Sports coaching—change tools for rapid technique improvement and slump recovery

Habit patterns—when practice doesn't make perfect

Sports coaches and players try to get it right the first time but invariably end up spending a lot of time trying to correct technique faults and bad habits that somehow develop.

Once established, habit pattern errors like technique faults are notoriously hard to correct because they actually disable learning of correct technique and slow down or completely block improvement. This makes an athlete uncompetitive and can lead to a career-threatening performance slump.

The typical advice to practice skill drills and train hard is usually not very effective. The athlete may appear to improve during training but repeatedly falls back to old ways under pressure of competition.

Transfer of training from skills coaching sessions and practice drills to competition is consequently poor.

Transition training, required when the athlete has to change over to a new code, new equipment, new techniques or new rules, presents similar adjustment difficulties. Old habits die hard.

Fortunately, a coaching science discovery called Old Way New Way^® Sports Coaching offers:

1. A new perspective on the transfer of training problem.

2. A cost-effective and user-friendly method for rapid skill and technique correction, and habit correction.

3. A fast and practical method of sports transition training.

All this is available on CD (Windows computers) or as a Flash-based online course (Windows & Mac).

Our sports technique page describes the main features of Old Way New Way^® sports coaching, including technique correction, transfer of learning, problems with skill and drill coaching, habit pattern errors, the basic theory underpinning the method and available training programs in this international award winning approach to coaching sport. More ...

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Safety training—rapid work habit correction and improved compliance

This workplace training program:

• improves compliance
• quickly corrects bad or dangerous work habits
• speeds up transition and conversion training
• improves transfer of learning and eliminate negative transfer
• increases employee flexibility and adaptability to change
• is being used by both large and small corporations, government departments and small businesses
• uses a learning method proven in workplace trials at ALCOA and other workplaces
• is backed by published research, case studies and workplace trials
• is readily adopted by trainers, instructors and coaches as part of their professional toolkit.
• is available on CD (Windows computers) or a Flash-based online course (Windows & Mac).

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Manual handling—rapid work habit correction and improved compliance

Use this manual handling training program to:

• greatly improve manual handling compliance
• achieve 80% to 100% correction of a bad manual handling habit after one 15 minute training session, with no falling back to old ways
• speed up transition and conversion training
• greatly improve transfer of learning and eliminate negative transfer in manual handling
• eliminate long and repetitive classroom training sessions - you only need one session lasting one hour
• eliminate costly participant booklets or other expensive consumables/training materials
• correct a bad manual handling or other work habit you've spotted, on the spot and with minimal interruption to work flow
• correct the manual handling habits of a group of operators or a whole work team who share the same bad work habit, either on the spot during work or in a brief one-hour classroom training session
• reduce the need for ongoing supervision of manual handling and other work practices and eliminate nagging because operators remember what they were taught
• increase employee flexibility and adaptability to change.
• is available on CD (Windows computers) or a Flash-based online course (Windows & Mac).

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Driver education and training—rapid driving behaviour change and habit correction, improved safety and skills

• quickly correct bad or dangerous driving habits
• speed up transition and conversion training
• greatly improve transfer of learning and eliminate negative transfer
• increases employee flexibility and adaptability to change
• used by both large and small corporations, government departments and small businesses
• uses a learning method proven in workplace trials at ALCOA and other workplaces
• is backed by published research
• is readily adopted by trainers and instructors as part of their professional toolkit.
• is available on CD (Windows computers) or a Flash-based online course (Windows & Mac).

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Flight training—faster type conversion, transition training and improved transfer from simulator training

• can speed up transition and conversion training
• can greatly improve transfer of learning and eliminate negative transfer
• makes more efficient use of ground school and flight simulator time, freeing up resources
• increases student flexibility and adaptability to change
• uses a learning method proven in workplace trials and backed by published research
• is readily adopted by instructors as part of their professional toolkit.

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Music performance—rapid technique improvement and stress management

This music technique improvement program

• will greatly improve music performance
• will quickly correct bad habits, poor technique and other persistent performance faults
• reduces performance anxiety and its debilitating effects
• greatly improves transfer of learning
• increases performer flexibility and adaptability to change
• is backed by published research, case studies and performance trials
• is readily adopted by music teachers and performance coaches as part of their professional toolkit.
• is available on CD (Windows computers) or a Flash-based online course (Windows & Mac).

