I am profoundly guilty of using Ecological Dynamics to get more out of my kids, meaning “work harder.” This is possibly the single most important article on coaching I will ever read, along with the associated video. Thanks Loren once again.
I don’t think the specialization model is going away any time soon, but the ecological approach seems like a great way to reduce the risks associated with the “adultification” of youth sport.
The ecological approach to coaching is remarkable. It’s rare to find a panacea for performance but it’s right here. Better performance, better learning, better load management.
Of course it’s not perfect. Nothing is. It has a perception problem. If you don’t know what you are looking at, then it would look messy. Outsiders judge the coach for things looking messy.
It’s beautiful how this is the nature of ecological coaching. It takes balls to implement. If it were easy, everyone would do it. But coaches get so distracted by outside forces. They can’t trust the system. Because of this fact, it makes it only reserved for strong people. It’s quite beautiful actually.
I am profoundly guilty of using Ecological Dynamics to get more out of my kids, meaning “work harder.” This is possibly the single most important article on coaching I will ever read, along with the associated video. Thanks Loren once again.
I just wrote about this topic for grad school.
I don’t think the specialization model is going away any time soon, but the ecological approach seems like a great way to reduce the risks associated with the “adultification” of youth sport.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34651518/
I found this review to be pretty helpful and interesting reading. Thanks for putting this out there!
The ecological approach to coaching is remarkable. It’s rare to find a panacea for performance but it’s right here. Better performance, better learning, better load management.
Of course it’s not perfect. Nothing is. It has a perception problem. If you don’t know what you are looking at, then it would look messy. Outsiders judge the coach for things looking messy.
It’s beautiful how this is the nature of ecological coaching. It takes balls to implement. If it were easy, everyone would do it. But coaches get so distracted by outside forces. They can’t trust the system. Because of this fact, it makes it only reserved for strong people. It’s quite beautiful actually.