Jamie is the former head of Academy at Leicester Tigers and now working with Grey Matters as a Senior Coach Developer and the English Institute of Sport as the coaching and curriculum lead. He is a Coach, Coach Developer and Researcher in Coaching Science with a particular focus on Talent Development.
Part I: Psycho-behavioural Characteristics of Developing Excellence – the mental traits and states that underpin Talent Development
Why are they important? Jamie discusses his research showing how a lack of mental skills was a key factor in players who were expected to make it to the top but didn’t
How PCDEs can be used to evaluate Players’ needs analysis
Practical Implementation of PCDEs
Part II: Deep Dive on Coach Development
Jamie’s reflections on his early Coaching & Teaching career – the importance of declarative and procedural knowledge
How his early mentors supported him via challenging him
The importance of “Why?” in appraising & implementing methods & knowledge
The value for Coaches in Teacher training
Developing Professional Judgement & Decision Making as a Coach
Cognitive Load Theory
LINKS
The role of psychological characteristics in facilitating the pathway to elite performance. Part 1: Identifying
mental skills and behaviours http://bit.ly/PCDEPart1
The Role of Psychological Characteristics in Facilitating the Pathway to Elite Performance Part 2: Examining Environmental and Stage-Related Differences in Skills and Behaviors http://bit.ly/PCDEPart2
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