performance coach for the past 20 years. Craig started his career as a pathway development lead in the Olympic sport of Canoe Slalom, he fo...
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Episode 29
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#28 Futsal Coaching with Sion Kitson
Sion has been involved in futsal since 2004. As a player he represented Great Britain at two World University Games and played International futsal for Wales for 5 years. Captaining his country and scoring at international level are his proudes...
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Episode 28
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#27 The International Motor Skills Acquisition Conference
This week we are joined Timo Jaakkola, Sami Kalaja, and Pauliina Vastamäki, organisers of the The International Motor Skills Acquisition Conference.We discuss the forthcoming conference that will run from March 26th to 28th, 2025. Full ...
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#26 Adventure with Eric Brymer
Eric Brymer is an AHPRA registered psychologist, endorsed sport and exercise psychologist and board approved supervisor. He is also a chartered psychologist with the British Psychological Society and Associate Professor at Southern Cross Univer...
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#25 Georgia Askew - Para Sport Skill Acquisition Specialist
Georgia Askew is a skill acquisition specialist with Para Table Tennis, Australia. She is also a Ph.D. candidate at Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, studying the integration of skill acquisition with paralympic coaches and athlete...
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Episode 25
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#24 A life in Rugby Union with Jim McKay
Jim McKay is an Australian professional rugby union football coach. He has held head coaching positions across the world including Brisbane City (Australia), Cornish Pirates (UK) and Kobelco Steelers (Japan), and assistant coaching posit...
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#23 Nonlinearity (in coaching, talent development and coach development) with Alex Lascu
Dr Alex Lascu is a skill acquisition amateur (lover of) and researcher at the University of Canberra and Victoria University. Their love of learning and development is currently being explored with WA Cricket, in the hopes of helping every coac...
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Episode 23
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#22 Launching The Constraints Collective Patreon Site
In this episode we introduce our Patreon site. The site will be updated on the 1st of every month with access to a range of education materials. In addition to education materials we will also be hosting a monthly get together on Zoom.C...
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Episode 22
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#21 Research and Theory into Volleyball Practice with Ana Ramos
Ana Ramos, Ph.D., is a Lecturer at the Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, and a member of the Centre of Research, Education, Innovation, and Intervention in Sport. Ana is also a European level volleyball coach and coach educator. <...
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Episode 21
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#20 Changing the tackle height in rugby league with Anthony Sullivan and Cameron Owen
In this episode with discuss the challenge of changing the tackle height in rugby league. Does this challenge need a shift in focus away from solving problems for players to providing environments that set problems and challenges for players to...
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#19 Creativity in rugby (league and union) with Carl Marshall
Carl has over 20 years of experience in teaching and coaching rugby. He is currently the Coach Education Manager and Performance Lead at the National Rugby League (NRL), where he collaborates with the National Education Program Development team...
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Episode 19
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#18 Olympic shooting with Jack Bale
Jack is a PhD student at La Trobe University. He is interested in the Ecological Dynamics Framework and its application to shooting, where he is uniquely positioned to combine his sports science background with extensive experience as an ISSF r...
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Episode 18
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