Unopposed indy drills aren't helping you and endless reps on bags, sleds and donuts won't transfer to problem solving or decision making on game day. Why? We need direct perception of the outside world to orient ourselves and coordinate our actions in response to, specifically Tau or the rate at which time gaps or open or close. Using this invariant, unchanging variable we can accurately anticipate time to contact without need for inference or conscious processing. 🔑 Key Learning Points - Why muscle memory and "drilling the fundamentals" don't make sense in a highly variable, information rich environment. -The limits of the OODA loop and conscious processing in sport. -Direct perception: how invariant information means orientation is contained within perception itself. - What is tau, and how does it relate to action gaps -Why perception and action MUST be trained together -Why representative, game-like sensory information and both septh and breadth in training builds robust tacklers -How action gaps and affordances differ for every athlete, and why “if A, then B” coaching doesn’t reflect reality -Why direct perception isn't unique to sight and why “feel” (balance, pressure and muscular tension) takes over after the initial collision ⏱️ Chapters Intro: Perception and Decision-Making in Tackling Why Muscle Memory and Drilling Fundamentals Fall Short The Problem with the OODA Loop Information Overload and Tackle Variability Direct Perception (J.J. Gibson) What the Optic Array Tells Us Why Time Matters: Introducing Tau Coaching Implications of Tau #1: Train Perception and Action Together #2: Specifying Information and Representative Training #3: Depth and Breadth of Training #4: Action Gaps and Affordances #5: Beyond Sight: Learning to Feel Resources and Wrap-Up 🏈 Wrestling for Football programming drops 1st December. Subscribe to this channel for a special discount when it drops. ▶️ Subscribe to @learntotackle so you don’t miss the next video in the series. 📚 Recommended: @ShakeyWaits YouTube and his books. If this helped, like the video and share it with another football coach who’d benefit. #LearnToTackle #FootballCoaching #TacklingTechnique #AmericanFootball #DirectPerception #SkillAcquisition #MotorLearning #FootballTraining #TackleTraining #CoachingEducation #WrestlingForFootball