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Education—improve spelling, reading, handwriting and correct persistent misconceptions

Learn spelling—your way

This spelling program:

1. Transformed many poor spellers into proficient, confident spellers when all other methods failed.
2. Is a genuine learning tool for spelling, not just another computer game dressed up as educational software.
3. Does not insult the learner's intelligence.
4. Knows how your brain learns, so it works with you, not against you.
5. Is being used by adult and workplace literacy tutors, adult learners, medical practitioners, police officers, colleges, universities, companies, government departments, schools and early learning centres to improve spelling.
6. Identifies bad spelling habits (habit pattern errors) and quickly corrects them, once and for all.
7. Helps you learn and remember your words from one day to the next.
8. Tests your spelling and tracks your progress.
9. Uses proven learning methods endorsed by Australian education departments (USA spelling version also available).
10. Is the only spelling tutor that uses Old Way New Way^®, an effective research-based and user-friendly learning method.
11. Uses an improved version of Look Say Cover Write Check, the old standby method for learning spelling.
12. Provides hundreds of editable word lists in both U.S. English and U.K./Oz English, plus you can create and edit your own lists.
13. Requires Windows 98 or later operating systems.
14. Is available as an affordable Windows software program for downloading or on CD, or as a low-cost one-page, self contained, multiple-user, re-usable, printable spelling tutor.

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The reading program

This early reading program:

1. Can quickly make you a competent teacher of reading.
2. Provides step-by-step instructions and sample lessons so you know exactly what to say and do.
3. Makes the teaching of reading stress-free, enjoyable and rewarding for both you and your child.
4. Takes children from phonological awareness to functional literacy in nine easy, stress-free, steps.
5. Tunes in to how children learn best.
6. Gives children rapid success and boosts confidence.
7. Offers early intervention to avoid reading failure later.
8. Demystifies the maze of conflicting theories on how children should be taught to read.
9. Was developed by an educational psychologist with over 30 years success in the teaching of reading.
10. Is built on a sound psychological theory of how children learn to read.
11. Is available in both U.S. spelling or U.K./Oz spelling.
12. Comes in Home User or Professional versions, both with personalised learning materials and email support direct from the author.

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Correcting misconceptions—a fresh approach

          

This program:

• greatly improves students' conceptual understanding
• quickly and permanently corrects errors and misconceptions
• greatly improves transfer of learning and memory
• increases student flexibility and adaptability to change
• is being used by both large and small schools, home schools, colleges and universities
• uses an innovative learning method officially endorsed by the South Australian Department of Education
• is backed by published research, case studies and workplace trials
• is readily adopted by teachers, tutors, home school tutors, trainers, instructors and coaches as part of their professional toolkit
• can be learned through videos, self-paced courses and workshops ranging from $39 to $395 (some courses are still being developed).

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Handwriting habit correction

Simply giving a handwriting lesson to the class that shows children the "new" way to hold their pencil, how to slant their page, how to sit, and so on will NOT make much difference. They may appear keen to try these new ways and want to please you but do not be surprised if the next day or even sooner they go back to their old ways.

This is because many of them will already have developed bad habits which, because of habit pattern interference with learning, will get in the way of their attempts to learn new ways. Old habits die hard. Despite your best efforts, many children will be very slow to take up these desired new ways. They will appear to forget what you taught and showed them from one day to the next and will repeatedly fall back to old ways. This will happen even when they are motivated to improve.

Conventional re-teaching will not help much with such learned errors or habit errors. You will need to use Old Way New Way^® learning to help children unlearn their old ways so that they can more quickly adopt the new ways. Details of online courses in Old Way New Way^® for teachers, tutors and parents are available on this web site.

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Personal habits—stop nail biting and improve hand washing compliance

Stopping nail biting

This Stopping Nail Biting program:

• eliminates the nail biting habit
• greatly improves transfer of learning so you won't fall back to old ways
• improves your flexibility and adaptability to change
• uses a proven learning method
• is backed by published research, case studies and workplace trials
• can be learned through our self-paced program which includes a video segment that shows how it is done.
• is available on CD (Windows computers) or a Flash-based online course (Windows & Mac).

Nail biting is reduced by 80% or more after just one session. Complete eradication of the nail biting habit pattern can be achieved after one session but normally requires two sessions spaced two weeks apart.

Kick that nail biting habit in one or two self-administered sessions lasting 15 minutes, using a short, simple, user-friendly, non-toxic verbal self-correction routine. More ...

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Hand washing rapid behaviour change program

This behaviour change program:

• can greatly improve hand washing compliance
• can quickly correct hand hygiene habits
• can speed up transition and conversion training
• can greatly improve transfer of learning
• increases employee flexibility and adaptability to change
• is being used by both large and small corporations, government departments and small businesses
• uses a learning method proven in workplace trials
• is backed by published research, case studies and workplace trials
• is readily adopted and used by infection control staff, workplace trainers, instructors and workplace coaches as part of their professional toolkit
• is available on CD (Windows computers) or a Flash-based online course (Windows & Mac). (image source: www.vernacare.com/infectioncontrol.html).
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Proof of concept—published research, reviews, awards and user feedback

Baseball coaching

All About Pitching (USA)
New South Wales Baseball League Inc (Australia)

Basketball coaching

Dribble Pass Shoot (USA)
Lonestar Basketball Academy (USA)

Bodybuilding coaching

Elouera Gym (Australia)

