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Tag Archives: Steve Nash
Mistakes in Motor Learning: The fallacy of the expert shooting coach
On another site, I saw a prominent shooting coach admonishing other coaches for failing to teach the perfect shooting technique. The expert justified his opinion by giving one example of a player who he trained who the expert wrote had … Continue reading
Posted in Shooting
Tagged differential learning, retention, skill acquisition, Steve Nash, transfer
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Athleticism, Movement, and Skill
On this blog, I have written about athleticism in relation to Steve Nash, Roger Federer, and Jimmer Fredette, and argued that the media and others misunderstand the terms athletic and athleticism and use athletic as a synonym with power. Steve … Continue reading
Is Vision in Sports really Hearing?
Young soccer players are taught to communicate verbally with their teammates. For instance, when a player is receiving the ball with his back to goal, teammates will yell “Turn” or “Man on” to assist the player with his first touch … Continue reading
Posted in Perceptual-Cognitive Skills
Tagged court vision, hearing, Moshe Feldenkrais, Steve Nash
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Training basketball players, coaching, and statistical generalizations
Science is a bad word to basketball trainers and coaches. Coaches and trainers tend to believe experience or other coaches and trainers. However, we are in a statistical revolution in basketball, and numbers are gaining a prominent place in coaching.
Posted in Coaching Experience
Tagged generalizability, Reggie Miller, statistics, Steve Nash
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Why everyone should shoot like Steve Nash
Originally published in Hard2Guard Player Development Newsletter 4.35. Similar articles available in Brian McCormick’s Hard2Guard Player Development Newsletters, Volume 4. I believe Steve Nash is the best shooter to play in the NBA, at least since the NBA incorporated the … Continue reading
Posted in Free Throw Shooting
Tagged free throws, learning, pre-performance routine, Steve Nash
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Pattern Recognition: Differentiating expert and non-expert point guards
In the season’s last Monday Night Football game, New Orleans‘ Drew Brees flipped the ball behind him to Pierre Thomas as he was tackled. Jon Gruden and Ron Jaworski exclaimed that Brees has eyes in the back of his head. … Continue reading
Posted in Perceptual-Cognitive Skills
Tagged attentional style, Drew Brees, pattern recognition, point guards, Steve Nash
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Computers, Jeopardy and Sports Decision-Making
Harvard Sports Analysis Collective reviewed the IBM vs Ken Jennings Jeopardy episode: The ironic aspect of human thresholds is that thinking usually screws us up, especially in sports: we spend plenty of time criticizing coaching decisions on the blog, but … Continue reading
Eyes in the Back of your Head – Pattern Recognition
In the season’s last Monday Night Football game, New Orleans‘ Drew Brees flipped the ball behind him to Pierre Thomas as he was tackled. Jon Gruden and Ron Jaworski exclaimed that Brees has eyes in the back of his head. … Continue reading
Posted in Perceptual-Cognitive Skills
Tagged anticipation, attentional focus, pattern recognition, Steve Nash
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Kobe Bryant: Do you want to be the best?
Do you want to be the best? It is an easy question, but much harder to answer. Sure, everyone says that he wants to be the best. But, do you really? Kobe Bryant clearly wants to be the best. There … Continue reading
Athleticism and Athletic Flaws
Originally published in Hard2Guard Player Development Newsletters, Volume 4. Stability, Sport and Performance Movement by Joanne Elphinston concludes with a couple important points: “Technical problems are not ‘personal style’ just because the athlete is a high flyer. The best performer is … Continue reading
Posted in Athleticism
Tagged ACL injury prevention, Joanne Elphinston, movement, Roger Federer, Steve Nash
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