Design The Game Substack
Design the Game, Kevin MulcahyKevin Mulcahy, CLA & Coaching Performance
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 198 | Founded | 4 years ago | Last Issue | 13 days ago |
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The player who covers every blade of grass — and still gets neutralised
Your Aerobic Profile player is a coach’s dream for availability. They cover ground all game, they recover quickly between efforts, they’re still running in the 70th minute.
But put a fast marker on them and they get eaten alive.
SRR below...
Fast, explosive — and fading by minute 55
Hey Coach,
Your Sprint Profile player wins you moments. Explosive, dominant in the first 30 metres, dangerous in 1v1 situations.
And then they disappear.
Not because they’re unfit. Because they have a massive speed ceiling sitting on top...
Your group sessions are probably hurting the wrong players
Hey Coaches,
Here’s something nobody says out loud at coaching courses.
When you run the same conditioning session for every player on your panel — same reps, same distances, same intensity — you’re not managing load. You’re gambling with...
Designing Practice to Explore to Exploit
Part #2: A Constraint-to-Afford Lens
If explore to exploit is the logic of learning in ecological dynamics, practice design is where that logic becomes visible. The aim is not to create two separate phases - first we explore, then we explo...
Your group sessions are probably hurting the wrong players
One-size conditioning is costing you injuries and performance.
Hey Coaches,
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A coach and practice specialist sharing approaches & experience on multiples aspects of coaching particularly around S&C, Skill Development, Psycho-Social element of sport, participation & retention and much more.
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