@nasthe3rd

Strong views, weakly held | CLA | @bhswomenssoccer | ⚽️ | M.Ed | USSF C | https://xitter.cf/t.co/mVOtHvdRvZ

 Bentonville, AR
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Joined June 2013
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Keep the Door Open I noticed my 7yo son do something unusual at a recent game, something he has never been ‘taught.’ This thread will attempt to highlight why viewing skill from a lens of emergence can keep the door open for stronger skill acquisition. 🧵
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“Rather than training for a consistency of form, we begin to coach functionally for consistency of outcome”(Carson, 21). Finally digging into this great new book from @coachsabre. Fascinating seeing the way CLA can be applied to fencing. Highly recommend!
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Drew Carlson@drewcarlsonhpOct 21
Nick only writes bangers
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🚨New Post!🚨 Understanding isn’t the first step towards fixing a problem. Sometimes it changes what we think needs fixing. Link in post below.
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Coach Luca@Coach__LucaOct 21
A great read 👇
Nick Smallridge@nasthe3rdOct 20
🚨New Post!🚨 Understanding isn’t the first step towards fixing a problem. Sometimes it changes what we think needs fixing. Link in post below.
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Ross Whitehead@onlyoneamorusoOct 21
This is really interesting!
Nick Smallridge@nasthe3rdOct 20
🚨New Post!🚨 Understanding isn’t the first step towards fixing a problem. Sometimes it changes what we think needs fixing. Link in post below.
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🚨New Post!🚨 Understanding isn’t the first step towards fixing a problem. Sometimes it changes what we think needs fixing. Link in post below.
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Drew Carlson@drewcarlsonhpOct 16
Principles of play and concepts like the one discussed in this post serve as intentions that act as long-term constraints. This shapes what players 'look for' (attention) and play improves in quality over time (process)
Nick Smallridge@nasthe3rdOct 15
Intentions “are sources of constraints that persist over time… (they) limit the degrees of freedom for interactions among the processes of the human body”(Van Orden, 333). (From Self-Organization of Cognitive Performance, Van Orden et al, 2003)
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Intentions “are sources of constraints that persist over time… (they) limit the degrees of freedom for interactions among the processes of the human body”(Van Orden, 333). (From Self-Organization of Cognitive Performance, Van Orden et al, 2003)
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Big Picture Soccer@bigpicsoccerOct 13
Replying to @the_singlepivot @nasthe3rd
Simplest metaphor is to think about river. On a short timescale the river flows where it does because the banks of the river. On a longer timescale the river also carves the banks.
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Intentions “exemplify a form of circular causality in which longer timescales of behaviour constrain system degrees of freedom at shorter timescales in a continually evolving hierarchy”(Farrokh, 4). (From Towards an ecological dynamics theory of flow in sport. Farrokh et al) @bigpicsoccer
Nick Smallridge@nasthe3rdOct 8
“Intentions contribute to self-control by limiting behavioral options to suit the immediate requirements of the task”(Gray, 152). The chicken and the egg- the end AND the beginning? Intentions as “Strange Loops” (From Emergent Cognition, @ShakeyWaits)
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“Components of a complex system are interdependent; they change each other's dynamics as they interact with each other. This results in non-additive, strongly nonlinear effects and emergent properties that cannot be explained by causal relationships between parts of the system”(Gray, 177). How does the contrast between components and interactions impact how we approach skill and development? (From Emergent Cognition, @ShakeyWaits)
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Coach Luca@Coach__LucaOct 9
**1/** How should we deal with behaviour challenges in grassroots football? Shouting? Running laps? Punishments? I've come up with a behaviour plan for our U9s that takes a different approach. Inspired by FA Coach Merfyn Roberts. 🧵
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“Intentions contribute to self-control by limiting behavioral options to suit the immediate requirements of the task”(Gray, 152). The chicken and the egg- the end AND the beginning? Intentions as “Strange Loops” (From Emergent Cognition, @ShakeyWaits)
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Brilliant list of questions for players to develop game understanding based on clear principles of play. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Coach Luca@Coach__LucaSep 11
Replying to @coachryanjones @Coach_Osku
So this is a list I’ve come up with to put each game idea into practice The solutions the players use or find will be different But I use this to explore each idea further I’m not looking for perfect execution or form
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Coach Luca@Coach__LucaSep 11
Replying to @coachryanjones @Coach_Osku
So this is a list I’ve come up with to put each game idea into practice The solutions the players use or find will be different But I use this to explore each idea further I’m not looking for perfect execution or form
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Coach Luca@Coach__LucaSep 10
This season I’ve tried to clear up in my head WHAT we coach with our Under 9s Inspiration drawn from @nasthe3rd @PeterPrickett @Coach_Osku @CoachGavM @kestrelpsych and many more… A thread 🧵
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Big Picture Soccer@bigpicsoccerAug 25
Wanted to do a quick thread on the relationship between "traditional coaching" and cognitive pschology or "information processing." There's a useful discussion around whether the term traditional is misused as a straw man in the skill acquisition lit, so this touches on that
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That Guy@ryder0723Aug 25
Replying to @Coach11Aaron @HappySoccerGuy
Good for your players. Being able to do that by 10 doesn’t mean they will be good when they are 13-14. It doesn’t mean they were good at 10. Here’s the real issue. Your equating juggling to them being good players. There are plenty of good jugglers that aren’t good.
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Drew Carlson@drewcarlsonhpAug 23
Started w/ a tweet from @chasmahoney ... Turned into 637 pages of everything I had Crowdsourced some stories and insights from @csevs19 @nasthe3rd @Brian_Kelly19 @MTSchreiber7 Turned into a really cool project "The Bridge" is out... carlsonhp.gumroad.com/l/theb…

The Bridge: From Power to Play to Principles of Play

What early readers have said about the project: "There’s too many good ideas, too much original thought, & too many concepts pulled from such a wide array in...

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Drew Carlson@drewcarlsonhp2 Feb 2025
If there is a part of the series (which is all going into the ebook) that I haven't hit on And you'd like to be in the ebook as a contributor (a la Sarama's book) Write a section for the book or co-write a section with me Hit my DMs
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Shawn Myszka
@MovementMiyagiAug 20
If he really wants to prioritize the “processing” of information, he should adjust the activity, in the way that they could easily do so in practice, to include actual relevant specifying information out in the world that the QBs could perceive & couple their movement actions to (e.g. moving body traffic in front of them, chaos in the form of even controlled rushers, etc)…you know, like it will actually exist in the game.
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WILD: UTEP HC Scotty Walden gives QB’s math problems during drills: “7x7+10+10-67=?” Walden says it’s all about processing information 🤯 xitter.cf/ChasMessmanKFOX/status…
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