The Adaptable Athlete Podcast
The Adaptable Athlete Podcast is a podcast for coaches and practitioners who want to learn more about modern approached to sport movement and skill acquisition; and who ultimately, want to help to their athletes become more adaptable.
Host, Javi Miller-Estrada engages in discussions with some of the absolute best sport coaches, trainers, and practitioners in the world. Coaches who are truly pushing the industry forward.
Podcasting since 2021 • 115 episodes
The Adaptable Athlete Podcast
Latest Episodes
Skill Adaptation > Skill Acquisition
*Checkout the free practice guide at the end of the show notes!For decades, coaches and scientists have used the term skill acquisition — but what if that’s not what’s really happening?In this short episode, we di...
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Episode 114
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Why Athletes Don’t "Acquire" Skill—They Adapt it w/ Duarte Araújo
*Checkout the free practice guide at the end of the show notes!What is skill, really? And what if it’s not something athletes acquire — but something they continuously adapt?In this episode, Duarte Ara...
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Episode 113
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56:30
What Is Metastability? Making Theory Practical w/ Alan Dunton
*Checkout the free practice guide at the end of the show notes!Alan Dunton is a lecturer in Coaching Science and Skill Acquisition at Munster Technological University (MTU) in Cork, Ireland. A former Taekwondo athlete and coach, ...
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Episode 112
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58:46
Why Exploration Beats Perfection: 25 years of Coaching Fighters w/ Adam Singer
Adam Singer is the head coach of SBG Athens, where he and his brother Rory have been developing fighters for over 25 years. A longtime practitioner of ecological dynamics in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and MMA, Adam has coached multiple ath...
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Episode 111
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1:35:58
Practice That Transfers: From Problem Solving to Game Day w/ Shawn Myszka
Shawn Myszka (the “Movement Miyagi” ) returns to the pod to discuss the theme he and his NFL athletes embraced this offseason: Wu Xin, or “no-mindedness.” It’s an idea that runs throughout skill acquisition — how athletes c...
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Episode 110
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