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  • Óscar Cano is not a football coach: he is an incredibly sharp person who happens to have chosen to make a positive impact on football teams. Óscar is one of the few who elevates our profession. The beloved Taleb says you should never read a book that can be summarized. Because then, it is not a book. This is exactly how I feel about my conversation with Óscar: it is impossible to describe it. Up next, you can listen to it in Spanish. If you prefer the English version, you have it available in the YouTube video of the episode.

    Notes of the episode:

    Juan Belmonte, matador de toros | Manuel Chaves Nogales

    Del Bayern de Munich al Bayern de Pep | Óscar Cano Moreno

    Always think before computing! | Rafel Pol & Natàlia Balagué

    JOAN CORTÉS | The coaching genius

    ÀLEX TERÉS | Thank you for doubting

    Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals | Oliver Burkeman

    JORDI FERNÁNDEZ | Questioning methodologies

    Óscar Cano: “El sentimiento que hay que desarrollar en el ser humano es el de utilidad, el de la inclusión.” | Pablo Beltrán

    La frontera invisible | Kilian Jornet

    La lengua de las mariposas | José Luis Cuerda



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  • Adaptation wits from the sideline.

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  • Andreu Enrich has understood it perfectly: he is a COACH, in all caps, with every letter. It does not matter the sport. Because Andreu knows that, both on and off the field, it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, that what is essential is invisible to the eye... or to the whiteboard where many draw technical-tactical arrows. Up next, Andreu shares his authentic perspective to us in Catalan. If you’re interested in the English version, the YouTube video of the episode is waiting for you.

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    Notes of the episode

    Coaching meditations | Andreu Enrich

    Citadelle | Antonie Saint-Exupéry

    The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable | Nassim Nicholas Taleb

    La PreparaciĂłn ÂżFĂ­sica? en el fĂștbol | Rafel Pol

    Exploring the Relationship of Declarative Tactical Knowledge With Participation, Football Competence, and Potentiality in a Professional Club (Real Sociedad) | Rubén Sånchez-López, Ibon Echeazarra, Jon Mikel Arrieta & Julen Castellano

    Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind | Yuval Noah Harari

    JORDI FERNÁNDEZ | Questioning methodologies

    ’Visualise tragedies —not commedies’ - A conversation with Andreu Enrich | The Talent Equation Podcast

    Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration | Ed Catmull

    Direct theory of perception | Gibson

    Theory of Cooperative-Competitive Intelligence: Principles, Research Directions, and Applications | Robert Hristovski & Natàlia Balagué

    Decisiones vitales | Pep MarĂ­

    SMALL-SIDED GAMES: How to effectively train your players in variable and complex environments | Andreu Enrich

    Hockey: 50 Tips From Intelligent Players | Andreu Enrich



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  • Alex Sarama, Director of Player Development for the Cleveland Cavaliers, invited me to the Transforming Basketball Camp. There, I was able to know how Alex thinks about basketball performance and how Transforming Basketball, the company he leads, helps players, coaches, and organizations make sense of an evidence-based approach: the CLA, Constraints-Led Approach. What I liked the most, however, wasn’t any scientific theory or basketball task; it was Alex's constant dedication to the learning of the players and coaches who trusted him.

    Notes of the episode

    Transforming Basketball: Changing How We Think About Basketball Performance | Alex Sarama

    Transforming Basketball website

    Alex Sarama on Twitter

    La evoluciĂłn tĂĄctica del fĂștbol | MartĂ­ Perarnau

    The Constraints-Led Approach: Principles for Sports Coaching and Practice Design | Ian Renshaw, Keith Davids, Daniell Newcombe & Will Roberts

    Bernstein’s Construction of Movements | Mark L. Latash

    JOAN CORTÉS | The coaching genius

    CRAIG MORRIS | Prepared, not planned

    JORDI FERNÁNDEZ | Questioning methodologies



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  • Pau Casassa is the technical director of the Barça Academy in Catalonia and around the world. They don’t coach football players, they coach kids who play football. And they do it with a playing idea that does not seek the results at any cost. The Barça idea is the one that brings a team closer to victory exciting the people who practice it, the spectators who observe it. An idea to train football that can transform lives, that makes Barça more than a Club. Pau explains it to us in Catalan. You have the English version available in the YouTube video of the episode.

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    Notes of the episode

    ADN Barça | Paco Seirul·lo

    El mejor libro de tĂĄctica y las probabilidades | Juanma Lillo

    ALBERT BATALLA | The art and science of teaching

    La evoluciĂłn tĂĄctica del fĂștbol | MartĂ­ Perarnau

    Will Coello be the Fosbury of padel?

    JAMES VAUGHAN | Tell me where you live and I’ll tell you how you play

    Universal Play Grammar | Ted Kroeten

    The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business | Erin Meyer

    Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World | David Epstein

    The Ignorant Schoolmaster: Five Lessons in Intellectual Emancipation | Jaques RanciĂšre

    La preparación física no existe | Paco Seirul·lo & Ángel Cappa



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  • Tactics do not exist.

