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August/September site theme: session design
Our current site theme is session design and planning. Here’s what we’ve put together so far, with even more on the topic coming soon:
- GAIN Video 19: The training session with Nick Garcia
- HMMR Podcast 282: Skills session planning with Kevin Becker
- HMMR Podcast 281: Finding flow with Steve Myrland
- GAINcast Episode 249: The training session
- The pencil is mightier than the spreadsheet by James Marshall
- Session planning in sports: moving away from tradition? by Xavier Roy
- Hats and hooks: an easy way to start planning a training session by Steve Myrland
- 4 lessons on structuring your training sessions by Nick Garcia
Replacing prediction models with learning models
/by Martin BingisserWe often think about periodization and planning as a process of prediction. The longer I coach, the more I see we need to reframe periodization as a process of learning. The best coaches implement planning methods that allow them to learn. It took me too long to realize this distinction, but the sooner as coaches understand it, the sooner they can take their athletes to the next level.