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Dynamical systems theory (DST) is one half of an ecological dynamics framework. Alex summarises some key elements of DST in this short video.

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Transforming Basketball facts! Great job! Here’s two examples: 1. My son is on a Fastbreak with time winding down in the third quarter- he catches the ball with two 6” taller players 6' in front of him and the basket (smile area). He performs a 360 degree jump in the air- splitting the defenders and causing them to bump into one another and knocking themselves out of position, and he laid the ball in the basket. it was so cool!! 2. Another game, on the catch with time running down again, he dribbles the ball between his legs from the back (behind his legs) to front, again, splitting two pressing defenders who were larger and quicker. He was able to assist a teammate for a bucket. Both solutions came organically and solved both challenges. And no coaches ever had him work on tbose moves prior to their reveal. So, a question for Transforming Basketball , bc these solutions are not top down, are they solutions originatimg from or travelling through neural "fight or flight" pathways? Thanks! If so, then this would make a strong argumemt against trying to "teach" solutions to reactions- trying to fight our evolutionary genetic programming is tough.

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