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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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

James Smith is the founder of Global Sports Concepts and author of the Governing Dynamics of Coaching. In this episode, we discuss objectivity and subjectivity, the fallacy of experiential authority, and why the level someone works at means nothing in respect to their task-specific knowledge.

Jovan Dabic is the assistant coach of Guangzhou R&F in the Hong Kong Premier League. In this episode, we discuss the theory of football action language. Unfortunately, general non-contextual words are used far too often by coaches in communication with their players. Things like, "Be sharper" or "Lacking confidence" are said by nearly every coach, but what is the consequence of using non-descriptive language in how it is interpreted by the brains of our players? We then offer an...

Jovan Dabic is the assistant coach of Guangzhou R&F in the Hong Kong Premier League. In this episode, we discuss the concept of football braining and create a theoretical reference that coaches can use to guide how they coach the brain of their players. This episode puts psychology into football language.

Marcus Walfridson is currently the Head Coach of Linköpings FC in the Swedish Damallsvenskan. He is also a coach educator and blogger that contributes theoretical articles that discuss leadership and coaching methods. In this episode, we discuss leadership in Football from a theoretical standpoint before discussing ways to apply the theory.

Mark Bennett is a former British Commando Instructor that has transformed his nearly 20 years of practice into leadership principles based on the best theory and practice available. Mark currently works as a consultant with various professional sport organizations and school systems to help transform the leadership capabilities of every coach and teacher that he comes in contact with. Put simply, Mark makes people better leaders. In this episode, we discuss the principles and tools that...

Fergus Connolly is the Director of Football at the University of Michigan. Fergus is the only performance coach to work across every major league in every major sport including the English Premier League, Rugby League, National Football League, NCAA Football, Australian Rules Football, and more. Fergus breaks down Complexity Science and what it means for coaches of all sports. Your sport is not as different as you think. Let Fergus explain why.

Perttu Kytohonka is a professional Floorball coach in Finland. Perttu has applied Positional Play and Tactical Periodization principles to his sport and his team. In this episode, we discuss how Perttu applies these concepts at the highest level of sport.

Mick McDermott is a well traveled football coach that has worked in the US College system, USL, the United Arab Emirates Pro League, and the International Level with the Iranian National Team. Over his 20 year career as an assistant coach, he has had the opportunity to work with a variety of managerial types. In this episode, Mick tells stories and provides insights about moments of great management, good management, and managerial mistakes.