Note: To assist us in our investigation of the movement problem-solution dynamics in American football, we will be placing a special significant emphasis on the affordances for perception and action which may be present in the play and serve to channel and guide the movement behaviors which ultimately emerge for the respective player. You can…
Whew! We are now just over one week away from the 2020 NFL season. With the modifications to the annual NFL schedule (no OTAs/Minicamps, changes to Training Camp, no preseason games, etc), combined with the major changes to sports across the world, it felt like the season may never arrive, but it’s now finally on…
Over the past two seasons here at Football Beyond the Stats, I have tried to invigorate each one of our Movement Play of the Week breakdowns by renewing our collective scope of analysis by placing it onto the player-environment relationship, while also imploring others to prioritize the problem and understand the powerful importance of information…
At the end of each of the past two NFL offseasons, I have highly enjoyed compiling my reflections in a blog post to commemorate the major changes that were made to the NFL learning environments which were designed. Thus, for the third time, in what seems to have become an annual event, I am releasing…
Though this was originally ‘supposed’ to be an annual featured post here on our blog, I will admit that I have been somewhat lazy in my approach over the years with my ‘NFL Draft – Movers to Watch’ piece. In most years, the NFL Draft is falling at a time where I am pretty deeply…
Everyone across American football is currently in the same (relatively speaking) boat. While the world is in unprecedented global disarray, uncertainties abound across what the immediate, and even more extended, future will hold for all levels of football. We certainly must come together to maintain perspective and place priority, first and foremost, on the health…
You may be thinking to yourself right now, “why is there an Ultimate Fighting Championship fight(er) movement analysis on this football movement skill blog?” Well, I have found over the years that one of the best ways to empower your eye for studying and understanding movement skill, while also further solidifying your beliefs on certain…
Earlier this week, I released Part 1 of this blog series where we began to uncover a number of ideas on what I feel is currently an all-important topic across the movement community: skill acquisition periodization. Now, before we get into Part 2 and look at how the rest of the annual plan may unfold…
A topic that seems to be picking up some steam across the movement sciences and skill acquisition community is that of the concept of periodization models being applied to skill acquisition. I feel as though we are only at the tip of the iceberg in this regards and the personal brainstorming related to it is…
On Super Bowl Sunday, the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers will meet in Miami to compete in what is a true treat of a match-up for skillful movers. No matter which way you cut it, NFL fans and movement skill aficionados could not ask for a better game on paper than the…
As I have said in the past, this annual blog post is my very favorite to not only write, but also complete the required leg work for! I attempt to analyze and assess the movement skill of players across the league at enhanced depths every single year in preparation for this moment alone: to be…
Picking up the trend that I started three years ago, and before we will ultimately name the 2019 Mover of the Year (bet you can’t guess who!? Ha!) later this week, I am going to recognize a number of other distinct awards exclusive to our blog; the ‘Most Improved Mover of 2019’, ‘Most Impressive Rookie…
Welcome to the most unique NFL award compilation that you may come across this season! When I started this blog back in 2012/2013, I wanted to help readers become more aware of a different lens to watch football through. Though many are obsessed with analyzing statistics and the like as a way to measure a…
PLAY: DETOUR!!!! Are there “rules” we must adhere to in order to ‘solve’ a movement problem most effectively?! GAME: Introducing my man Stu…ready to challenge thoughts & ideas for all at SMSC like he does for me each day PLAYER: Stuart McMillan, ALTIS, Sprint Coach to lots of fast people As you can already tell,…
Note: Just as we did in 2018, throughout the 2019 NFL season we will be placing our scope of analysis during our Movement POW on utilizing the reciprocal relationship between a problem and a solution (and the performer and his environment) as the foundation of our investigation. However, we will be looking to take that…
