EP42: Designing Representative Practice Environments with Tom Parry

In this episode, Alex Sarama is joined by Tom Parry, a professor at Indiana University, Kokomo. Tom shares his insights on applying ecological dynamics in sports coaching, specifically in soccer. He discusses the challenges coaches face when transitioning from traditional coaching methods to an ecological dynamics framework. Tom emphasizes the importance of combining actions and decisions in practice activities and highlights the need to design activities that involve decision-making and game-like scenarios. He encourages coaches to be open to new ideas and to value the expertise of both researchers and practitioners.

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Key Takeaways:

03:55 - Seeking Adaptability vs Fundamentals

13:15 - Questioning the validity of current practices

17:55 - Redesigning Principles of Play

23:32 - Deciphering "It Depends..."

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People Mentioned:

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