Publication Announcement: Journal of Sport Psychology in Action
I also work in research on clinical methods and have work published in research journals from time to time. This is one of those times.
Statistics in Coaching: A Conversation
Data is noisy and, as a coach, you need to be able to sort through the noise to give athletes actionable direction. In this conversation we discuss some basics to understand about statistics and how it is useful, but not hard and fast law when it comes to how you coach your clients.
Behavior Analysis Tools for Figure Skating
This post is a companion piece to an education article appearing in the January-February 2019 Professional Skate Magazine entitled “Behavior Analysis for Popped Jumps.” We build off that article and go deeper on form versus function and fading techniques.
Theoretical Model for Using Muscle Oxygenation as the New Training Target
A starter for a longer discussion and research on how to adapt Muscle Oxygen Saturation(SmO2) data into a more useful training metric that may, one day, compliment or replace wattage.
The Effort Myth
Exercise must be hard is a fallacy that sells products but hurts athletes. We dive into when effort is productive and when it is destructive.
It's OK to be a Perfectionist, if You practice Self-Compassion
Perfectionism commonly occurs hand in hand with depression in sport environments but new research suggests that self compassion can mitigate the downside of what is a normally occurring behavior.