Father of 5, husband & and full-time tennis coach trying to implement a nonlinear approach. Its a game first Informed by evidence shaped by experience.
Cork, Ireland
Joined September 2019
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Michael Hurley MSc retweeted
The usual criticism of a non-linear approach is "you don't work on technique," which is 🐎💩. There are other ways to work on technique other than decoupling everything & hand feeding balls to a player IMHO.
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Using the excellent work of @markstkhlm & @JimiVaughan . My attempt to use "shaping skilled intentions" in football & my interpretation of it in a tennis context .
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Dear 🎾 coaches, If you're married to your basket but divorced from the game, are you really preparing players to meet the demands of the GAME of tennis ? Less drills more games. They came to PLAY. NOT to wait in lines and hit a "shots" devoid of context. Design games not drills
Michael Hurley MSc retweeted
OUTSTANDING SPEECH
Mhairi Black delivered the most honest critique about this Tory government, in the last 12 years
She covers everything.
It will leave you speechless
This will definitely go down in history.
Michael Hurley MSc retweeted
My take on : Task simplification & manipulating constraints,in this case (equipment) in beginners tennis. Tennis has traditionally treated newcomers to the game as if they're incapable of PLAYING tennis until all the technical "fundamentals" are in place. I was guilty of this 🤦🏽♂️.
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Not sure if people picked this up in the blog but there's a more detailed breakdown of the paper inside the blog if you click the link 🙂
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Michael Hurley MSc retweeted
Brilliant brilliant from @DrSkillAcq Holds for all levels of coach - individual interactions, even our youungest.
Michael Hurley MSc retweeted
The two most important statistics for all Youth Coaches to remember:
75% of kids quit sport before age 13
&
0.01% of players will ever make professional athletes
The adultification of youth sports through early selection & a focus on short term results doesn’t serve the player!
Michael Hurley MSc retweeted
Couldn't agree more 👊 – at South West, England
Michael Hurley MSc retweeted
Excellent piece by @ben__franks1 Delves in to the many misinterpretations of A Constraints Led Approach that can be seen in governing body coach education. Some good clarity here progresstowardambiguity.word…
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Refreshing & Successful | No Deselection & U14s Learn Life Skills in Ghana | Our Play is Complex in Getting used to Making fast Decisions | Motivated to get out of our Comfort Zone | A Vision where we want a Self-organised team of 11 coaches 🙌🏼 skysports.com/amp/football/n…
Michael Hurley MSc retweeted
The ugly zone is the transition to new possibilities. Learning happens when we play and explore in it with focus, effort and passion.
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Michael Hurley MSc retweeted
How common is this mistake, in sports coaching and in other settings? I suspect this is why people have an interest in motivational interviewing?
Read here: ecta-international.org/_file…
Michael Hurley MSc retweeted
Explain to me why we should spent taxpayer money to bailout companies (airlines) who spent their cash buying their own stock so the CEO gets optionality, instead of having a crisis buffer.
We should bail out individuals based on needs, not corporations.
#Moralhazard
Michael Hurley MSc retweeted
The importance of coaches' training and education to minimize dropout in youth sport. nyti.ms/2TDuKKi
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Coaches: You can have an open door policy all you want, but don’t assume your players have the courage to walk through the door. If they do, treat their confidence like gold. Don’t use it against them. Instead, listen & offer guidance. Be caring & empathetic. Build a relationship
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Erling Haaland – As Many as Possible, as Long as Possible, as Good as Possible - An evidence based investigation footblogball.wordpress.com/2…
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If you know it’s not what Development needs then why are we still doing the same things? Dogma killing development. #TimeForChange
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#MSAI2018 saw coaches interacting from athletics, basketball, soccer, Gaelic football, hurling, hockey, tennis, golf, rugby, swimming, road bowling, Special Olympics and modern pentathlon, as well as physical education specialists. Looking forward to a similar mix at #MSAI2020.
Seeing what sports can learn from each other is a major feature of #MSAI2020; we have speakers who work directly in hockey, golf, and soccer, as well as speakers whose work is applied across a wide range of team and individual sports. Find out more: events.cit.ie/index.cfm?page…
