Dr Alex Lascu
@skillacqlascu.com
🫶🏻 making sport science and coaching fun for all 🤸🏻♀️ patreon.com/SkillAcqLascu
the duty of education is to resist.
create the presently unimaginable.
buy random posters that follow you like fate.
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create the presently unimaginable.
buy random posters that follow you like fate.
1thoughtgarden.substack.com/p/the-echo-c...
August 29, 2025 at 12:36 PM
the duty of education is to resist.
create the presently unimaginable.
buy random posters that follow you like fate.
1thoughtgarden.substack.com/p/the-echo-c...
create the presently unimaginable.
buy random posters that follow you like fate.
1thoughtgarden.substack.com/p/the-echo-c...
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“I've somewhat renounced the idea of "coach development" because it feels like such a deficit approach, a manifestation of "here, let me help you because you're doing it wrong".”
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As true for #SportsCoaching as coach dev — too often, we start with failure, not success.
@skillacqlascu.com
As true for #SportsCoaching as coach dev — too often, we start with failure, not success.
Operation
the game, thankfully
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March 19, 2025 at 8:50 AM
“I've somewhat renounced the idea of "coach development" because it feels like such a deficit approach, a manifestation of "here, let me help you because you're doing it wrong".”
@skillacqlascu.com
As true for #SportsCoaching as coach dev — too often, we start with failure, not success.
@skillacqlascu.com
As true for #SportsCoaching as coach dev — too often, we start with failure, not success.
I will present at a conference one day with this image as the entire slide deck
How I think I look when teaching/how I actually look
February 7, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I will present at a conference one day with this image as the entire slide deck
In this episode we explore so many spaces, thinking out loud with #coaching topics like talent development, nonlinear pedagogy and fun.
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open.spotify.com/episode/5afL...
Ep 168 - Alex Lascu - Learning Designer & Re-searcher
Talking Performance · Episode
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February 2, 2025 at 11:43 PM
In this episode we explore so many spaces, thinking out loud with #coaching topics like talent development, nonlinear pedagogy and fun.
open.spotify.com/episode/5afL...
open.spotify.com/episode/5afL...
A wandering, circular conversation about #coaching this time, where I sort of lose hope and then maybe find it again? I don't even know anymore, but I'm realising that my ability to admit that is important.
skillacqlascu.substack.com/p/merry-go-r...
skillacqlascu.substack.com/p/merry-go-r...
merry go rounds
I want off this ride, but I can't leave
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February 2, 2025 at 11:41 PM
A wandering, circular conversation about #coaching this time, where I sort of lose hope and then maybe find it again? I don't even know anymore, but I'm realising that my ability to admit that is important.
skillacqlascu.substack.com/p/merry-go-r...
skillacqlascu.substack.com/p/merry-go-r...
Another #coaching conversation that brings me hope! This time with a Director of Coaching in Vermont USA, creating the kind of fun that helps everyone learn and grow.
This episode was sparked by a comment on one of my newsletters! What a small world..
open.spotify.com/episode/20D4...
This episode was sparked by a comment on one of my newsletters! What a small world..
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If in doubt, get the goals out!
The Deep End · Episode
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January 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Another #coaching conversation that brings me hope! This time with a Director of Coaching in Vermont USA, creating the kind of fun that helps everyone learn and grow.
This episode was sparked by a comment on one of my newsletters! What a small world..
open.spotify.com/episode/20D4...
This episode was sparked by a comment on one of my newsletters! What a small world..
open.spotify.com/episode/20D4...
I love the notion that we are human becoming (rather than beings, which are static and unchanging and only now), so my ~fortnightly newsletter is now 🌿 The Thought Garden 🌿 which is a more accurate way to describe the open, genuine, expressive way I write now 🥹
skillacqlascu.substack.com
skillacqlascu.substack.com
January 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I love the notion that we are human becoming (rather than beings, which are static and unchanging and only now), so my ~fortnightly newsletter is now 🌿 The Thought Garden 🌿 which is a more accurate way to describe the open, genuine, expressive way I write now 🥹
skillacqlascu.substack.com
skillacqlascu.substack.com
"I want to be captivating, not captive to what people think we should do, be, write."
A journey through joy, creativity and criticism this time 💫
skillacqlascu.substack.com/p/there-is-s...
A journey through joy, creativity and criticism this time 💫
skillacqlascu.substack.com/p/there-is-s...
there is someone out there with a wound in the exact shape of your words
i will keep making things
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January 16, 2025 at 1:31 AM
"I want to be captivating, not captive to what people think we should do, be, write."
A journey through joy, creativity and criticism this time 💫
skillacqlascu.substack.com/p/there-is-s...
A journey through joy, creativity and criticism this time 💫
skillacqlascu.substack.com/p/there-is-s...
A different kind of end of 2024 review, which is a mini essay of my joy, exasperation, growth and frustration. This thunderstorm is taking a breath and starting again ⛈️🥲
skillacqlascu.substack.com/p/the-wall-i...
skillacqlascu.substack.com/p/the-wall-i...
the wall i keep headbutting
will i learn my lesson eventually? probably not.
skillacqlascu.substack.com
January 2, 2025 at 6:39 AM
A different kind of end of 2024 review, which is a mini essay of my joy, exasperation, growth and frustration. This thunderstorm is taking a breath and starting again ⛈️🥲
skillacqlascu.substack.com/p/the-wall-i...
skillacqlascu.substack.com/p/the-wall-i...
This topic ran away from me 😉
Another winding road of thought about wearables, running, goal setting, handstands.. you know, things that clearly go together 🤸🏻
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Another winding road of thought about wearables, running, goal setting, handstands.. you know, things that clearly go together 🤸🏻
open.substack.com/pub/skillacq...
wearables
"if it's not on Strava, it doesn't count"
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December 3, 2024 at 7:17 AM
This topic ran away from me 😉
Another winding road of thought about wearables, running, goal setting, handstands.. you know, things that clearly go together 🤸🏻
open.substack.com/pub/skillacq...
Another winding road of thought about wearables, running, goal setting, handstands.. you know, things that clearly go together 🤸🏻
open.substack.com/pub/skillacq...
#ASANConference2024 is always a highlight of my year, but I really challenged myself this time!
I hosted a symposium called "Tending to Your Own Backyard: More Questions than Answers about Learning & Assessment"
The premise? Let's get comfortable asking questions we don't know the answers too...
I hosted a symposium called "Tending to Your Own Backyard: More Questions than Answers about Learning & Assessment"
The premise? Let's get comfortable asking questions we don't know the answers too...
November 30, 2024 at 1:55 PM
#ASANConference2024 is always a highlight of my year, but I really challenged myself this time!
I hosted a symposium called "Tending to Your Own Backyard: More Questions than Answers about Learning & Assessment"
The premise? Let's get comfortable asking questions we don't know the answers too...
I hosted a symposium called "Tending to Your Own Backyard: More Questions than Answers about Learning & Assessment"
The premise? Let's get comfortable asking questions we don't know the answers too...
Reposted by Dr Alex Lascu
Fascinating, wide ranging conversation — the Constraints Collective (not on bluesky, yet, AFAIK) discuss #nonlinearity, #Coaching, #CoachDevelopment and #TalentDevelopment with skillacqlascu.bsky.social
#SportsCoaching #CricketCoaching
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#SportsCoaching #CricketCoaching
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#23 Nonlinearity (in coaching, talent development and coach development) with Alex Lascu
Podcast Episode · The Constraints Collective · 07/11/2024 · 1h 13m
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November 19, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Fascinating, wide ranging conversation — the Constraints Collective (not on bluesky, yet, AFAIK) discuss #nonlinearity, #Coaching, #CoachDevelopment and #TalentDevelopment with skillacqlascu.bsky.social
#SportsCoaching #CricketCoaching
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#SportsCoaching #CricketCoaching
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/2...
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One of my favourite things about recording podcasts is how much I get to learn in the moment!
“Thoughts are not facts” is a phrase I use a lot now, and I’m so glad this project exists so I can help other coaches unpack psychology too 🤲
open.spotify.com/episode/2eKx...
“Thoughts are not facts” is a phrase I use a lot now, and I’m so glad this project exists so I can help other coaches unpack psychology too 🤲
open.spotify.com/episode/2eKx...
Thoughts are not facts and digging deeper
In Safe Hands · Episode
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November 24, 2024 at 1:26 PM
One of my favourite things about recording podcasts is how much I get to learn in the moment!
“Thoughts are not facts” is a phrase I use a lot now, and I’m so glad this project exists so I can help other coaches unpack psychology too 🤲
open.spotify.com/episode/2eKx...
“Thoughts are not facts” is a phrase I use a lot now, and I’m so glad this project exists so I can help other coaches unpack psychology too 🤲
open.spotify.com/episode/2eKx...
Reposted by Dr Alex Lascu
"it’s an interesting time now because everybody’s speaking a different language from their own epistemology, from their own ways of knowing.
People are in bad relation. So the big theme is, how do we bring ourselves & the world back into right relation?"
emergencemagazine.org/interview/de...
People are in bad relation. So the big theme is, how do we bring ourselves & the world back into right relation?"
emergencemagazine.org/interview/de...
Deep Time Diligence – with Tyson Yunkaporta
Aboriginal scholar and author Tyson Yunkaporta illustrates how deep time thinking, born of an intimate relationship between a place and its community, can radically reshape our relationship to the cos...
emergencemagazine.org
November 16, 2024 at 1:09 AM
"it’s an interesting time now because everybody’s speaking a different language from their own epistemology, from their own ways of knowing.
People are in bad relation. So the big theme is, how do we bring ourselves & the world back into right relation?"
emergencemagazine.org/interview/de...
People are in bad relation. So the big theme is, how do we bring ourselves & the world back into right relation?"
emergencemagazine.org/interview/de...
Ever wondered "what needs to be real" when designing training sessions? #coaching
Lately, I've been using four concepts: our intentions, actions, information and interactions.. with some fun story telling!
You can check out the full "narrative" here: www.patreon.com/posts/what-n...
Lately, I've been using four concepts: our intentions, actions, information and interactions.. with some fun story telling!
You can check out the full "narrative" here: www.patreon.com/posts/what-n...
What needs to be real? | Dr Alex Lascu
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November 16, 2024 at 6:01 AM
Ever wondered "what needs to be real" when designing training sessions? #coaching
Lately, I've been using four concepts: our intentions, actions, information and interactions.. with some fun story telling!
You can check out the full "narrative" here: www.patreon.com/posts/what-n...
Lately, I've been using four concepts: our intentions, actions, information and interactions.. with some fun story telling!
You can check out the full "narrative" here: www.patreon.com/posts/what-n...
Is it a webinar? Is it a live podcast recording? Bit of both! I was joined by some epic guests to do some myth-busting and hope-building around women and girls in sport 🤸🏻♀️
youtu.be/SmMotQnS0YU
youtu.be/SmMotQnS0YU
Coaching through the gender lens (WA Cricket Webinar)
YouTube video by Dr Lascu
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November 14, 2024 at 8:43 PM
Is it a webinar? Is it a live podcast recording? Bit of both! I was joined by some epic guests to do some myth-busting and hope-building around women and girls in sport 🤸🏻♀️
youtu.be/SmMotQnS0YU
youtu.be/SmMotQnS0YU
Had so much fun exploring the role of session planning in sports coaching, alongside the events that made us into the coaches that we are today 📖
open.spotify.com/episode/4aM6...
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Coaching as a bad love language
Listen to this episode from The Deep End on Spotify. We have our first return guest with coach Liam Murphy, inspired by a question about session plans and the role they play, which quickly dissolved i...
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December 24, 2023 at 10:47 AM
Had so much fun exploring the role of session planning in sports coaching, alongside the events that made us into the coaches that we are today 📖
open.spotify.com/episode/4aM6...
open.spotify.com/episode/4aM6...
What was your proudest achievement this year, outside of what you do for work?
Seeing my internet friends irl in 🏴🏴, moving to the other side of 🇦🇺 and making 3 friends here 🥹
Seeing my internet friends irl in 🏴🏴, moving to the other side of 🇦🇺 and making 3 friends here 🥹
December 24, 2023 at 3:50 AM
What was your proudest achievement this year, outside of what you do for work?
Seeing my internet friends irl in 🏴🏴, moving to the other side of 🇦🇺 and making 3 friends here 🥹
Seeing my internet friends irl in 🏴🏴, moving to the other side of 🇦🇺 and making 3 friends here 🥹
“It’s not this or that, it’s both and more”.
This one line has completely changed my perspective, especially when I maybe have different views of what good learning, coaching and development looks like.
Have you got a phrase that you come back to, to temper the storm?
This one line has completely changed my perspective, especially when I maybe have different views of what good learning, coaching and development looks like.
Have you got a phrase that you come back to, to temper the storm?
December 15, 2023 at 12:56 AM
“It’s not this or that, it’s both and more”.
This one line has completely changed my perspective, especially when I maybe have different views of what good learning, coaching and development looks like.
Have you got a phrase that you come back to, to temper the storm?
This one line has completely changed my perspective, especially when I maybe have different views of what good learning, coaching and development looks like.
Have you got a phrase that you come back to, to temper the storm?
A great way to silence sports coaches is to ask them for a favourite memory of being coached…
Do you have a positive sporting memory where you had a good coach?
Do you have a positive sporting memory where you had a good coach?
December 2, 2023 at 7:21 AM
A great way to silence sports coaches is to ask them for a favourite memory of being coached…
Do you have a positive sporting memory where you had a good coach?
Do you have a positive sporting memory where you had a good coach?