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  • Shawn Myszka started training players of the National Football League trying to make them bigger, leaner and stronger. Everything changed the day he asked himself: Are the players performing because of me or in spite of me? He didn’t like the answer and led him to become a Skill Acquisition Specialist for NFL players. In a sport where training is based on dribbling cones and running ladders as fast as possible... Shawn brings some sanity and hope.

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  • My lighthouse.

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  • In training, we have increasingly accepted that we will never find the perfect technique, because it will depend on the characteristics of the player who executes it in the environment she is in; we are beginning to assume that there will never be a universal collective game model, but that its perfection will depend on the individual and emerging qualities of those who make up the group. Why, then, do we continue to seek and monetize supposedly perfect, universal and absolute methodologies that lead to success regardless of where they are applied or by whom? Isn’t this thought contrary to everything we preach? Are methodologies such as Tactical Periodization or Structured Training sources of empowerment or prisons for the coaches’ thinking and quality? We spend more and more resources on player improvement... but who cares about the coach? Or only players need to learn because we, the coaches, already know everything? Is the methodology of a club a cause or a consequence? These doubts were awakened in me by Jordi FernĂĄndez: current Methodology Coordinator of Venezia FC and former member of the Methodology Area of FC Barcelona. Next, you will find his reflections in Spanish; if you want it in English, don’t miss the YouTube video of the episode.

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  • Ferran AdriĂ  is one of the 100 most influential people in the world. He was the chef at elBulli, 5 times chosen best restaurant in the world. In sporting terms, it is as if Barça had won 10 Champions Leagues in a row and he was the head coach. We met one evening to talk about it at a hotel in Barcelona... the rest is history. It is in Spanish. If you prefer the English version, you can watch the YouTube video of the episode.

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  • An unpopular opinion about “technique” in sport

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  • Abraham Maslow said that “if the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail”. As coaches, we unconsciously carry a toolbox made up of our favorite ones that condition how we perceive and act in the reality we find ourselves in. As a result, we do not observe reality, but a biased image of it conditioned by what we want to see. Craig Morris beat the game and chose not to see reality based on his toolbox. He realized that, often, “the more you know, the less you see”, he threw away his toolbox and embraced an ethos of not-knowing to be open to what he found, not to what he was looking for. Craig is Olympic Canoe Slalom Coach for British Canoeing and at Fosbury Flop he tells us how his journey has been.

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  • Lost in the search for the perfect design

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  • Oscar Tusquets explains that when he was very young he learned that, when faced with a question for which they did not have a clear answer, only good teachers responded: "Well, I have to admit that I don't know.” The bad ones never recognized it. Àlex TerĂ©s has been linked to basketball in multiple ways: as a coach of Catalan teams, of the American G-League, of lower categories in clubs such as FC Barcelona (for which he is now responsible of the youths teams) or individual technique coach. I assumed that someone who has lived so much basketball, in so many different contexts, would give me some certainties, but I have only seen doubts and caution. I guess I must have talked to a good teacher. In a society where doubt is more necessary than ever but seems to weaken... thanks for doubting, Àlex. You can listen the conversation in Catalan; if you want the English version, you know you can find it in the YouTube video of the episode.

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  • How to make your players learn because —not in spite— of you

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  • How to promote —and not hinder— learning

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  • This is the conversation I had with Bernat Cardenas for The Padel Row, a padel coaching project to help every player whatever their level. Padel is still surrounded by an infinite number of incomprehensible mechanistic beliefs. The current way of training and understanding padel is not consistent with its true essence. The best Brazilian footballers become stars playing in the street, but in padel it seems that one must first learn “correct” and closed movements to then be able to play and be free. Throughout this conversation, we try to give advice for the players, analyze the role of the coach and rethink the principles that govern the sport.

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  • My coaching mentors.

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  • The sprinter Michael Johnson had a singular running “technique”. That didn’t stop him from winning 9 world championships and 4 Olympic golds. One day, a journalist asked him: “Do you think that if you had run like the other sprinters you would have been a better athlete?” And he, very smart, answered: “If I had run like them I would have become one of them.” The best version of oneself is achieved when one has the courage to enhance one’s virtues even if it is challenging what the whole herd thinks. Albert Batalla is a university professor, but you will understand his figure better if I tell you that his authentic ideas make him the Michael Johnson of motor skills learning, training... and life. Now you can listen to his wisdom in Catalan. If you prefer the English version, you can watch the YouTube video of the episode.

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  • Evolution depends on adaptation: those who best adapt to their environment survive. If you have an adaptive advantage, you have a better chance of surviving and passing it on. Sometimes these advantages are achieved by those who are different, those who have undergone a mutation compared to the majority. In nature... but also in sport. VĂ©ronique Richard is an expert in performance psychology and teaches us to be more adaptable to our sporting environment and creative, because being ready to change always helps. Often, her means to achieve it, are environments to encourage athletes to navigate through discomfort and grow psychologically from it. VĂ©ronique gives us her lessons as a mental performance consultant of Cirque du Soleil and member of the National Generation 2032. A Coach Program that aims to increase Australian coaches to contribute to future Olympics.

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