Project 4, Week 8: EDAC 634, Fall 2023
Tanner Trask: Design and References
Ian Walker: Goals and Learning Objectives
Eric Wiebe: Rationale
All 3 Participants, Zoom Calls to discuss, plan and execute project 8 for one seamless submission via both Canvas and Blog.
Goal: Educate coaches on enhancing the movements of their athletes.
Learning Objectives: By the completion of this unit, the learner will be able to:
- Identify the different learning styles and what their benefits are
- Understand what kinesthetic learning is and how to implement kinesthetic education in their program
- Use somatic epistemology learning to gain more knowledge about their athletes
Rationale:
This course will focus on one dimension or principles within Conceptualized Embodied Learning and focus in on one of Amann’s four dimensions. There are two primary elements that this program will focus on:
Kinesthetic Learning for Education: Educating people based and focused on the movements of the human body. Amann (2003) conceptualizes
kinesthetic learning “as a result of the concerted movements of muscles, tendons, and
joints.” This emphasis on the concerted movement of the body is relevant within the world of football, and better understanding of this principle will benefit coaches in application with athletes. Our program design will feature a movie clip that calls out an example of the movement of the body and how understanding this impacts athletes and can be utilized in coaching.
Somatic Epistemology for Education: Educating people based on knowledge from within the human body, not from culture imposed on human beings. Tara Hurst from Shippensburg University stated in 2008 that somatic learning is truly felt by the body, and “it is the body itself that continuously emerges as a multifaceted force for making meaning of our experience.” She emphasized that the body will take over the learning. Our program design will feature a movie clip that specifically call out an example where this takes place and highlight the true nature of this somatic learning.
Activities/Design:
Module 1: Introducing the concepts of kinesthetic learning and somatic epistemological education. Understanding motion and analyzing natural tendencies.
The coach/teacher will introduce what kinesthetic learning and somatic epistemological education are. The focus will be on the concerted movement of the human body, and how in the realm of athletes, this is a constant factor, and any disruption to the natural movement can present issues within the career. Example 1 focuses on the negative impact to athletes of kinesthetic motion being disrupted.
For epistemological education, the coach/teacher will interact with the student/athlete to better understand the innate tendencies of the student. By better understanding the natural tendencies housed within the student, the coach can help to draw out and focus those tendencies to better. Example 2 is a personality test to discover what characteristics the student/athlete naturally leans into.
Example 1: Video on disrupting the natural concert of movement within the human body. Warning, the video does show a professional athlete being injured to drive home how important the body’s natural movements are and what can happen when the body is not in harmony. Viewer discretion is advised.
In the following video, please note the left leg bending in the wrong direction, and the inability of Nick Chubb to stand following the injury. This shows that incorrect movement is not the concert of motion as intended. Due to the disruption of concerted movement, the athlete is no longer able to move properly. The human body is intended to work in a specific way, and will be further emphasized in the next module.
Example 2:
Please follow the link below to take a personality test. By taking the test and answering honestly, to the best of ones ability, can help the teacher/coach to better relate and understand the natural tendencies within the student, and help the naturally learned traits to be drawn out and enhanced.
https://www.16personalities.com/
Module 2: Understanding how the body naturally moves, and at its peak, can help educate the student/athlete on the potential.
The following video focuses on an example of an everyday average person who happened to have extraordinary natural kinesthetic harmony. Because of the natural harmony, the athlete, Vince Papale, was able to become a Philadelphia Eagle. Notice how he uses all of his body to run, not just focusing on his legs. Better educating athletes on proper kinesthetic motion can help lead trained athletes to higher levels of performance.
Module 3: Understanding what naturally is within a person. What knowledge a person has within them that was not taught to them by society or culture, just the natural perspective a person has.
The following video focuses on an example of a high school player whom was brought into a family and school very different from where he was raised. The focus is that the mother figure knows the natural tendencies of the young man, and talks to him in a way that resonates with his natural tendencies. Utilizing the knowledge innately within the young and speaking to him in a way that he understands how to use that natural tendency helps him to perform as a higher level than he previously was.
References:
The blind side - football practice scene. YouTube. (2012, August 5). https://youtu.be/76nhIfp9gr0
Invincible [2006movie] - vince papale sprint [open tryout scene] HQ. YouTube. (2014, August 1). https://youtu.be/vMQuQ7ZPyb0
Nick Chubb breaks leg vs Steelers MNF. Browns. slow motion good angle. YouTube. (2023, September 19). https://youtu.be/kJGcTIk-FzM
Overton, M. D. (2017). Conceptualizing a theoretical framework: Embodied narrative knowing. University of Tennessee. https://archive.headconf.org/head17/wp-content/uploads/pdfs/5557.pdf
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