Car racing

Team Dynamik (Australia)

Cricket coaching

Commonwealth Bank Cricket Academy (Australia)

Dance teaching

Cooper School - Highland Dancers (Australia)

Driving instruction

AcciDON'T Ltd (UK)
Alberta Collision Avoidance (Canada)
Atlas International Engineering Services Nigeria Ltd (Nigeria)
Caulfield Grammar School (Australia)
Driver Training Academy (Australia)
Fraser Coast Training Employment Support Service (Australia)
Nice4Price (UK)
One to One Driver Training (Australia)
Pacific Gas and Electric (USA)
Streets Ahead Pty Ltd (Australia)
The Transport Company (Qatar, Middle East)

Police firearms training

Queensland Police Service (Australia)

Aircraft type conversion

Singapore Flying College (Australia)
Singapore Airlines (Singapore)

Glass cockpit conversion

Singapore Flying College (Australia)

Helicopter safety training

International Aviation Safety College (Australia)
Australian Defence Force Helicopter School (Australia)

Football coaching

Fremantle Football Club (Australia)
Paul Perrone Kicking, Colgate University (USA)

Golf swing improvement

Asian Canadian Golf Academy (Canada)
Box Hill Golf Club (Australia)
Australian Golf Teachers Federation (Australia)
David Milne Golf Academy (Australia)
Golf Queensland (Australia)
Golf Your Way (Australia)
JK Golf Gmbh (Germany)
Midland Golf (Australia)
PGA (USA)
PGA Australia Ltd (Australia)
Range Riders (Canada)
Regency Park Golf Course (Australia)
Swedish Golf Team (Sweden)
The Farm Golf (USA)
Transformational Golf (Australia)

Gymnastics coaching

Miller's Gymnastic Schools (Australia)

Lawn bowls coaching

Auckland Women's Bowling Club (New Zealand)
Bedford Bowling Club (Australia)
Blackburn Bowls Club (Australia)
Bowls Saskatchewan Inc. (Canada)
Broadwater Bowling Club (Australia)
Geelong Bowls Club (Australia)
Gold Coast-Tweed District Bowls Association
Lakes Krakajack (Australia)
Manly Lawn Bowling Club (Australia)
Middleton Beach Bowling Club (Australia)
NSW Bowls Coach (Australia)
Penygraig and Williamstown Junior Bowls Club (UK)
Royal NSW Bowling Association (Australia)
Turramurra Bowling Club (Australia)
USLBA Instruction Chair (USA)
Windsor Bowls Club (Australia))
Yandina Bowls Club (Australia)

Manual handling

Airways New Zealand (New Zealand)
Bausch and Lomb (USA)
BHP Billiton (Australia)
Bickford Management Consultancy (Australia)
Brisbane City Council (Australia)
Brisbane Water (Australia)
Chamber of Minerals and Energy, WA (Australia)
Clearwater Business Services (Australia)
Colorado Group (Australia)
CSR Gyprock (Australia)
CSR Ltd Sugar (Australia)
Cynergex Group (Australia)
Department for Ageing Disability & Home Care (Australia)
Dept Main Roads, Queensland (Australia)
Erickson Air Crane Inc. (USA)
Handle With Care (Australia)
Heatley Secondary College (Australia)
Heyer Ford (Australia)
Horizon Environmental Health and Safety (UK)
JAL Enterprises (Australia)
Jones Lang LaSalle (Australia)
Let's Work! (Australia)
Manpower (USA)
Macmillan Staff Development (Australia)
Midwestern Area Health Services (Australia)
Millani Bridal Boutique (Australia)
Mining Industry Skills Centre (Australia)
Miriam Vale Shire Council (Australia)
New South Wales Dept Primary Industries (Australia)
Northern Rivers Area health Service (Australia)
O'Brien Glass Industries (Australia)
ORAL Operations Risk & Learning Ltd (Canada)
Portland Aluminium (Australia)
Proline Building Commercial Pty Ltd (Australia)
Rockford Products Corporation (USA)
Sante Health (Australia)
Shell Marine Products (UK)
Skadden (USA)
St Ives Gold Mining Company (Australia)
Stinson Coaching and Training (Australia)
Team Formation (USA)
The Training and Business Consortium (Australia)
Toll IPEC (Australia)
Tracmin (Australia)
Workplace Australia Group (Australia)

Musical performance

CaReFree Music (Belgium)
Jazzworx Pty Ltd (Australia)
The Music Institute (Australia)

Rowing coaching

Cairns School Rowing Association (Australia)
Japan Amateur Rowing Association (Japan)
Murwillumbah Rowing Club (Australia)
Roeivereniging De Where (Holland)
Rowing South Australia (Australia)
Rowing World Australia (Australia)
Rowskills.com (USA)
St Catherines Rowing Club (Canada)
Takapuna Grammar School Rowing Club (New Zealand)
U.S. Rowing Association (USA)
Willem II Rowing Club (Holland)

