Just Kickin' It Pod

We speak with Dr. Brian Gearity about the work of Michel Foucault and how his research on discipline and punishment can help us think differently about sports coaching.

Mario Despotović is the Head Coach of Hajduk Split U19 Academy in Split, Croatia. In today's episode, we discuss his application of playing style principles and how he utilizes asymmetries in his team's structure to create chances while building up.

James Smith and Jamie Hamilton take on Objectivity, Subjectivity, and discuss their boundaries, relationship, and proposed synthesis.

James Smith and Jamie Hamilton take on Objectivity, Subjectivity, and discuss their boundaries, relationship, and proposed synthesis.

Chris Voss is a former FBI Negotiator and current consultant at Black Swan Group working with some of the largest corporations and influential CEO's, coaches, and leaders around the world. Chris shares insights gleaned throughout an impressive career as an FBI Negotiator. If you don't think coaching is a negotiation, then heed Chris's advice - "The most dangerous negotiation is the one you don't know you're in."

This is a re-upload from a 2016 podcast with Raymond Verheijen. We are posting this as an episode in our new season as it will increase the learning effect of the 1st podcast of Season 03, in which Raymond discusses Pre-Season training and football fitness.

This is a re-upload from a 2016 podcast with Raymond Verheijen. We are posting this as an episode in our new season as it will increase the learning effect of the 1st podcast of Season 03, in which Raymond discusses Pre-Season training and football fitness.

Dutch Football Coach Educator and Founder of the World Football Academy joins us to discuss Pre-Season training in general, and football fitness, in particular.

Kapil Gupta is the founder of Siddha Performance. In this episode, Kapil describes every problem as a thinking problem and how a player’s thinking is the biggest impediment to their performance.

Kapil Gupta is the founder of Siddha Performance. In this episode, we discuss the Coach – Athlete relationship, challenge the concept of ‘practice’, and why the great coaches will live a life of torment.

Dan Abrahams is a Sports Psychologist that has worked with England Rugby and various professional athletes. James Smith is the founder of Global Sports Concepts. In this episode, James and Dan debate the foundations of knowledge, how we know something is true, and how to best to approach the psychological preparation of athletes.

An Introduction into the 2nd season of the Just Kickin' It Podcast.

James is the founder of Global Sport Concepts. In this episode, we try and unravel the coaches and athletes that are very good at what they do, but lack the ability to explain how it is that they do what they do. What is the difference between intuitive knowledge and explanatory knowledge? Which is a better indicator of coaching competence?

Jamie is a football coach working in Scotland. In this episode, Jamie and I debate the concept of 'true'. What makes something true? How do we know that something is true? What does it mean for something to be 'true enough'? And, what does all this mean for coaching theory and practice.

John Kiely is a sport researcher at a University in the UK. In this episode, John discusses the falsity of the foundations of Periodization and what that means for current sport methodology and periodization approaches to sports training.

Peter is a football rehab coach working in Norway. In this episode, Peter explains a theoretical approach to rehab that takes the game as the starting point. We also discuss how the theory would be applied from the moment of injury through to the first game back and beyond.

Lieven is a Goalkeeper Coach working in Saudi Arabia. In this episode, Lieven discusses a theoretical approach to goalkeeper training and how isolating your goalkeeper from the rest of the team may be counter-productive.

Dick Carpenter is the Director of Strategic Research at the Institute for Justice. Dick works to defend clients in cases where Government mandated Occupational Licenses restrict free-flow of workers and alienate talented people inside of industries. In this episode, we discuss the economics behind the Occupational Licenses and draw parallels to the current Coaching License structures across the world, and specifically in the US.

Gerd Gigerenzer is a world-renowned Psychologist that works as the Director for Human Cognition at the Max Planck Institute in Berlin. In this episode, we discuss how we can help athletes make the best decisions possible by developing their intuition.

An introduction to the New Season of the Just Kickin' It Podcast.