EvelChat #25 “The Solution Has To Come From Them…”: A Chat with Stu McMillan.

In this 2nd of back-to-back episodes of EvelChat with our buddy Stu McMillan, Derek & Stu discuss learning & skill acquisition.

Topics include:

• Stu’s a “People Person”
• Skill stability & the edges of the technical bandwidth 
• Performance vs. learning sessions
• Variability & the range of accepted movement within a technical model
• The “problem in the hammer throw” 
• Technique vs. Skill 
• Development coaching vs. Elite coaching
• The content vs. the context of a movement
• Removing context to help an athlete learn more
• Challenging athletes to move more effectively
• Prescription vs. facilitation
• Changing an athlete’s technical model
• Guiding the athlete to solve their own technical solutions.