Written by: Kevin Cann The constraints-led approach (CLA) is a teaching/coaching methodology that utilizes task, environmental, and performer constraints to elicit self-organization in skill development. This is viewed more as a “hands-off” approach to coaching where the coach creates an environment that offers learning for the performer instead of using a lot of verbal feedback. Typically, … Continue reading What is a Constraints-Led Approach: Constraints-Led Conjugate
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Training Needs to Have Consequences
Written by Kevin Cann A big part of my job is handling the emotions of the lifters. We do not just follow a simple program. The lifters are responsible for a large amount of their training. They are required to pick the weights for their top sets each day. These weights should be at … Continue reading Training Needs to Have Consequences
Dynamic Systems Theory and Powerlifting: Why I Use Variations
Written by: Kevin Cann I am writing this article to get some thoughts down on paper. I am the type of person that wants to know why things work. I enjoy having conversations with coaches that do things very differently than myself. This is how we progress and grow. When I first started … Continue reading Dynamic Systems Theory and Powerlifting: Why I Use Variations