Running coaching

Flyers Track Club Inc. (USA)

Shooting coaching

Army Marksmanship Unit (USA)

Skiing instruction

Alf Engen Ski School (USA)

Softball coaching

Queensland Softball Association (Australia)
Texas Peppers Gold (USA)

Spelling

Able Bodied Health Care (Australia)
Adams 12 Five Star Schools (USA)
AdCare Inc (Australia)
Adult Multicultural Education Services (Australia)
Advance Program Concord School District (USA)
AIHS (Australia)
Albury High School (Australia)
Allegro (USA)
Alvin Reinhard Fritz Architect Inc. (Canada)
Angus Australia
Apple Tutorial (USA)
Autism Teaching Tools (USA)
Ayr State High School (Australia)
Bannockburn & District Bowls Club (Australia)
Barclay Mowlem Construction Ltd (Australia)
Belevue Park State School (Australia)
Benstead (Australia)
Best Inc (Australia)
BHP Billiton (Australia)
Black Diamond Co. (USA)
Blackall Woolscour Skill Centre (Australia)
Borallon Correctional centre (Australia)
Boyd Construction (USA)
Brighton Primary (Australia)
Bundaberg Skills Centre (Australia)
Caboolture Community Learning Centre (Australia)
Canberra High School (Australia)
Caples Electric (USA)
Carwash Café (New Zealand)
Caulfield Grammar School (Australia)
CES Jewish Day School (USA)
Chisholm Institute Library (Australia)
Claremont Meadows Public School (Australia)
Coastline Community College (USA)
Coldwater Animal Hospital (USA)
College of Marin (USA)
Columbia Gorge Community College (USA)
Commend Australia
CommScope Inc. (USA)
Community Education and Training (Australia)
Community Montessori/Boulder Valley Schools (USA)
Conrad Treasury Brisbane (Australia)
Coolangatta Special School (Australia)
CooperClan (USA)
Dane County Parent Council/Head Start (USA)
Daveli Home School (USA)
Davis Team (USA)
De Montfort University (UK)
Delta Apparel Inc. (USA)
Department for the Blind (USA)
Department of Immigration Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (Australia)
Durralink (USA)
Education Matters Tuition (UK)
Emmaus College (Australia)
EMT Inc. (USA)
Evita Training Lindsworth School (UK)
Fairfax Limited (Australia)
Family Day Care (Australia)
Fraser Coast Training Employment Support Service (Australia)
GCF Mier & Associates (Australia)
Georgia Perimeter College (USA)
Ginger Watts Agency Inc. (USA)
Glen Innes College of TAFE (Australia)
Glen Innes High School (Australia)
Global Knowledge (USA)
GM Photography (UK)
Gone To the Dogs Homeschoolers (USA)
GroupWest Rehab (Australia)
Hanson Training Services (Australia)
Heatley Secondary College (Australia)
HELP Enterprises (Australia)
HHELP Darling Downs Inc (Australia)
Holbrook Community Technology Centre (Australia)
Homeschooling Mom (USA)
Horners (UK)
Hope Christian Academy (USA)
Hyslop Associates Inc. (USA)
Illinois Institute of Technology (USA)
Impact Education and Psychological Services (Australia)
Inland Empire Health Plan (USA)
Institute for Aboriginal Development (Australia)
International Centre for Excellence (Australia)
John Howard Society of Durham Region (Canada)
Karratha Primary School (Australia)
Kings International College (Australia)
Laidley Shire Community Care Association (Australia)
Linn Benton Community College (USA)
Literacy Link - Leamos (USA)
Livingstone Shire Council (Australia)
Livingwell Counselling Center (Australia)
Lonlin Pty Ltd (Australia)
Macarthur Education (Australia)
Management and Training Corporation (Australia)
Medical University of South Carolina (USA)
Mercy Family Services (Australia)
Metropolitan Fire Brigade (Australia)
Missoula County Public Schools (USA)
Mountain Group (UK)
Move Management Australia (Australia)
MWT Australia (Australia)
Nambour State Primary School (Australia)
New England Institute of TAFE (Australia)
Nia Learning Academy (USA)
Nirimba College of TAFE (Australia)
North Seattle Community College (USA)
Northern Lights College (Canada)
Nyman Academy (USA)
Olney Central College (USA)
Optima Technology Solutions (Australia)
Our Lady of the Rosarie Catholic School (Australia)
Our Lady of Victory School (USA)
Parkside Training Services (Australia)
Partee Drilling (USA)
Peninsula College (USA)
Petra Financial Services (USA)
Pinkerton Burns Securitas (USA)
Port Macquarie College of Adult Education (Australia)
Portland Public Schools (USA)
PPG IND (Australia)
Prairie Star Middle School (USA)
Priebbenow (Australia)
PwC (USA)
Queensland Police Service Academy (Australia)
Raven (Australia)
Runestone Regional Learning Centre (USA)
Rural Sheds and Garages (Australia)
Sadadden Primary School (Australia)
Safe Haven Financial Group (USA)
Salt River Project (USA)
Samaritan House (Australia)
School of Leadership Development (USA)
School of the Woods (Australia)
School On Wheels Literacy (USA)
SCOPE (Vic) Ltd (Australia)
Sertec Ltd (Australia)
Seton College (Australia)
Silkstone State School (Australia)
SkaCoChi (Peru)
Snow Lake School District (Canada)
Software House International (USA)
South Waikato Education Centre (New Zealand)
Specialised Training Services (Australia)
St Columban's College (Australia)
St Peter's Lutheran College (Australia)
Stellar Australia
Streets Ahead Pty Ltd (Australia)
TAFE New South Wales (Australia)
Tara Adult Education Program (Australia)
Tasmanian Police Academy (Australia)
TDASI (USA) Texarkana Arkansas School District #7 (USA)
Texas Department of Health (USA)
Texol technical Solutions (UK)
TGFJ Ministries (USA)
The Leap Estate (USA)
The Positive Learning Centre (Australia)
The Reynolds Law Firm, PC (USA)
Thomson Speech and Language Services (Canada)
Tonbridge Grammar School for Girls (UK)
Town & Country Community Options (Australia)
Training Australia (Australia)
Tuggerah Lakes Community College (Australia)
Tweed Heads Real Estate (Australia)
W. N. McMurry Construction Co. (USA)
Waterland Pty Ltd (Australia)
Weiss Enterprises (USA)
Western Sydney Institute of TAFE (Australia)
Woodford Correctional Centre (Australia)
WorkDirections Australia
Workforce Plus (Australia)
WT Daniels Special Education & Gifted and Talented (USA)

Sports coaching, all sports

ACT Academy of Sport (Australia)
Activate Sports (Australia)
ACU National, School of Exercise Science (Vic) (Australia)
ANZ Bank (Australia)
Australian Institute of Sport (Australia)
Coaching Works Ltd (New Zealand)
Curtin University (Australia) Fourth Presbyterian Church (USA)
HS Williams Ent. Inc. (USA)
John Spence Community High School (UK)
Kalang Investments (Australia)
Lebanon Fire District (USA)
Literacy Link - Leamos (USA)
Massey University (New Zealand)
Maximum Potential UK Ltd (UK)
MJ Productions Ltd (UK)
New Zealand Academy of Sport, North (New Zealand)
Newington College (Australia)
Queensland Academy of Sport (Australia)
Redfrog Solutions P/L (Australia)
Research Institute for Olympic Sports (Finland)
School of Human Movement and Exercise Science, UWA (Australia)
Sports Assist P/L (Australia)
Towson University (USA)
University of Puget Sound Athletics (USA)
University of Southern Queensland (Australia)
Unleashing Speed Potential (Australia)
Victoria University of Technology Library (Australia)
Workplace Wellness Consulting (Canada)
Zen Team (USA)
ZGPVC (USA)

Surfing coaching

Surfcoach.com (Australia)

Swimming coaching

Akudae Pty Ltd (Australia)
Darwin Swimming Club (Australia)
Finnish Swimming Assocn, The (Finland)

Teaching

Accelerated Cognitive Enhancement (Singapore)

Tennis coaching

Hince Tennis (Australia)
Hong Kong Tennis Association (Hong Kong)
Smash Tennis and Sports Academy (Belgium)

Tenpin bowling coaching

Rosebud Tenpin Bowl (Australia)
Tenpin Bowling Association of Queensland (Australia)

Volleyball coaching

Australian Sitting Volleyball Team (Australia)

Workplace safety

ALCOA/KAAL (Australia)
Airways New Zealand (New Zealand)
Bausch and Lomb (USA)
BHP Billiton (Australia)
Bickford Management Consultancy (Australia)
Brisbane City Council (Australia)
Brisbane Water (Australia)
Chamber of Minerals & Energy WA (Australia)
Colorado Group (Australia)
CSR Gyprock (Australia)
CSR Ltd Sugar (Australia)
Department of Main Roads (Australia)
Erickson Air Crane Inc. (USA)
Hawkesbury House Health Institute (Australia)
Heatley Secondary College (Australia)
Horizon Environmental Health and Safety (UK)
Intellectual Disability Services Council (Australia)
JAL Enterprises (Australia)
Let's Work! (Australia)
Livingstone Shire Council (Australia)
Main Roads Queensland (Australia)
Manpower (USA)
McMillan Staff Development (Australia)
Midwestern Area Health Services (Australia)
Millani Bridal Boutique (Australia)
Miriam Vale Shire Council (Australia)
Northern Rivers Area Health Service (Australia)
ORAL Operations Risk and Learning Ltd (Canada)
Psyfactors Pty Ltd (Australia)
Rockford Products Corporation (USA)
Shell Marine Products (UK)
Skadden (USA)
St Ives Gold Mining Co. (Australia)
Surgtrain (USA)
Team Formation (USA)
Tracmin (Australia)
Workplace Australia Group (Australia)

Disclaimer

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Published research, case studies and reviews

Published research and case studies underpinning the Old Way New Way^® method of improving transfer of learning

Rapid technique correction using Old Way New Way: Two case studies with Olympic athletes. Yuri Hanin, Research Institute for Olympic Sports, Finland. Tapio Korjus and Petteri Jouste, Finnish Sports Association, Finland; Paul Baxter, personalbest.com.au, Brisbane.

