The Talent Equation Podcast

Ric Shuttleworth is a unique individual with an unparalleled wealth of knowledge and insight into skill acquisition and coaching. While Ric has a strong academic background and has worked within the sports science domain for a good part of his career, he is very much a practitioner and has spent most of his life on the sidelines working directly with athletes and coaches. Ric is currently working with elite coaches across a range of sports as a coach developer and he shares a series of high quality insights and 'knowledge bombs' that will really challenge the coaching and talent community to re-imagine the way that they develop the capabilities of the athletes they guide. In this episode we discuss...- How to avoid falling into the pitfall of 'comparative coaching' - Why trying to develop a 'shared mental model' can destroy creativity - Using a 'principles based' coaching approach- How coaches should be part of the learning system not in control of it- Why following a plan is the worst thing you can do- Eddie