At Gold Medal Squared, we believe that the most important decision you need to make as a coach is HOW you will make coaching decisions.   We also believe that decisions are best made when they are based on principles rather than opinions, fads, or simply "that's how we've always done it".   

In this course, we go through a very high-level overview of one the main areas of science on which we based our coaching principles and decisions.   Motor Learning is an area of psychology that studies how humans acquire, develop, and perfect motor skills, and we'll use the researched areas of this field to guide our coaching.  In this course, we'll cover:

• The three big areas of Motor Learning that apply to our coaching.
• The value of demonstrations, and how to integrate keys with our coaching.
• How the brain works, and how skills are created, stored, and perfected in our brains.
• The specificity of skill (motor programs).
• Branches of research that stem from specificity:  Whole/Part, Random/Blocked, Transfer, State Dependency, External/Internal.
• The role of reps and feedback in athlete development, and ways to increase both.

Our staff takes you through the basics of this science and brings you up to speed on the current research.  We'll bring you insights gained over 30 years of coaching athletes at every level, with clear video examples and whiteboard explanations.