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Michael Hurley

@itsagamefirst

Father of 5, husband & and full-time tennis coach trying to implement a nonlinear approach. Its a game first Informed by evidence shaped by experience.

Cork, Ireland Katılım Eylül 2019
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Michael Hurley
Michael Hurley@itsagamefirst·
My take on : Task simplification & manipulating constraints,in this case (equipment) in beginners tennis. Tennis has traditionally treated newcomers to the game as if they're incapable of PLAYING tennis until all the technical "fundamentals" are in place. I was guilty of this 🤦🏽‍♂️.
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Michael Hurley
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Talent decisions based on a snapshot in time risk two mistakes Overlooking late developers too early. Overburdening early developers by mistaking temporary physical advantage for talent. Current performance ≠ long-term potential.
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Talent ID must look past the talent that shouts. Often, the ones who whisper are overlooked. Traditional pathways reward immediate performance, creating structural blind spots that bleed long-term potential. Ref: Cobley et al. (RAE) & Malina et al. (Maturation Bias).
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Michael Hurley@itsagamefirst·
Managing expectations as a parent is a crucial factor in shaping both the relationship with your child and their experience in sport. Being aware that our role as parents shifts over time can help alleviate potential issues along the way.
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John Harwood
John Harwood@JohnJHarwood·
threatening to smear an NBA player he "covers"? bragging about getting paid to hawk Car Shield? has there ever been a bigger dipshit than Stephen A. Smith?
Ahmed/The Ears/IG: BigBizTheGod 🇸🇴@big_business_

Stephen A. Smith went on his podcast and told Jaylen Brown to “look in the mirror” when asking why the NBA doesn’t market him more or why he isn’t landing major brand deals like Jayson Tatum. "Despite your greatness, going to 6 Eastern Conference Finals, going 2 NBA Finals, winning a ECF MVP, winning a Finals MVP and winning a championship. While establishing yourself as one of the best 2 way players in the NBA...... all these endorsement going to your teammate Jayson Tatum why.... none of those endorsements is coming to your direction to the degree that you deserve. You talking about me I got a deal with CarShield why don't you have any deal, I'm not even trying to insult you I'm just saying in a world of corporate America and beyond why haven't they embraced you"

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Michael Hurley
Michael Hurley@itsagamefirst·
To a player under stress, a physical gap only becomes a real affordance if their grip, balance, and fatigue allow them to exploit it. Change the action capacity, and the space lights up naturally.
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Michael Hurley
Michael Hurley@itsagamefirst·
Elite players don’t just solve problems they set them. Within 1 point, a player may need to outlast, outhit, and outplay their opponent as the point unfolds. The differentiating factor between levels is the ability to continuously attune and adapt to what is emerging in real time
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Returning a 220 km/h serve may require stabilising coordination. An open-stance forehand winner may require exploiting movement variability. Expertise is not “loose” movement alone. It is adaptive movement relative to the demands of the GAME. 🎾🧠
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@UKLionsHockey1 Agreed two fundamentally opposing views on perception. Yet the athlete is situated in both with agency to shape their current situation.
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UK Lions Hockey
UK Lions Hockey@UKLionsHockey1·
@itsagamefirst One is predicated on direct perception, the other is based on representation. They are fundamentally different concepts. 🤷‍♂️ So it follows the intent on how you coach and why will be different. 🤷‍♂️
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Michael Hurley
Michael Hurley@itsagamefirst·
Maybe Ecological Dynamics and Active Inference are explaining similar behaviours through different language. Ecological Dynamics: Players become attuned to affordances and specifying information. Active Inference: Players minimise uncertainty through prediction and action🎾🧠
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UK Lions Hockey
UK Lions Hockey@UKLionsHockey1·
@itsagamefirst As we now know - the theoretical roots are fundamentally different, and as such how learning is conceived as taking place.
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Michael Hurley
Michael Hurley@itsagamefirst·
@kestrelpsych I agree Tom, what I'm personally wrestling with is, as a player I feel like I'm doing both ! I bring my priors to the match through lived experience previous encounter against the same opponents while also using real time information ! I'm finding (AI) really interesting atm.
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Tom Parry
Tom Parry@kestrelpsych·
@itsagamefirst ➡️ 🏃 ⬅️ Diff is they are bound by different principles. Prior knowledge and prediction suggest memory retrieval and guessing what will happen. This is still info, but if the prediction is updated through real time info, why not just scrap the other stuff and use real time info?
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Michael Hurley
Michael Hurley@itsagamefirst·
Are we only attuning to the specifying information present in the environment or are we also drawing on contextual priors ? My interpretation from the perspective of how players engage in the return of serve in tennis ! Can we do both ?
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Michael Hurley
Michael Hurley@itsagamefirst·
IMHO technical development that emerges within the context of the game is far more likely to transfer to the match court . Non linear coaching does NOT mean we don't work on technique. Technique isn't removed from non-linear coaching decontextualised technique is.
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Michael Hurley@itsagamefirst·
In tennis we have 5 main slices/situations. Serving, Returning, Both Back, Volleying, Passing /Lobbing. All of which can be practiced in a representative way to include an opponent a barrier & consequences.
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Michael Hurley
Michael Hurley@itsagamefirst·
@Mr_Tennis_Coach Excellent point Phil. So often movements are "assessed" in a vacuum devoid of context which can lead to extremely misleading feelings for the player when the environment isn't as controlled.
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Philip O'Callaghan 🎾
Philip O'Callaghan 🎾@Mr_Tennis_Coach·
When analysing movements it's crucial to not only look at the moment itself. Movements only make sense when we take into account the informational constraints. Movements always occur in an environment with certain task conditions & this shapes the emergent movement.
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MrBeast@MrBeast·
If this tweet has exactly 1 like in 24 hours I’ll give that person $1,000,000
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Philip O'Callaghan 🎾
Philip O'Callaghan 🎾@Mr_Tennis_Coach·
A lot of the skills we developed growing up didn’t come from drills. They came from messy games that were fun, full of decisions, and adapted to the players involved. There wasn’t much instruction in those environments, but there was a lot of learning. Players had lots of chances to explore and also adjust and adapt to what’s around them.
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Michael Hurley
Michael Hurley@itsagamefirst·
@JPR_25 Nods and volleys on the clock . 5 players total.Each player is the goalie for 3-5 minutes. Person who concedes the least amount of goals wins .
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Jack Rolfe
Jack Rolfe@JPR_25·
Coaches 👋🏼 What’s the best small-sided game you run in training? Always looking to add new ideas.
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