Ep 123- How Myles Garrett Solves Problems No One Else Can | Shawn Myszka
The best pass rusher in NFL history didn't break the sack record because he's fast. He broke it while being double or triple-teamed on more than half his snaps.
Shawn Myszka returns for the annual Mover of the Year episode. This year's pick: Myles Garrett of the Cleveland Browns. But this conversation isn't about stats. It's about what Garrett's movement actually tells us about dexterity, practice design, and how athletes solve problems under pressure.
Dexterity vs. athleticism: Why raw physical tools don't explain Garrett's dominance, and what Bernstein's framework reveals about how he actually moves
Abundance precedes adaptability: How having a wide range of movement strategies, not one elite technique, is what separates Garrett from every other pass rusher
Perceiving to and through: How elite performers take in multiple information sources simultaneously, with examples from football, basketball, and combat sports
Adversity as a teacher: What Barry Sanders and Adrian Peterson tell us about how constraint-rich environments shape movement skill over time
What Movement Miyagi would do: Three specific practice design ideas for developing Garrett's perceptual and movement capabilities even further
For coaches working at any level, in any sport.
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