Anyone working with athletes in any capacity should refocus their efforts on being a better movement coach by diving into ideas of motor control and skill acquisition, says Shawn Myszka. simplifaster.com/articles/movem… via SimpliFaster

Episode 1 throwback…Seems like just yesterday 😅

Don't forget...

Next week, Saturday 5/11 at 10am CST, we will be joining forces w/our friends Alex Sarama & Transforming Basketball for a special Movement Meet-Up call on Zoom open to any/all from across the skill acquisition & coaching community!

Stoked to connect & chat w/StrengthCoachNetwork today for a little recorded discussion on all things movement & skill acquisition in sport...oh, and we may have even discussed my past life as a bodybuilder a bit too.

Big S/O to Justin for having me on - can't wait to do again!

This book and the quote were so impactful to my craft that it inspired me to write a research paper along with Tyler Yearby & Keith Davids around its ideas!

To use no way as way...

researchgate.net/publication/36…

Emergence Shawn Myszka Task/environment/athlete….& like a chess Grand Master the athlete who has multiple movement solutions to solve “the puzzle” holds the advantage 👍👋

An athlete cannot coordinate a movement solution without first being presented with a problem.

There will be a constantly unfolding, mutual and reciprocal, relationship between them (signifying the contextual problem-solution dynamics).

Shawn Myszka

emergentmvmt.com/to-become-one-…

“Put me in any environment and I’ll adapt to it!”

Obviously love to hear this type of spirit in skill style from any player!

Wonderful Q!

Personally, it allows me to better capture the conceptual link between the performer-environment relationship & the onfold problem-solution dynamics.

It's been a focal point for years for me & a topic I wrote about a # of seasons ago here:

footballbeyondthestats.wordpress.com/2020/08/17/aff…

A little throwback Thursday for you here! Way back to when Shawn Myszka actually had hair and back before Emergence was even formed!

But one thing remained the same: Shawn hated agility ladders as much then as he does now & he told the world about it!

youtube.com/watch?v=Ugqt3M…

'The purpose of this conceptual analysis is to adopt an ecological perspective in evaluating theory and evidence as to how athletes may solve movement problems in sport.'

Have you read this '23 article by Shawn Myszka Tyler Yearby & Keith Davids yet?

frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

If you’ve been following our work for any length of time, you would likely see a tagline consisting of three keywords that are close to our hearts:

Attuned, Adaptable, Dexterous

Why should these words guide the craft of all movement & skill ACQ pros?

emergentmvmt.com/attuned-adapta…

'The sport of MMA has continued to gain immense global popularity. With it, the skills of its participants have naturally evolved, and creative, novel, and functional performance strategies have emerged...'

Tyler Yearby Shawn Myszka

Open access here:

tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Our next Movement Meet-up is scheduled for Saturday, May 11th, at 10 AM CDT & will be held in collaboration w/ Alex Sarama of Transforming Basketball, who was awarded our 2023 Practitioner of the Year!

‘Transforming the emergence of skilled movement behavior on a basketball court.' 🏀

Now that the NFL Draft is over, ya'll may be starved for NFL football related content.

Well, this may be the perfect time to revisit some of the best of the best from last season.

Start here w/my analysis of the '23 Mover of the Year Christian McCaffrey!:

footballbeyondthestats.wordpress.com/2024/01/19/202…

The carnage. The savagery. The art.

Bring it back!

'Alive movement problems' exist at the heart of sport, that are presented to the athlete to be solved.

In this minicourse, Shawn Myszka discusses the important nature of these problems & how to design them in practice:

emergentmvmt.com/product/its-al…

Big thank you goes out to The Constraints Collective for having a few of our crew (@TylerYearby & Shawn Myszka) this morning/last night for a lovely, invigorating, collaborative chat!

We appreciate the authentic synergy & can't wait for the podcast episdoe to drop to listen back in!