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Doug Lemov has dedicated his life to helping young people to strive for the exceptional. His work within Uncommon Schools has helped some of the most disadvantaged young people to achieve things within their lives that few thought would be possible.

He understands a thing or two about unleashing potential!

His quest to help students succeed led him to discover that the major factor in helping young people was high quality teaching. He set about to find out what set apart the best teachers from the rest and decided to record the methods that these teachers adopted to share with others. The book 'Teach like a Champion' was born.

Doug has gone onto write several other books including 'Practice Perfect' which is a fantastic source of insight for anyone wanting to help other learn.

Both of the books are available to download by clicking the links above. These are affiliate links and by buying the books through these links Amazon pays me a small commission so you will be helping to support the running costs of the site and will earn my eternal gratitude!

In this episode we discuss: - How to use questioning really, really well. - How to avoid question fatigue - Why most teacher and coach CPD doesnt work - Why teacher training leaves teachers without the necessary skills to be excellent teachers - The ingredients of a high quality talent environment like Uncommon Schools

Listen in the player below or subscribe in itunes here

 

Shawn Myzska (aka @movementmiyagi on Twitter) is a human movement specialist that has been using the ecological approach to the development of elite NFL players for the past 5 years.

In this honest and illuminating discussion Shawn shares his journey from being a "biomechanics junkie", largely driven by physiology and technique towards an approach that develops athletic abilities through the creation of scenarios which challenge the athlete's movement in relation to the activities of others.

It's a fascinating journey...

You can listen to the podcast in the player below or subscribe in iTunes here

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Danny Newcombe is Senior Lecturer in Sport Coaching and Physical Education at Oxford Brookes University as well as being Assistant Coach to the Wales Men's Hockey Team and coach to Southgate Hockey Club Men's first team in the England National Hockey League.

He is a genuine 'pracademic' in that he has the theory and he puts it into practice as well.

In this episode we discuss...

  • The evolution of practice design from drills to games and everything in between

  • The 'practice design framework' and how you can use it to devise practices that have the optimal amount of chaos and instability to facilitate learning

  • How to ensure that you individualise your coaching by viewing each athlete as a different 'species'

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