The Adaptable Athlete Podcast
The Adaptable Athlete Podcast
Javier Miller-Estrada
Skill Adaptation > Skill Acquisition
10 minutes Posted Oct 30, 2025 at 9:00 am.
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Send us a text *Checkout the free practice guide at the end of the show notes! For decades, coaches and scientists have used the term skill acquisition — but what if that’s not what’s really happening? In this short episode, we dive into the idea that athletes don’t acquire skill — they adapt it. Inspired by our recent conversation with Duarte Araújo, this concept challenges the traditional view of skill as something stored or possessed, and instead reframes it as a continuous process shaped...