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Are you looking for a new role in coach development? UK Coaching are recruiting 2 Coach program and pathway managers to work in our awesome team!

Check out the job spec and please share it with anyone you think might be interested 👇
Go to the UK Coaching website for details. Or message me and I can forward the details.

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**New Skill Development Content**
Learning to Move Skilfully - Part 1 is out. This series has been written to help coaches gain a broader understanding of skill development & adaptation.
There are a number of related podcasts and articles to accompany this series. Check out James Stafford's podcast and article on calibration for a deeper dive and just out Harjiv Singh's article about why motivation matters in skill acquisition and development. Enjoy!
https://www.ukcoaching.org/.../learning-to-move-skilfully...
UK Coaching - Learning to Move Skilfully – Part 1: Intention, Attention, and Calibration.
#Greatoaching #SkillAcquisition #SkillDevelopment

The first in a four-part series explaining the processes of skill acquisition and the learning of movement skills, by UK Coaching Senior Coach Developer Marianne Davies

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Check out part 1 of Learning to Move Skilfully. This series has been written to facilitate coaches to gain a broader understanding of skill development & adaptation.

UK Coaching - Learning to Move Skilfully – Part 1: Intention, Attention and Calibration.

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Day 2 of no-stirrups challenge. Thank you @jrdressage1 for encouraging me to do this. It is ready making me focus on River’s rhythm and energy.
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I need to reach out to her and hold the beat with more self carriage of my own.
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#synchrony
#entrainment
#nosturrups
#harderthanitlooks

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Marianne Davies' coaching experience includes more than 20 years of working in sports, academic and corporate environments. She is a coach educator, assessor and national trainer. Marianne spent eight years in the role of Coaching Manager for Canoe Wales and before that was responsible for participation development. Marianne worked for many years as a full-time senior adventure sports coach during which time she was responsible for the design and delivery of a two-year practical-based module for a Sports Science & Outdoor Education degree course at Bangor University. As well as training and assessing other coaches. In this conversation we discuss... - How to use constraints in the sport of canoeing - An ecological approach to equestrian sports - How to facilitate learning that is in the 'ugly zone' This is a great conversation, I hope you enjoy. https://pca.st/2hck2akk - https://www.spreaker.com/user/9625186/marianne-davies