Do you need to perceive an affordance (see an opportunity) before you can act? Or does the opportunity only exist if you can do something with it?
These thoughts have been provoked by an interesting thought experiment from Harigovind S — can we define a “hierarchy of tasks” for batting?
(more…)Should coaches be expected to deliver competent, accurate demonstrations of the skills they expect their players to develop?
I had an immediate answer to this. Then I changed my mind. Twice. And now I’m not sure.
(more…)There has recently been some discussion about a new artificial intelligence (AI) system called ChatGPT, and a lot of that talk very negative.
How it might enable students to cheat by writing their essays for them, how it might destabilise white collar work, even how it might become a “morally corrupting influence”.
For all that, I thought it might be interesting to quiz ChatGPT about a current topic in coaching, traditional instruction, Direct Instruction, and non-linear pedagogies applying some of the concepts of ecological dynamics.
And I have to say that I might have found myself an “AI coaching guru”!
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