COMPONENTS OF THE ACADEMY

SCIENCE: ANALYSIS OF MOVEMENT SKILL

Learning Objectives

• To identify and describe how complex systems operate within the context of sport
• To understand the nature and role of information in the coordination and control of movement behavior
• To determine where each Sport Movement Specialist authentically stands in their personalized, conceptualized view of movement skill

SCIENCE: UNDERSTANDING OF MOVEMENT BEHAVIOR

Learning Objectives

• To use the athlete-environment system as the main scale of analysis in assessing movement skill in sport (and in the world too)
• To be able to study the problem-solving processes of the mover in context
• To determine how we may be able to be able to use the concept of affordance perception and selection to assess the current movement skill of a performer and in the subsequent design of practice activities in the learning environment

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ART: CREATING A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

Learning Objectives

• To conceptualize the Sport Movement Specialist as an environment designer, a problem setter, or a facilitator of movement skill
• To understand how constraint manipulation can help us set adequately challenging movement problems to be solved by containing the most relevant information and affordances for the athlete to interact with
• To apply the concept of ‘repetition without repetition’ to help increase the skilled movement behavior of our athletes

ART: GUIDING THE PERFORMER TO ENHANCED MOVEMENT SKILL

Learning Objectives

• To determine the various individual differences between performers which will change how they solve movement problems as well as how the Sport Movement Specialist could aim to guide them most effectively
• To understand how factors such as instruction and feedback can influence the learning process
• To provide a learning environment which prioritizes innovation, creativity, authenticity, and freedom in the movement skill of athletes

Presentations

(Every week)

Every week we email you a presentation to help facilitate your learning journey. Each presentation has either a theoretical or practical emphasis. Homework is issued each week to help prepare you for each presentation, so you get the most out of the experience!

• Intro week: our story, setting up the course
• Week 1: Summary of Cognitive Science
• Week 2: Summary of Ecological Science
• Week 3: Why Can’t These Two Theories Be Married in Practice?
• Week 4: Information-Movement Coupling
• Week 5: The Constraints-Led Approach
• Week 6: Representative Learning Design
• Week 7: Repetition w/o Repetition and Differential Learning
• Week 8: Self-Organization, Wayfinding, and Representative Co-Design
• Week 9: Practical Application: Skill Acquisition Periodization
• Week 10: Practical Application: The Warm Up
• Week 11: Practical Application: The Weight Room
• Week 12: Practical Application: Agility