"The best things you ever do on a football field only become known to you seconds after you have done them. You can feel briefly like pure movement, a natural force. You are more embedded in the world than ever
This intoxicating headspace is football’s spiritual secret"
www.mmowen.me/camus-absurd...
Here is the accepted version of my thesis. A huge thanks to my supervisory team and everyone who supported me.
A few chapters are already published some are still in review, so this is a sneak peek for anyone interested in the empirical findings.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Call for papers: 2026 International Conference on Perception and Action (ICPA) in Omaha, NE, June 23–26, 2026 icpa2026omaha.com (please RT!)
A review of Ian Renshaw & Stephen Rollnick's Dynamic Coaching - a playbook for cricket coaches.
#coaching
#CricketCoaching
#BookReview
Can’t wait for this amazing evening of conversation on 11 Feb at @technomoralfutures.bsky.social, on AI Narratives & Counternarratives with @abeba.bsky.social @amoorelouise.bsky.social, FT’s @johnthornhill.bsky.social & our own Alex Taylor. Join online or in Edinburgh - register to hold your space!
AI slop and the destruction of knowledge irisvanrooijcogsci.com/2025/08/12/a...
brianmccormick.substack.com/p/the-basket...
From aspiring youth to professionals expanding their repertoire, our platform provides highly relevant and unique insights to help players improve across a range of shooting situations and contexts...
#ShootXP #PlayerDevelopment #PracticeAnalytics #Gamification #AAA #XP #LevelUp
Watch and listen to our founder Mark Upton (@markupton.life) discuss with Chris Oliver how our shooting platform creates "action learning" opportunities for coaches & staff wanting to explore advanced practice design, player development etc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QuL...
Our founder @markupton.life joined Chris Oliver on the Basketball Immersion Podcast to talk all things coaching, player development etc
"that uncertainty as a coach, you need to be adaptable & comfortable with some of that uncertainty - that is a challenge"
basketballimmersion.com/the-basketba...
🏀🏀🏀 ShootXP v2.0 - "plays nicely in a larger sports tech ecosystem"
We value integration & interoperability, so this one's for those who want to use ShootXP alongside other video analytics tools like Angles, Sportscode etc.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtTv...
Coaching, Pedagogy & Motor Learning
A series of short discussions between our founder @markupton.life and @brianmccormick.bsky.social , recorded almost 10 years ago covering ideas and topics that have only become more prominent in 🏀🏀🏀 circles today...
see thread for links...
Last week we unveiled the next generation in shot charting - showing the shooters movement leading up to the shot (www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7w5...)
yellow lines = movement without ball
orange lines = with ball
Can anyone guess the player & game!? (this chart just shows their made 3's)
ShootXP v2.0 - the most powerful platform available for those advanced 🏀🏀🏀 coaches and practitioners applying contemporary player development & skill acquisition principles & frameworks
More here - youtube.com/watch?v=7HOp...
Get in touch - info@shootxp.com
#PracticeAnalytics
When it comes to player development, below are three common problems we've seen in 🏀🏀🏀/team sports.
Bringing 20+ years of experience in this area, we work with coaches, analytics & performance staff to co-create solutions to these problems.
Get in touch - info@shootxp.com
In just 60 seconds learn what version 2.0 of our 🏀🏀🏀 platform can do in relation to shooting & player development...
Get in touch - info@shootxp.com
🔈SOUND ON🔈
youtube.com/watch?v=ipKO...
#Basketball #PlayerDevelopment #PracticeAnalytics #Gamification #AAA #XP #LevelUp #AI
ShootXP v2.0 - Shot Tagger 🏀🏀🏀
This addition is VERY useful for basic live tagging of shots during a game or practice, that can later be linked to video & enhanced with contextual shooting & player movement data.
Short screen demo....
🔈SOUND ON🔈
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x99...
Get in touch if you would like to learn more about how v2.0 of the ShootXP platform can enhance 🏀🏀🏀 shooting expertise and player development!
🚀🚀🚀
#ShootXP #Basketball #PlayerDevelopment #PracticeAnalytics #Gamification #AAA #XP #LevelUp #AI
ShootXP v2.0 - Badge System 🏀🏀🏀
"it adds this layer of personalised feedback & motivation that goes beyond just numbers, recognising the whole player development picture"
Watch the demo below for more...
🔈SOUND ON 🔈
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_wY...
#Basketball #PlayerDevelopment #Gamification #AI
ShootXP v2.0 - Activities & Constraints 🏀🏀🏀
"it gives coaches & players an incredibly powerful tool to understand shooting & skill development under specific constraints"
Watch the demo below for more
🔈SOUND ON 🔈
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HOp...
#Basketball #PlayerDevelopment #PracticeAnalytics
📣 v2 of the ShootXP platform provides many new features.
With *Shot Charting 2.0*, we capture the shooter's movement path prior to the shot, providing rich insights for practice design & player development
(orange line = with the ball, yellow = without the ball)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7w5...
📣 We've just dropped v2.0 of our 🏀🏀🏀 platform!
"level up" shooting & player development through a unique blend of cutting-edge tech, practical basketball wisdom & contemporary thinking in the fields of:
* skill acquisition
* psychology
* gaming
shootxp.com
Journals are the Problem
"I often hear scientists say they can’t abandon journals because they will lose their funding. As a funder, I’m letting you know that we’re not just comfortable with new publishing strategies, we require it."
asterainstitute.substack.com/p/scientific...
How should we identify talent and retrospectively evaluate our talent identification & selection?
brianmccormick.substack.com/p/talent-ide...
@shootxp.com is a little side-project/consultancy I've been evolving over the last year...
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.
skillacqlascu.substack.com/p/merry-go-r...
Embracing Ensembles
Ensembles of evidence
Ensembles of knowledge systems
Ensembles of ideology
Ensembles of disciplines
Ensembles of interventions
medium.com/centre-for-p...
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 🥹
skillacqlascu.substack.com
"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 💫
skillacqlascu.substack.com/p/there-is-s...
No time to listen. You must shout.
No time to learn. You must preach.
No time for humility. You must fly high on hubris.
...unless, that is, we refuse to play the game and choose instead to break the chain.
elifshafak.substack.com/p/empathy-is...
