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Andrew Gill is a Basketball coach with a stellar career. This includes being International Head coach for Basketball Ireland over an 8 year period. He has also coached at the highest level within the British Basketball League. He has excelled on both sides of education, obtaining an MSc in Sport Development & Coaching, whilst also delivering his knowledge through being a coach tutor for both Basketball England & Basketball Ireland. Today is the first episode of a multipart series on skill acquisition examining research and detailing how it leads into real life application. This episode topics on the following topics:

-The definition of a coach and what they do?
-Motivation Mastery and the Self-determination theory
-Teaching versus learning 
-Testing over teaching