Evan Kurylo

The Coretex Athletic Review

Sports EN ↓ 27 episodes

Host Evan Kurylo distills current sport science research it through the lens of modern athlete development, coaching methodology, and goaltender performance. The aim is to simplify complex research, highlight the key findings, and connect them to real-world coaching decisions — from anticipation and pattern recognition, to visual cognition, to the latest in coaching pedagogy. Short episodes. Strong insights. Better athletes.

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Evan Kurylo

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2. A Formula for Play Reading | Bayes Theorem 11.12.2025 23:09

This episode explores how athletes make sense of fast, chaotic game environments using internal models, priors, and pattern recognition. Through the lens of Bayesian reasoning and Piaget’s concepts of assimilation and accommodation, we break down why anticipation is a skill, why young athletes often lag in perceptual processing, and why predictable drills don’t transfer well into games. A practica...

1: Odds Ratios | How Hometown Population Affects Athlete Odds 08.12.2025 12:05

Episode 1 — The Birthplace Effect: Population Size, Relative Age, and the Hidden Ecology of Talent This episode reviews the landmark 2006 study by Côté et al. examining how birthplace population and birthdate influence elite athlete emergence across the NHL, MLB, NBA, and PGA. Topics covered: Why the strongest athlete representation comes from cities of 50,000–100,000 Effect size comparisons: birt...