FOSBURY FLOP

<p>Josep Vicenç Mestre masters the art of communication in environments that, at first glance, seem to have little in common. Next, I try to see, in Catalan, what I can learn to apply to my own context. As always, if...

<p>The great designer Miguel Milá often said that, during his years of learning, his father would repeat to him: “Be useful and you will be used.” This, I sense, is what Sergi Oliva embodies: someone who took off in...

<p>On the conception of error.</p><p>Go to https://www.fosburyflop.blog/ to check the written version of the episode, its notes and much more content.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss...

<p>The labels “coach”, “researcher”, “professor”, “co-designer”… fall short when it comes to describing Maricarmen Almarcha, who was born in Murcia, graduated in Barcelona, and now living in Australia. Aligned with her...

<p>The power of the interaction with what surrounds us.</p><p>Go to https://www.fosburyflop.blog/ to check the written version of the episode, its notes and much more content.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If...

<p>Gerard Encuentra is the coach of Hiopos Lleida of the Spanish Endesa League. The saying goes that the “whole” is more than the sum of its “parts”. Gerard Encuentra is the perfect example: season after season, he...

<p>The rules state that, in football, there are only two positions: those who can touch the ball with their hands and those who cannot. Training, however, often focuses on the latter, while the former, the goalkeepers...

<p>In defense of the intervention of the coach.</p><p>Go to https://www.fosburyflop.blog/ to check the written version of the episode, its notes and much more content.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd...

<p>There are coaches who seek empty forms devoid of meaning, and others who pursue functions full of purpose. Some work on “ideal” decontextualized patterns, while others encourage uncertain and adaptive behaviors. Some...

<p>Jorge Sanz is the Sports Director of the Cycling Movistar Team. When he was young, he went to study in Barcelona, where he was greatly impacted by a trainer of football players —not a physical coach— named Paco...

<p>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...

<p>Adaptation wits from the sideline.</p><p>Go to https://www.fosburyflop.blog/ to check the written version of the episode, its notes and much more content.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to...

<p>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...

<p>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...

<p>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...