Mark O'Sullivan PhD
@markstkhlm.bsky.social
Associate professor Norwegian School of Sport Sciences.
Blog: https://footblogball.wordpress.com/
Music https://themightyquark.bandcamp.com/album/the-mighty-quark-presents-the-king-syndrome-sound
Blog: https://footblogball.wordpress.com/
Music https://themightyquark.bandcamp.com/album/the-mighty-quark-presents-the-king-syndrome-sound
Hungary sick as a Parrot
November 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Hungary sick as a Parrot
Where's the fun? This Friday night I will be Dj'ing at Tranan in Stockholm. open.spotify.com/track/3KY0yo...
April 30, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Where's the fun? This Friday night I will be Dj'ing at Tranan in Stockholm. open.spotify.com/track/3KY0yo...
Where are we now? An answer in two pictures
April 11, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Where are we now? An answer in two pictures
4. Statistically, this also means using models that reflect how performance is nested: actions within possessions, possessions within games, games within contexts. This model can support task design and how coaches can collaborate with sport scientists during training and games
April 2, 2025 at 10:10 AM
4. Statistically, this also means using models that reflect how performance is nested: actions within possessions, possessions within games, games within contexts. This model can support task design and how coaches can collaborate with sport scientists during training and games
A good team of coaches+academics worked together to write this article. It was nice to be invited to contribute. Coaches should be aware that there is little substantial evidence that unopposed “technical” practice is required before opposed, game-like activities are implemented in their practices.
March 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
A good team of coaches+academics worked together to write this article. It was nice to be invited to contribute. Coaches should be aware that there is little substantial evidence that unopposed “technical” practice is required before opposed, game-like activities are implemented in their practices.
There are 3 kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
March 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
There are 3 kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
This weeks working and learning environment
February 24, 2025 at 11:58 AM
This weeks working and learning environment
Great to see our new paper on coach education kick off the UK Coaching festival of learning
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
January 23, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Great to see our new paper on coach education kick off the UK Coaching festival of learning
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A great artist has left us
January 16, 2025 at 6:41 PM
A great artist has left us
Really looking forward to meeting and learning from these people. See you in Dublin next week.
📆 Sat 25th Jan
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📆 Sat 25th Jan
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January 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Really looking forward to meeting and learning from these people. See you in Dublin next week.
📆 Sat 25th Jan
🏟️ Sport Ireland Conference Centre
⏰ 9.30-3pm
🎟️ CLICK 🔗⬇️ TO PURCHASE
bit.ly/4fu15tx
📆 Sat 25th Jan
🏟️ Sport Ireland Conference Centre
⏰ 9.30-3pm
🎟️ CLICK 🔗⬇️ TO PURCHASE
bit.ly/4fu15tx
From my garden I can see, the moon and Venus … and you ❤️
January 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
From my garden I can see, the moon and Venus … and you ❤️
8. Providing examples, we explore how the integration Gibson’s epistemological distinction between different ways of knowing can fosters meaningful learning experiences, equip coaches and educators with dynamic tools, and align theory with practice in both academic and professional settings.
December 19, 2024 at 11:01 AM
8. Providing examples, we explore how the integration Gibson’s epistemological distinction between different ways of knowing can fosters meaningful learning experiences, equip coaches and educators with dynamic tools, and align theory with practice in both academic and professional settings.
6. This leads to a disconnect between what coaching students learn in educational programmes and the realities of their coaching work lives
December 19, 2024 at 11:01 AM
6. This leads to a disconnect between what coaching students learn in educational programmes and the realities of their coaching work lives
5. The combination of coaching, coach education, and athlete development within bureaucratic accountability (e.g., academy certification) presents challenges, may limit coaches’ ways of knowing, and potentially hinders the exploration of innovative coaching methods.
December 19, 2024 at 11:01 AM
5. The combination of coaching, coach education, and athlete development within bureaucratic accountability (e.g., academy certification) presents challenges, may limit coaches’ ways of knowing, and potentially hinders the exploration of innovative coaching methods.
4. This signals a shift towards administrative practices, under the banner of ‘best practice’ (illusion of professionalism) with its inherent repeatable cause-effect assumptions that may undermine the development of coaches’ creative and adaptive skills.
December 19, 2024 at 11:01 AM
4. This signals a shift towards administrative practices, under the banner of ‘best practice’ (illusion of professionalism) with its inherent repeatable cause-effect assumptions that may undermine the development of coaches’ creative and adaptive skills.
2. As coach education increasingly aligns with top-down policy interventions favouring standardisation and globalism, there is a risk of losing the pedagogical essence of coaching.
December 19, 2024 at 11:01 AM
2. As coach education increasingly aligns with top-down policy interventions favouring standardisation and globalism, there is a risk of losing the pedagogical essence of coaching.
1. New paper: education faces the challenge of balancing theory with the practical realities of teaching and learning. With new ways of understanding coaching, we need to broaden our ways of educating and developing coaches coaches.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
December 19, 2024 at 11:01 AM
1. New paper: education faces the challenge of balancing theory with the practical realities of teaching and learning. With new ways of understanding coaching, we need to broaden our ways of educating and developing coaches coaches.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Interesting article by Johnathan Northcroft that resonates with our published research work on the copy-paste homoginisation of football
www.thetimes.com/article/c813...
Link to summary of our work here threadreaderapp.com/thread/17468...
www.thetimes.com/article/c813...
Link to summary of our work here threadreaderapp.com/thread/17468...
December 10, 2024 at 6:40 AM
Interesting article by Johnathan Northcroft that resonates with our published research work on the copy-paste homoginisation of football
www.thetimes.com/article/c813...
Link to summary of our work here threadreaderapp.com/thread/17468...
www.thetimes.com/article/c813...
Link to summary of our work here threadreaderapp.com/thread/17468...
Really enjoyed presenting yesterday for Crisp AB as part of their excellent leading complexity series. Here are some slides from the presentation.
lnkd.in/d5drZ3RP
lnkd.in/d5drZ3RP
November 27, 2024 at 10:54 AM
Really enjoyed presenting yesterday for Crisp AB as part of their excellent leading complexity series. Here are some slides from the presentation.
lnkd.in/d5drZ3RP
lnkd.in/d5drZ3RP
A record we released in 2005 seems to increased in value!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLcF...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLcF...
November 22, 2024 at 12:40 PM
A record we released in 2005 seems to increased in value!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLcF...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLcF...