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Podcast: The Sport Psych Show
Episode: #29 Shaun Larkin - The Art of Coaching
Description: I have the pleasure of being joined by Shaun Larkin, Coordinator of Skill Development for the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team on this episode. Previously Shaun played professional baseball and then moved into coaching before completing a Master's degree in Performance Psychology. In his current role Shaun oversees how practices are designed for players and how players are developed in terms of skill acquisition, motor learning and mental skills. We speak about how baseball has realised the importance of mental skills; sport psychology for tough times as well as good times; player development; the strain on young b...