The Adaptable Athlete Podcast
af Javier Miller-Estrada
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The Adaptable Athlete Podcast is a podcast for coaches and practitioners who want to learn more about modern approached to sport movement and skill acquisition; and who ultimately, want to help to their athletes become more adaptable.
Host, Javi Miller-Estrada engages in discussions with some of the absolute best sport coaches, trainers, and practitioners in the world. Coaches who are truly pushing the industry forward.
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- Questioning Assumptions, Sprint Variability, and Cutting the Fluff | Cam Josse · 1 t. 7 min. · Episode 131Send us Fan Mail Do strength coaches need to think like researchers, or just understand how researchers think? Cam Josse is an assistant strength and conditioning coach with the…
- In His Own Words: A Journey Through Skill Acquisition | Ian Renshaw · 46 min. · Episode 130Send us Fan Mail This episode is a different format from our usual show. It's Ian Renshaw's acceptance speech for the Emergence Lifetime Achievement Award in Movement and Skill…
- Why Your Fastest Athlete Isn't Always Your Best Problem Solver · 20 min. · Episode 129Send us Fan Mail Is speed a capacity, or a skill? Most coaching treats them as the same thing, and that's where the gap starts. Speed as a capacity, not an outcome: why a…
- Three Experts on What Really Defines Skill · 39 min. · Episode 128Send us Fan Mail What if skill isn't something an athlete has, but something a moment gives them? This episode pulls together three conversations that each answer a piece of that…
- The Problem With Coaching Pretty | Molly Binetti · 1 t. 9 min. · Episode 127Send us Fan Mail What happens when a strength coach spends nine years unlearning everything she was taught about "correct" technique? Molly Binetti is the Women's Basketball…
- Everything But the Thing: Boxing's Skill Acquisition Problem | Adam Haniver · 1 t. 5 min. · Episode 126Send us Fan Mail What does it actually mean to train a boxer to be adaptable when the most representative practice, hard sparring, also causes permanent damage? Adam Haniver is a…
- SMSC 2026 Recap: Debates, Awards, and the Challenge Point · 55 min. · Episode 125Send us Fan Mail Nine years in, and the "room" for SMSC keeps getting smarter every year. This one landed three genuinely different debates, a set of award winners worth knowing…
- Why the Best Fighters Are Problem Solvers | Andy Grahn · 1 t. 5 min. · Episode 124Send us Fan Mail You can't talk a fighter into confidence. And if you've been trying, Andy Grahn has been quietly building it the right way for 30 years. Andy Grahn is a martial…
- How Myles Garrett Solves Problems No One Else Can | Shawn Myszka · 58 min. · Episode 123Send us Fan Mail The best pass rusher in NFL history didn't break the sack record because he's fast. He broke it while being double or triple-teamed on more than half his snaps…
- Why Most Players Never Develop Elite Shooting | NBA Shooting Coach Dave Love · 1 t. 4 min. · Episode 122Send us Fan Mail NBA shooting coach Dave Love has spent over 15 years working at the highest level of basketball, with the Phoenix Suns, Cleveland Cavaliers, Orlando Magic…
- Ask Emergence: What Is Skill, Really? · 18 min. · Episode 121Send us Fan Mail Use Code: Javi26 for 10% off of your SMSC registration 🎟️ In this "Ask Emergence" episode, Coach Jav answers three questions from coaches about skill…
- Why Practice Doesn’t Always Show Up in Matches | Steve Whelen · 1 t. 3 min. · Episode 120Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Coach Jav sits down with Steve Whalen to explore his journey into coaching, his shift toward ecological dynamics, and what it means to truly…
- What Happens When Coaching Philosophies Collide? | SMSC 2026 Preview · 44 min. · Episode 119Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Coach Jav sits down with Emergence co-founder Shawn Myszka to preview the 2026 Sport Movement Skill Conference (SMSC). They unpack this year’s…
- 3 Mistakes I Made Applying Ecological Dynamics · 21 min. · Episode 118Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Adaptable Athlete Podcast, Coach Jav breaks down three mistakes he made while applying ecological dynamics and the constraints-led…
- What Most Coaches Get Wrong About Agility · 19 min. · Episode 117Send us Fan Mail In this episode, coach Jav breaks down the most common mistakes coaches make in agility training—and why many popular drills fail to transfer to sport. Inspired…
- The Advanced Ecological Approach w/ Rob Gray · 57 min. · Episode 116Send us Fan Mail The Modern Coach's Planner — built for coaches who think differently — Back! Order yours today at: https://thecoachjav.com/products/modern-coach-planner In this…
- The Mindset Behind Modern Jiu-Jitsu with Greg Souders & Deandre Corbe · 1 t. 1 min. · Sæson 115Send us Fan Mail The Modern Coach's Planner — built for coaches who think differently — is now available for pre-order. This is a limited run, and once these copies are gone…
- Skill Adaptation > Skill Acquisition · 11 min. · Episode 114Send us Fan Mail *Checkout the free practice guide at the end of the show notes! For decades, coaches and scientists have used the term skill acquisition — but what if that’s not…
- Why Athletes Don’t "Acquire" Skill—They Adapt it w/ Duarte Araújo · 57 min. · Episode 113Send us Fan Mail *Checkout the free practice guide at the end of the show notes! What is skill, really? And what if it’s not something athletes acquire — but something they…
- What Is Metastability? Making Theory Practical w/ Alan Dunton · 59 min. · Episode 112Send us Fan Mail *Checkout the free practice guide at the end of the show notes! Alan Dunton is a lecturer in Coaching Science and Skill Acquisition at Munster Technological…
