#coachlearninginsport: seeing possibilities, sensing opportunities
A few days ago, I wrote a post about Billy Walsh. The process of writing that post took me back to another part of Ireland, the Grillagh Water House near Maghera, County Derry. Grillagh is a house...
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I had an extended opportunity this morning to follow up on some of my Twitter feeds. I am thinking about visualisation at the moment so my follow ups reflect this topic. In order of my discoveries...
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I have found Padlet. I am way behind others in this discovery. I am using the free version of the software to try out the functionality available. My first attempt is to collect some of my cloud...
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I have written twenty-one posts on Clyde Street about #coachlearninginsport in the last four months. I have been wondering how I might curate them and bring them together. My new found delight in...
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Introduction It is the end of the Honours’ year in Sport and Exercise Science at the University of Canberra. This year I have had the opportunity to be a member of James Simpson’s supervision team....
View Article#coachlearninginsport: seeing patterns
I was thinking about visual and digital literacy last week. It started with the discovery of two blog posts by Brian Prestige on data visualisation. In one of these posts, Brian notes: we process...
View ArticleStorytelling: swimming with the tide
I found Laurel Richardson’s (1990) monograph yesterday. I was sorting through some books at home, thinking about storytelling. And there she was … Writing Strategies: Reaching Diverse Audiences....
View Article#coachlearninginsport: in search of minimalism
Introduction A friend from Ireland has shared one of his coach learning presentations with me. It is titled Rugby Architects. In the presentation, he suggests that it might be helpful to look at...
View ArticleTrumped and Pickled
I have been thinking about digital storytelling. Just when I sense I am making some progress, I receive an alert and I am in one step forward, two steps back territory. Yesterday, I received two...
View Article#coachlearninginsport: sewing seeds
Introduction Thoughts of gardens have been preoccupying me this week. I have been thinking about literal and metaphorical planting of seeds in imagined gardens. I have been reading about the gardens...
View Article#coachlearninginsport: turning up the heat
Introduction I am a member of the Braidwood Rural Fire Service. Yesterday I took part in a CFA CSIRO grassfire research project. Historically, there has been variation in the ways states and...
View ArticleHighlighting, connecting
Introduction The ABC carried a brief story this week about Australians’ use of social media. It drew upon survey data from Tumblr to frame the story. It used this introduction: Australians are using...
View Article#coachlearninginsport: knowing ourselves
Introduction Many, many years ago, I was introduced to ‘epistemology‘ and ‘ontology‘ in a political philosophy class at the University of York. I was enchanted by the words and their potential to help...
View ArticlePerformance Analysis: Pedagogy and Understanding
Introduction I have been sitting on this post for a week. I received two alerts before Christmas that gave me wonderful back to the future moments. The first was to an exciting employment opportunity...
View ArticleStory Threads
My last post of 2015 is about story telling and story sharing. This year I have become more and more interested in the craft of writing. My focus for this interest has been #coachlearning in sport. I...
View Article#coachlearninginsport: soundtracks
I have been watching a lot of T20 cricket in the last month. BBL05 has been broadcast on free-to-air television here in Australia. During breaks in the coverage, one advert has really grabbed my...
View Article#coachlearninginsport: Phoebus moments
Introduction I have been thinking about how coaches transform their own and others’ learning environments. I thought it might be instructive to look at how Edward Elgar found Phoebus moments to...
View Article#relearn motets: sharing voices
I saw Alex’s tweet about #relearn 2 Developing a community of storytellers, that through sense making, allows a deeper narrative to flourish #relearnhttps://t.co/NiSHewFhkK — Sporticus (@ImSporticus)...
View Article#ACUGCPA: Introductions to #performanceanalysis
On Monday 8 February, I have an opportunity to meet students enrolled on the Australian Catholic University’s Graduate Certificate in Performance Analysis course. It is the first day of an intensive...
View Article#coachlearninginsport: good vibrations
On 12 February, David Blair, the Director of the Australian International Gravitational Research Centre at the University of Western Australia, wrote: Our observation of the gravitational waves from...
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