#028 Interview with Ben Galloway, Academic and the mind behind Opposite Direction YouTube channel

Ben is a young football coach based in Brisbane, Australia. Just
off the back on spending the last 9 months in Uganda, East Africa
working at a football academy called Football for Good. Currently
studying a masters at the Queensland University of Technology and
the tutelage of Ian Renshaw and Brendan Moy. He runs a YouTube
channel, ‘Opposite Direction’ making short educational videos
about coaching and some theoretical ideas that may underpin
coaching. Ben puts a lot of his understanding and knowledge down
to the people he has connected with and been influenced by during
his coaching journey. ‘I am because we are!’


Overview


03:15   Introduction and background


10:48   Ben talks about his experience in Uganda


15:30   With so many new terms and learning theories
emerging in coaching, is one better than another?


21:00   Ecological psychology-Perception Action
Coupling; a new emerging motor learning theory in line with
Non-Linear Pedagogy.


26:30   Representative learning, what is it?


38:30   Human experience, does your players enjoy


52:02   Grassroots coaching a sport you don’t know,
how?


58:10   How does free play fit in.


1:11:15 Closing


Contact: ben.oppositedirection@gmail.com


Twitter: @ben_galloway8


YouTube: https://youtu.be/JdUCRiabDm8