Completely correct. Wouldn’t it be great to see “it depends” (plus of course the underpinning detail at appropriate levels) as a central pillar of coach education and development?!

Andrew Abraham PhD Kyran Bracken Piers Morgan Jonathan Davies CBE Amanda J. Visek, PhD The balance here I think is about wants v needs, different context but KB have a read, was inspired by the over supportive environments young athletes find themselves in which often ill prepare them for reality. frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

Strong opinions, weakly held saffo.com/02008/07/26/st…

👇🏼This is very well put. Although you would have thought that by now it would be common understanding. I’ve only been in the S&C game for 22 years, and that was something I was taught on day one, so thanks Paul Balsom for the (many) lessons

Thank you mate. You were a top student, and as it should be I learnt much from you too. Should add, we were both very young then! 🤣

Thanks @proformanceteam for another fantastic learning opportunity and chance to share. My thanks to these too: PE | The Crypt School @CryptHeadmaster Rich Clarke @BenadieKylie Paul Balsom and the UKSCA community for all the sharing and support to move our field forward.

@annieloistaylor A Plastic Planet Thank you for caring and for working so hard to keep these beautiful spots clean. There is a long way to go to change the mindset of people who litter, but we will eventually have a society that is litter-free so keep up your fight and campaigning.

Boom 👇 another remarkable performance

EVERY athlete needs to listen to this before their next practice and every coach needs to share this with their team. TRUTH! 🙌🏼

The difference between Knowledge and Experience.

I 100% believe if you give yourself a cool Twitter “handle” and just start posting like you are a subject matter expert people will begin to treat you like a subject matter expert. Crazy.

This article had me smiling ear to ear. Fortunate to have parents who took a similar approach to Serena Williams dad. So great!!! davidepstein.bulletin.com/that-time-sere… David Epstein Head to Head

The problem is not people being uneducated. The problem is that people are educated just enough to believe what they have been taught, and not educated enough to question anything from what they have been taught. 🧠

Another (evidence-based) reminder that what enhances sports performance in young athletes could actually harm future athletic success in adulthood. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

STUDY: Long-term senior athlete sport success is facilitated by extensive childhood/adolescent multi-sport practice, relatively late start in the main sport, gradual initial progress, and only moderate childhood/adolescent specialized main-sport practice. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Please share this #NS10

Question authority. No idea is true just because someone says so. Test ideas by the evidence gained from observation and experiment! If a favorite idea fails a well-designed test, it's wrong!

🙌🏽 watch this as much as you watch the game tonight….

Pleased to eventually get this out, some insight into relative age dynamics in Rugby Union. mdpi.com/2075-4663/10/6…