The Perception & Action Podcast

571 – My Coach Education Workshops & New Book

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May 12, 2026
A preview of new coach education workshops and how to schedule them. Tools and resources for building better presentations and interactive sessions. Workshop focus on ecological dynamics, representative practice design, and coaching methods. Ways to link coaching with strength, rehab, and analytics. A brief announcement of a forthcoming book exploring cognition, neurodiversity, and brain recovery topics.
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ANECDOTE

Real Workshops With Police Instructors And Sports Teams

  • Rob Gray has delivered coach education workshops to police instructors and multiple sports including basketball, baseball, and hockey.
  • He uses The Workshop Survival Guide and Kickass Presentations to make sessions interactive and practical for real coaching contexts.
ADVICE

Teach Ecological Dynamics Then Focus On How To Coach

  • Design workshops to teach ecological dynamics basics then move quickly to practice design, representative design, and how to coach during practice.
  • Include adapting practice difficulty, feedback strategies, and instruction methods so coaches can apply changes in-session.
ADVICE

Integrate Ecological Dynamics With Strength Rehab And Analytics

  • Connect ecological dynamics to complementary domains like strength and conditioning, rehabilitation, and analytics.
  • Show coaches practical ways to integrate those areas so training aligns across performance, recovery, and data-driven decisions.
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