Rob Gray: Unlocking Athlete Potential Through Ecological Dynamics

SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter

Travis Mewhirter

June 18, 202549 min
Volleyball

Rob Gray: Unlocking Athlete Potential Through Ecological Dynamics

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Episode Notes

This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features Rob Gray, a skill acquisition specialist, professor at Arizona State, sport scientist with the Chicago Cubs, and, simply, the father of the modern coaching movement in sports. His books, podcast, and research have formed the foundation of thousands of coaches’ coaching philosophy, including Mewhirter’s. What a special episode! They chat about:

What is ecological dynamics, and what makes it so effective for learning Why the old way of coaching (top-down, repetition-based) is giving way to the modern, ecological way espoused by Gray External vs. inte...