Ep 28 Associate Professor Adam Gorman - Skill Acquisition: Key principles and takeaways for any and every coach ATP Podcast

🔍 In Today's Episode 🔍

Adam runs us through what exactly Skill Acquisition is and how important and beneficial it can be when properly applied. Adam gives some fantastic examples that can be implemented right away.



🌟About Adam🌟

Adam is an Associate Professor at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) whose primary roles are research and teaching in Skill Acquisition.



Adam completed his PhD through the University of Queensland under the supervision of Professor Bruce Abernethy and Professor Damian Farrow. His thesis investigated the capability of expert basketball players to extract information from the patterns of play that exist in a typical basketball game.



Adam's previous work experience includes 4 years as a Physical Education teacher in secondary schools and 10 years working at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) as a Senior Skill Acquisition Specialist.



Adam's employment at the AIS involved working with a range of sports including basketball, netball, water polo, volleyball, rowing, swimming, and athletics. Adam's research interests cover a diverse range of topics, but most notably focus upon the areas of representative design of practice sessions, scaling of equipment for junior sport, performance analysis, manipulating constraints to enhance skill acquisition, and analysing the underlying factors that contribute to expertise in the sports domain.



Adam shares his wealth of knowledge and some exciting insights into some current research around Skill Acquisition.



📲 Find Adam and his published work Here 📲

⁠https://www.qut.edu.au/about/our-people/academic-profiles/adam.gorman⁠



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⁠https://www.athletictrainingprotocols.com/⁠



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