Show Notes
Ian Renshaw and Keith Davids revisit Episode 72 with Mark O'Sullivan (Norwegian School of Sport Sciences) — why coaches are rarely taught to observe, a goalkeeping skill that transferred in from Gaelic football with no instruction at all, and the coach's compass and player's compass Mark built as a discussion framework for task design.
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