UK Coaching: Encouraging Safe Variability and Versatility in Movement with the Athletic Skills Model (ASM)
The Athletic Skills Model (ASM) provides coaches with a framework to think about skilful movement across the lifespan, encompassing transfer of learning theories, a concentric and holistic approach, and creating challenging environments. The ASM aims to support the planning, design and implementation of structured programmes that focus on developing versatile movers in a non-linear concentric […]
UK Coaching: Developing Versatile Participants in a Nonlinear Way with the Athletic Skills Model (ASM)
The Athletic Skills Model (ASM) is a practical and scientifically grounded framework that offers coaches a structured approach to designing and implementing a movement programme that develops adaptable and versatile movers. By Dr Martina Navarro1,2 & Alex Beckey1,3 1 The Athletic Skills Model UK 2 University of Portsmouth 3 St Mary’s University Informed by motor […]
Athletic Skills Model: moving differently at Rotterdam (NED)
How one Rotterdam gym is changing the way children move, play and learn through versatile design. In the heart of Rotterdam, tucked between homes, schools and playing fields, lies a gym that doesn’t look or function like any ordinary gym. This is ‘PLAYCE Feijenoord Rotterdam’, an indoor movement space transformed by the Athletic Skills Model […]
Participants Rate First International ASM Course 9.3 out of 10!
The first edition of the ASM International Course took place from 2 to 4 April 2025, marking a significant milestone for the Athletic Skills Model community. Bringing together participants from seven countries across three continents, this unique event offered a vibrant blend of theory, practice, and exploration. Against the backdrop of sunny spring weather, the […]
From Pitcher to Quarterback in Super Bowl 59: ‘Off-platform throws are like baseball pitches’
This weekend, Super Bowl LIX (59) will take place in American football. The Philadelphia Eagles will face off against the Kansas City Chiefs, led by quarterback Patrick Mahomes. At 29 years old, he has the chance to win this prestigious title for the third time in a row. What makes Mahomes so special is not […]
The football player of the future is shaped beyond the field – Sport&Strategie
Text by: Sport & Strategie, Robert Hesen Heracles leads the way with a performance strip that challenges football players to engage in versatile movement. The newly opened performance strip at the Heracles Almelo training complex. Photo: Heracles. First-team players at Heracles Almelo will soon engage in activities like footvolley in a padel court, basketball on […]
The Importance of Good Balance Skills – Sport Knowhow XL
By: Emilie Maclaine Pont, Sportknowhowxl Pictures: Olaf Kraak Carrying weights for muscle building, running, cycling, and boxing for improved fitness—“strength” and “cardio” are often seen as the two most important forms of training. However, balance is just as crucial. On September 20, the third meeting of the 2024 Masters of Movement series, organized by the […]
What You Didn’t Know About These Olympic Athletes
🇳🇱 Read in Dutch > In the past weeks, we were glued to our screens, making sure not to miss a single moment of the Olympic Games! Many top athletes who participated in the Paris Olympics have a background in another sport, unknowingly confirming the philosophy of the Athletic Skills Model: “A better generalist makes […]
Trouw: “The body of the average top female footballer is not in balance.”
To perform optimally and prevent injuries, it is even more important for female footballers to train diversely. On the eve of the final crucial group matches in the Nations League, a conversation with René Wormhoudt, the strength and conditioning coach of the Netherlands national team. Trouw 27/11/2023 By: Esther Scholten Read the full article on […]
Donny van de Beek: How judo helped make Manchester United midfielder
