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Coach education: the micro practice
“Learning does not happen automatically as a result of experience”
Thompson
Instead, we have to reflect upon the experience, relate it to some theory and then try it out again (Kolb).
However, I have been on far too many coaching workshops where you just sit and listen to some expert.
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“You can power clean 9000lbs, but if you can’t synchronise, you won’t be able to apply it.”
Bumper Cars, Skateboards and Newton: How things work course review
“If you pull yourself to the centre of a spinning merry-go-round, what will happen to its rotation”?
One of many task specific questions that Professor Lou Broomfield asked on his course “How Things Work“.
I took the course for my own interest, but the concepts and theories are essential in biomechanics. Newton’s 3 laws of motion, plus Amortons 2 laws of friction underpin a lot of the work I do.
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Coach Development Mind Map
(Full image was sent out in today’s newsletter and is presented in our coaching courses).
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How Technology Aids Learning
Sharing of information has come a long way in the last decade. A quick search on the internet can reveal text, photos and videos on virtually any topic. The quality may vary, but whether we like it or not the information is out there.
In fact, it now seems ridiculous that when I was an undergraduate in the 1990s, I used to get the tube around London to visit varying medical libraries to photocopy articles to read as part of my studies. It would often take a whole day to collect the information I was looking for.
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