4-D Chess A recap of the Australasian Skill Acquisition Network Conference, I guess. Conference season has to be one of my favourite times of the year. I hold the same approximate week at the end of November…

this is what happens when i get free reign at a conference - i present a comic book about epistemology

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an exhibition featurint a small diorama maze, a photo of the wall featuring the maze and a room that looks like one section of the maze.

the duty of education is to resist.
create the presently unimaginable.
buy random posters that follow you like fate.

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Operation the game, thankfully

“I've somewhat renounced the idea of "coach development" because it feels like such a deficit approach, a manifestation of "here, let me help you because you're doing it wrong".”
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As true for #SportsCoaching as coach dev — too often, we start with failure, not success.

I always love knowing that you read these so genuinely Andrew 😍 on the days I don't feel like writing, I remember this!

I will present at a conference one day with this image as the entire slide deck

Ep 168 - Alex Lascu - Learning Designer & Re-searcher Talking Performance · Episode

In this episode we explore so many spaces, thinking out loud with #coaching topics like talent development, nonlinear pedagogy and fun.

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merry go rounds I want off this ride, but I can't leave

A wandering, circular conversation about #coaching this time, where I sort of lose hope and then maybe find it again? I don't even know anymore, but I'm realising that my ability to admit that is important.

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If in doubt, get the goals out! The Deep End · Episode

Another #coaching conversation that brings me hope! This time with a Director of Coaching in Vermont USA, creating the kind of fun that helps everyone learn and grow.

This episode was sparked by a comment on one of my newsletters! What a small world..

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A logo featuring the title "The Thought Garden" written around a sketch of flowers and the outline of a house, with purple and cream blobs of colour

I love the notion that we are human becoming (rather than beings, which are static and unchanging and only now), so my ~fortnightly newsletter is now 🌿 The Thought Garden 🌿 which is a more accurate way to describe the open, genuine, expressive way I write now 🥹

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I've been (dangerously) keeping a "why bother" tally recently... three days in and we're up to 15 🥴😂

according to the terms of our previous 'alcohol | think again' partnership, I am going to say no... 🫠

there is someone out there with a wound in the exact shape of your words i will keep making things

"I want to be captivating, not captive to what people think we should do, be, write."

A journey through joy, creativity and criticism this time 💫

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the wall i keep headbutting will i learn my lesson eventually? probably not.

A different kind of end of 2024 review, which is a mini essay of my joy, exasperation, growth and frustration. This thunderstorm is taking a breath and starting again ⛈️🥲

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hahahahah this is too accurate

wearables "if it's not on Strava, it doesn't count"

This topic ran away from me 😉

Another winding road of thought about wearables, running, goal setting, handstands.. you know, things that clearly go together 🤸🏻

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oh no don't remind me, it's that time of year here!

Ohhhh I love the firestarter analogy!! 🔥

You'll find the questions below, and I would absolutely love to hear how you ponder them!

Some of my favourite answers included:
"Hardcore immesion"
"Oh I don't know but"
"What they need for engagement might be different and that's okay"
"There's so much out there I don't know, yet!"

#ASANConference2024 is always a highlight of my year, but I really challenged myself this time!

I hosted a symposium called "Tending to Your Own Backyard: More Questions than Answers about Learning & Assessment"

The premise? Let's get comfortable asking questions we don't know the answers too...

Really looking forward to this!

#23 Nonlinearity (in coaching, talent development and coach development) with Alex Lascu Podcast Episode · The Constraints Collective · 07/11/2024 · 1h 13m

Fascinating, wide ranging conversation — the Constraints Collective (not on bluesky, yet, AFAIK) discuss #nonlinearity, #Coaching, #CoachDevelopment and #TalentDevelopment with skillacqlascu.bsky.social
#SportsCoaching #CricketCoaching

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1/3

Ohhh I do love that line, like most I quoted it from someone else so I love that it lives on with you!

One of my favourites lately is a Tim Ingold quote: “enough with words, its time to meet the world” (get out and do something)

Thoughts are not facts and digging deeper In Safe Hands · Episode

One of my favourite things about recording podcasts is how much I get to learn in the moment!

“Thoughts are not facts” is a phrase I use a lot now, and I’m so glad this project exists so I can help other coaches unpack psychology too 🤲

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What I would give to see this!! 🤩

Deep Time Diligence – with Tyson Yunkaporta Aboriginal scholar and author Tyson Yunkaporta illustrates how deep time thinking, born of an intimate relationship between a place and its community, can radically reshape our relationship to the cos...

"it’s an interesting time now because everybody’s speaking a different language from their own epistemology, from their own ways of knowing.

People are in bad relation. So the big theme is, how do we bring ourselves & the world back into right relation?"

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What needs to be real? | Dr Alex Lascu Get more from Dr Alex Lascu on Patreon

Ever wondered "what needs to be real" when designing training sessions? #coaching

Lately, I've been using four concepts: our intentions, actions, information and interactions.. with some fun story telling!

You can check out the full "narrative" here: www.patreon.com/posts/what-n...

the suspense was killing me for a second there!

me me pick me pleaaase

Coaching through the gender lens (WA Cricket Webinar) YouTube video by Dr Lascu

Is it a webinar? Is it a live podcast recording? Bit of both! I was joined by some epic guests to do some myth-busting and hope-building around women and girls in sport 🤸🏻‍♀️

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Coaching as a bad love language Listen to this episode from The Deep End on Spotify. We have our first return guest with coach Liam Murphy, inspired by a question about session plans and the role they play, which quickly dissolved i...

Had so much fun exploring the role of session planning in sports coaching, alongside the events that made us into the coaches that we are today 📖

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