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#100 Use The Funnel, Not the Average Value: Chris Button on the PhD That Almost Wasn’t (Part One)
In this landmark 100th episode, Ian Renshaw and Keith Davids are joined by Professor Chris Button from the University of Otago, whose research has ranged from ball-catching biomechanics to basketball free throws to, more recently, why so many people drown. Chris's route into research wasn't inevitable — he turned down a PhD scholarship for a job as a wine specialist before one line from Keith ("your PhD is your passport anywhere") talked him back onto the academic path.
The conversation traces the finding buried in that PhD that coaches still routinely average away: when Chris's group-level…
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