Skill Acquisition Without the Noise and Coaching Through Mistakes with Job Fransen

Skill Acquisition Without the Noise and Coaching Through Mistakes with Job Fransen

February 25, 2026 · 57 min · Season 13 · Episode 7

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Dan Cottrell and Job Fransen discuss effective coaching practices and the importance of allowing players to solve problems independently.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Dan Cottrell is joined once again by skill acquisition specialist Job Fransen, Associate Professor at Charles Sturt University and Managing Director of SkillACQ. Together they explore what really matters in coaching practice design, feedback, and player development. Job shares why elite coaches rarely need “disrupting,” why most coaches intervene too quickly, and why sometimes the best coaching decision is to step back and let players solve the problem. They ...

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