NOTE: This coaching science research study won 2nd prize in the 2004 European Athletics Association Coaching Science Awards.

Abstract of a paper accepted for publication in The Sport Psychologist, 2002, 16, 1, 79-99.

Exploratory studies examine the effectiveness of Old Way New Way^®, an innovative meta-cognitive learning strategy initially developed in education settings, in the rapid and permanent correction of established technique difficulties experienced by two Olympic athletes in javelin and sprinting. Individualized interventions included video-assisted error analysis, step-wise enhancement of kinaesthetic awareness, re-activation of the error memory, discrimination and generalization of the correct movement pattern. Self-reports, coach's ratings and video recordings were used as measures of technique improvement. A single learning trial produced immediate and permanent technique improvement (80% or higher correct action) and full transfer of learning, without the need for the customary adaptation period. Findings are consistent with the performance enhancement effects of Old Way New Way^® demonstrated experimentally in non-sport settings.

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South Australian Sports Institute—accelerated skill correction in elite sport

Kylie Baker (South Australian Sports Institute) & Gillian Tan (University of Southern Queensland).

Mediational Learning (Old Way New Way^®) for accelerated skill correction: A new paradigm and technique for elite sport. Paper presented at the Australian Conference of Science and Medicine in Sport, 2001: A Sports Medicine Odyssey. Challenges, Controversies and Change. 23-27 October 2001, Burswood International Resort Casino, Perth, Western Australia.

Extract

Mediational Learning has been applied by the psychologists at the South Australian Sports Institute (SASI) with a variety of different athletes. These athletes include the following:

• baseball players (pitching technique)
• basketball players (shooting technique - 3 point line, and jump shots)
• divers (hurdle technique on spring board, take-off technique on platform, and body posture)
• rowers (catch position)
• soccer players (kicking technique)
• volleyball players (hitting and serving technique, as well as team concepts and beliefs).

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Old Way New Way.^® Sports Coach. 2003, Vol. 25, No. 4. National journal of the Australian Sports Commission

Compares Old Way New Way^® sports coaching with conventional coaching, and discusses the highly effective use of the technique with Jason Gillespie, first class cricketer, and with Olympic athletes in Finland.

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Rapid correction of start technique in an Olympic-level swimmer—a case study using Old Way New Way^®

Hanin, Y., Malvela, M., & Hanina, M. (2003, in press). Rapid correction of start technique in an Olympic-level swimmer: A case study using Old Way New Way. Journal of Swimming Research.

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The Airline Training Pilot. 2nd edition. July 2000. Tony Smallwood. Chapter 6 (part)

This chapter on the psychology of learning enhancement contains a discussion of Old Way New Way^® and how it can be used to accelerate adaptation to change in flight training. Various examples of learning situations requiring adjustment to change including transitioning, flight deck automation, upgrading and platform migration, among others, are discussed. www.ashgate.com

Book Summary

Technological advances in the operation of modern jet transport aircraft have challenged and drawn attention to the shortcomings in current flight desk operational procedures. This comprehensive second edition presents new techniques in training, learning and teaching in the airline environment. By focusing attention on how to improve overall training effectiveness and efficiency, and with practical demonstrations of the importance of human factors, resource and error management, it will become a standard reference in the pursuit of better flight safety. It also includes a specific emphasis on teaching methods and techniques, providing an all round introduction to airline pilot training for training pilots and aspiring airline pilots worldwide. Email: orders@bookpoint.co.uk.

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Changing work habits: More gain, less pain. Australian Safety News, October 2000, pages 58-59. National Safety Council of Australia Ltd

Graham Weaver, Training Coordinator, KAAL Pty Ltd (a joint venture of ALCOA and Kobe Steel), Point Henry, Geelong, Victoria, Paul Baxter and Harry Lyndon, Department of Education, Training & Employment, Adelaide, South Australia, write about a new process of skill mediation (Old Way New Way^®) which aims to change behaviour at work in the name of good OHS.

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Performance coaching in lawn bowls: Series of five articles on the use of Old Way New Way^® in sport coaching

This article first appeared in seven monthly parts in the Queensland Bowler from December 1998 to June 1999, inclusive and was featured in the coaching section of the Royal Queensland Bowls Association web site.

