What is SkillACQ's education based on?

SkillACQ's education is based on best evidence from skill acquisition science as well as from over 15 years of applied practice. You can find some of the evidence that underpins our ways of working in the evidence section of the website.

Who does SkillACQ work with?

SkillACQ partners with a diverse range of collaborators, including coaches, teams, athlete parents, educators, and sporting organisations. From grassroots initiatives to elite programs, we work across all levels to drive impactful results. Unless we received explicit permission to do so, we don't disclose who we work with by name, because we value the confidential nature of the work we do.

Which learning pathways can you explore with SkillACQ?

SkillACQ offers two learning pathways: Equip — Start strong with foundational tools to maximize your learning. Build — Master the basics of skill acquisition and practice design. Together, these pathways provide coaches with the ability to critically reflect on skill acquisition science, to understand how they can use it to strengthen their own pedagogy.

What is Skill Acquisition Science?

Skill Acquisition Science explores how individuals and teams acquire, learn, and develop motor skills. It combines insights from sports psychology, motor learning, and coaching science.

What makes SkillACQ unique?

SkillACQ is an Australian leader in skill acquisition science, helping coaches, teams, and organisations turn cutting-edge research into real-world results. Our work is deeply embedded in over a decade of academic AND practical experience allowing us to empower you to apply best practices and elevate sports performance.

Build: Paid Education

Six evidence-based courses in skill acquisition science for coaches and sport practitioners who want to understand why skilled practice works — and how to design more of it. Built on 15 years of applied research and over a decade of work with professional sporting organisations across the NBA, NFL, English Premier League, and AFL.

Included topics:

Foundational

Performing vs Learning
Using Practice Challenge to Optimise Learning
Giving Feedback to Reinforce Learning

Advanced

4. Transfer as a Cornerstone of Skill Learning

5. Group-based Learning

6. Introduction to Dynamical Coaching

Enrol in BUILD — $149 per course · $589 for all six

Who is it for?

Coaches, teachers, and sport practitioners working at any level — grassroots through to high performance. Particularly suited to coaches who have encountered terms like constraints-led, ecological dynamics, or deliberate practice and want a rigorous, applied understanding of what they actually mean for session design.

Also the natural next step for coaches who have completed the free EQUIP pathway and want to go deeper.

How is it delivered?

Online (paid,self‑paced) courses designed with the adult learner in mind.

Prerequisites

None. No prior knowledge of skill acquisition science is required.

Access EQUIP for free

Pathway Outcomes

Understand why performance in training is not the same as learning — and design sessions accordingly
Apply desirable difficulty principles to structure practice challenge that accelerates development
Give feedback in ways that build athlete self-regulation rather than dependence
Design sessions where training gains transfer to competition
Develop individual athletes within a group coaching environment
Apply a dynamical systems lens to your current coaching practice

Features

6 self-paced online courses (3 foundational + 3 advanced)
12–18 hours of content total
Unlimited access — no expiry
Individual course access ($149) or full pathway bundle ($589)
Organisational packages available from $1,499

Duration

12–18 hours total across six courses. Each course is self-paced with no time limit.

Enrol in BUILD — $149 per course · $589 for all six

How it Works

Enrol in a single course or the full six-course bundle. All courses are self-paced — work through the material when you have time, on any device. There are no cohort start dates, no live sessions to attend, and no deadlines. Your access does not expire.

The pathway runs in two tiers: three foundational courses covering the core principles of skill acquisition, followed by three advanced courses that extend and apply them. You can work through them in order or begin with the course most relevant to your current context.

Access EQUIP for free