Quantum Player Development

Designing environments for players to experience a quantum leap in their development through Non-Linear Pedagogy and the Constraints-Led Approach

[Drew Carlson @drewcarlsonhp]

DL isn’t unnecessary

Stop being part of the problem

[Drew Carlson @drewcarlsonhp]

Experts say, "Rondos/possession games aren't transferable; don't be duped into the soccer thing..."

Guess what? Inverted entries are possession games until help arrives

Maybe play some keep-away

[Drew Carlson @drewcarlsonhp]

3v5 circle start DZ to BO SSG

Other net at far blue

Extra yellow D takes rush on successful BO

Rep ends 5v4

[Drew Carlson @drewcarlsonhp]

Alternating 4v3

Constraint: One timers only

[Drew Carlson @drewcarlsonhp]

3v2 variable starting width, depth and puck position

Plus 1 or 2 trackers

Plus 1 or 2 2nd wave adds

Adds come on whistle to attack

[Drew Carlson @drewcarlsonhp]

Compress space
Low to high w/ pick for space
Follow pass 4 high
Draw 2
Slip interior

Principles, not systems

[Drew Carlson @drewcarlsonhp]

3v2 rush +1 tracker

[Call me Keir @RUGBY_STR_COACH]

How many at bats do you think he had in his career before this moment?

And here he is struggling to hit a larger, slower moving ball.

Why?

Massive chunks of the sensory information he's used to using to inform his technique are suddenly absent.

Will 1000 reps off a tee, against a machine, or just swinging against thin air help him to solve that problem?

Will it help him to develop "muscle memory" and timing? I doubt it. Muscle memory is a fiction and he was already a major league pro by this point

[Drew Carlson @drewcarlsonhp]

Started w/ a tweet from @chasmahoney ... Turned into 637 pages of everything I had

Crowdsourced some stories and insights from

@csevs19
@nasthe3rd
@Brian_Kelly19
@MTSchreiber7

Turned into a really cool project

"The Bridge" is out...

https://t.co/cd6x6WbO3V

[Drew Carlson @drewcarlsonhp]

underload-est goal

[Drew Carlson @drewcarlsonhp]

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[Drew Carlson @drewcarlsonhp]

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[Drew Carlson @drewcarlsonhp]

Cones train 'bad eyes'

Other market toy device gimmicks train 'bad eyes'

Ahhh, the affordance landscape of the game is so beautiful; why would we take the richness away from them?

[betz @adaptskill]

Another problem w over constraining. You’ve isolated one variable and bc you’ve stripped the context of the game (the OL in this case) you’re training bad eyes. He now has to transfer his eyes from ball to OL, when beating OL is the entirety of his job

[Drew Carlson @drewcarlsonhp]

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[Drew Carlson @drewcarlsonhp]

Recent Purchases:

OHL Player Development Coach
NHL Director of Player Development

Price increase on Sept 1 as the library continues to grow

[Drew Carlson @drewcarlsonhp]

Why the smartest and best don’t make it to the highest levels

They have to interview with people like this

[Drew Carlson @drewcarlsonhp]

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[Drew Carlson @drewcarlsonhp]

‘Play’er development culture is currently the marshmallow test

We know we could have more by being patient

It makes sense

But yet. Here we are eating the 1 marshmallow now

It’s a commitment to what is right for the kids

Play is non-linear. Slowly and then all at once