Old Way New Way^® applied to sport coaching involving physical and mental skills. These five articles explain the theoretical background of Old Way New Way and how this innovative learning system can be used to accelerate skill development and correction in lawn bowls. Mental as well as physical skills are dealt with in detail. The examples can readily be transferred to performance enhancement and technique correction situations in other sports. Competitive players and athletes as well as sports coaches will find this material useful.

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Australian National Training Authority Research Advisory Council Research Grant No. 95026: Skill correction and accelerated learning in the workplace

(Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2004, 56, 1, 21-50)

This project addressed an issue of national concern in skills training in the workplace, namely the rapid and permanent eradication of persistent errors and bad habits in the learning of manual skills. This problem is not only evident in workplace learning but is also highly prevalent in off-the-job learning. This project constituted an experimental comparison of the relative effectiveness of skill correction using the Conceptual Mediation Program and its primary component, Old Way New Way^® (O/N), to that obtained by conventional error correction methods. Using a comparative methods research design incorporating a control group, vocational education students (n=34), representing a broad range of 8 skill types, were recruited and randomised to one of the two error correction modes, or to the control group in which no error correction was employed. Old Way New Way^® was significantly better than conventional error correction methods at improving skilled performance. This was immediate after one ten minute session, was maintained over three post-test periods, and was irrespective of skill type being considered.

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Correction of systematic errors in subtraction

Baxter, P and Dole, S. 1990. Working with the brain, not against it: correction of systematic errors in subtraction. British Journal of Special Education Research Supplement. 17, 1, 19-22

Abstract

Studies of error patterns in subtraction have provided evidence that, contrary to popular belief, few errors are random or careless. In fact, many errors are conceptual and learned. They have become habitual and consistent with advancing years in school. The existence of these learned errors has implications for corrective attempts in that, despite intensive instructional intervention, many students revert to their own wrong methods. This experimental study employed a randomised, multiple baseline between-groups design, incorporating a control group, to compare the effectiveness of attempts to eradicate consistent subtraction errors through two different methods. Our method challenges conventional explanations of learning failure, as being due to intellectual or perceptual deficits. It proposes that material previously learned interferes with current learning or the recall of recently learned similar materials (proactive inhibition / interference). The methodology aims to overcome proactive inhibition, the effects of which are a prime cause of most learning difficulties. The results appear to show the superiority of the Old Way New Way^® method for Type E algorithms. These findings are tentative only, given the small sample (n=6) and the improvement observed in the post-test score of one member of the control group. On the basis of these findings, further studies seem warranted with larger samples and with a wider range of systematic errors in computations.

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Error patterns, conceptual change and accelerated forgetting: Another dimension to the jigsaw of effective conceptual mediation in mathematics

Paper presented at the Fourth International Seminar, From Misconceptions to Constructed Understanding, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA, June 13-15, 1997.

Abstract

Traditionally, students' mathematics errors and misconceptions were viewed from a negative perspective, taken as indicative of the absence of knowledge/meaning. Constructivist theory offers a more positive perspective, suggesting that errors are an individual's current interpretation of a mathematical situation and thus are indicative of knowledge. Error pattern research has prompted new approaches to intervention, with errors/misconceptions increasingly being used as the beginning point for intervention. The success of such approaches has been mixed with error recidivism being a common occurrence. A further dimension to this field is offered by Conceptual Mediation (CM) [which uses Old Way New Way^®] (Lyndon, 1995). The theoretical background of CM states that accelerated forgetting of new material occurs if it conflicts with pre-existing knowledge. Errors/misconceptions therefore are retained even in light of rational argument. In this paper, error pattern research and conceptual change programs are briefly summarised, followed by a discussion of the psychological basis of CM.

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Changing misconceptions—a challenge to science educators

International Journal of Science Education. 1990, 12, 2, 167--175. Changing misconceptions: a challenge to science educators. Jack A. Rowell, Chris J. Dawson and Harry Lyndon, University of Adelaide, South Australia.

Abstract

In this paper we examine misconceptions as personal explanatory knowledge judged by experts in the field to be in error. To those who have constructed them, misconceptions are not recognizable as different from any other explanatory knowledge: they are formed by the same process, take part in the generation of new knowledge and consequently are difficult to replace. As with construction, replacement involves the processes of equilibration. To date, educational strategies promoting equilibration in the classroom have attempted this through co-operative debate, using the teacher as chairman and agent provocateur. Here, we briefly discuss the epistemological status of an alternative to co-operative debate that is more teacher centred, and report on a comparative empirical test of the educational potential of the two strategies.

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Conceptual mediation—a new perspective on conceptual exchange

Research in Science Education, 1997, 27(2),157-173. Conceptual Mediation: A New Perspective on Conceptual Exchange. Chris Dawson and Harry Lyndon, University of Adelaide

Abstract

For the last two decades science education researchers have had a major interest in identifying students' intuitive understanding of a wide range of scientific topics and in reducing the difficulties involved when an attempt is made to replace these views by scientific understanding. Different approaches to this latter problem have been adopted by researchers, with strategies ranging from the pragmatic and atheoretical to those with a stronger theoretical foundation, usually based on some form of constructivism. In this paper we report on a novel theoretical perspective which takes as its foundation the psychological research of about three decades ago which investigated "forgetting," and the important effects of previous knowledge in this process. In particular this new perspective demonstrates that, under normal teaching conditions. and through the process of proactive inhibition, the student's prior knowledge can accelerate the forgetting of the newly taught scientific ideas. The paper first develops the theoretical position and then shows that a change in teaching approach can take advantage of the differences between the students' prior understanding and the scientific view to ensure more efficient replacement. Following this an overview of the new methodology, as it is currently being used on a trial basis by science teachers in South Australia, is briefly introduced.

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Conceptual mediation program in science and mathematics—effects on motivational indices and strategy awareness

Roger Henderson, William Light School, DETE, Geoffrey Higgs, University of South Australia, E. Harry Lyndon, Support Services, DETE, David Wilkinson, William Light School, DETE, Gregory C. R. Yates, University of South Australia. Paper presented at the Department of Education Training and Employment Research Expo, Adelaide, South Australia, March 1999.

Abstract

In this project Conceptual Mediation (CM) is described as an innovative program in high school science and mathematics teaching. CM incorporates aspects of an earlier teaching method (oldway/newway) but stress is placed upon students assuming greater responsibility for "mediating" their learning. In the present study we surveyed CM and non-CM classes on attitudes toward school. Relative to their peers, students with high levels of exposure to CM exhibited (a) enhanced scores on a questionnaire measure positive work attitudes, (b) enhanced personal agency, (c) reduced levels of negative leaning indicators (e.g. school antipathy and malaise). The CM students also gave more adaptive responses on an open-ended item tapping awareness of problem solving strategies. These beneficial effects were evident, however, only in the case of students in year 10 who had participated in the program over a two-year period.

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Changing students' concepts—the Conceptual Mediation Program. Workshop for science teachers Years 8-10

Harry Lyndon, David Lloyd and David Wilkinson. South Australian Science Teachers' Association Journal, Semester 2, 1995.

Abstract

The conference program was subtitled "Why won't they learn, when I've taught my best?" Nearly all science teachers have at some stage in their career asked themselves this question. The conference flier seemed to promise conferees an answer to this deeply felt question This may account for the significant interest shown in this workshop. 20 TRT's were made available through funding by CEASA which were distributed on a "first come etc" basis. Attendance at the workshop was excellent with 35 conferees on day one and 34 of those same hard worked conferees on the second day. The presenters take this opportunity to thank all of those involved for their cooperation, interest, enthusiasm, "great feedback" and for also giving up two of their valuable evenings to share in this landmark conference. Let's start with what some of the conferees had to say about the program.

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The Way Ahead: Old Way New Way^® and Mediational Learning.Paul Baxter. Classroom. Issue 7, 2000, pages 12 - 13. Scholastic Australia Pty Ltd

Dr Paul Baxter, author of How To Get the Most Out of Your Child's School: 60 Questions Parents Ask Teachers. Fontana/Collins, 1983.

"Notice how children and adults keep misspelling the same word in the same wrong way? Learn why students keep falling back to old ways and improve classroom learning with Old Way New Way.^® "

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The Education Boom. Jarek Czechowicz. Management Today. November-December 2000. Pages 12 and 13. Australian Institute of Management

Knowledge is an enterprise's greatest resource. Online management development is fast and cheap. By 2002, more than half of all training will be technology based, with the remainder taking place in the classroom.

This article discusses the proactive habit interference mechanism that slows down change and continuous improvement in knowledge and skills. The solution, Old Way New Way^®, accelerates human learning and allows the rapid uptake of new knowledge and skills.

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Computer Corner review of Personal Best Spelling by Bill Gillespie .Education: Journal of the New South Wales Teachers Federation. 16 October, 2000, page 24

".... This program takes a no nonsense approach to the teaching of spelling... This is not a game dressed up as educational software.... One advantage of this approach is that it can correct persistent, learned and habitual spelling errors... It is worthwhile visiting the web site. just to read the information on the Old Way New Way^® approach to learning."

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Mediational Learning: Old Habits No Longer Die Hard. Dr Paul Baxter. Write On, 2000, 18, 1, 10 - 15. Queensland Council For Adult Literacy Newsletter

Discusses the theoretical background to Mediational Learning (Old Way New Way) and its application to adult literacy teaching. Contains 32 references to research journal articles.

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Complete bibliography on Old Way New Way^®

The following MS Word file references all known published research on Old Way New Way^®, as at 15 August 2008.

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