If you define your win condition and achieve it, your next step is to define a new win condition and achieve it as well. That means you could go from “play passage all notes accurate from memory” to “play passage all notes accurate from memory without curling 5th finger.”
I’m going to write a post on Tuesday about reps reps reps vs. mindful repetition, and why a rep where you pay attention to why you’re failing is just as valuable as a win.
I think the real question is whether the traditional approach to shooting a 3-pointer works. Do people who shoot shoot shoot shoot land more 3-pointers than people who prep, define, shoot, evaluate, prep with new information, etc.? And do the best players do all of that so quickly (and so integratedly) that it looks like rep rep rep?
So I looked into this, and the ‘refine win condition’ seems to be an actual technique that some of the best 3pt shooters do employ! I looked up some interviews with some of the best basketball shooters (Steph Curry and Ray Allen) and they mention playing little games with themselves while practice. They will do things such a define win condition as a swish instead of just making the shot, or employing some particular type of rhythm or footwork, or slightly altering the angle of their shot.
But on the other hand, they also mention plenty of repetitive drilling, and watching the available footage of them practicing, it is hard to see a ‘stop after win’ approach in action. There are videos of Steph Curry practicing with a coach who passes him the ball—it looks pretty repetitive to me (although maybe he’s playing some mental games with himself that are hard to pick up?).
If you define your win condition and achieve it, your next step is to define a new win condition and achieve it as well. That means you could go from “play passage all notes accurate from memory” to “play passage all notes accurate from memory without curling 5th finger.”
I’m going to write a post on Tuesday about reps reps reps vs. mindful repetition, and why a rep where you pay attention to why you’re failing is just as valuable as a win.
I think the real question is whether the traditional approach to shooting a 3-pointer works. Do people who shoot shoot shoot shoot land more 3-pointers than people who prep, define, shoot, evaluate, prep with new information, etc.? And do the best players do all of that so quickly (and so integratedly) that it looks like rep rep rep?
So I looked into this, and the ‘refine win condition’ seems to be an actual technique that some of the best 3pt shooters do employ! I looked up some interviews with some of the best basketball shooters (Steph Curry and Ray Allen) and they mention playing little games with themselves while practice. They will do things such a define win condition as a swish instead of just making the shot, or employing some particular type of rhythm or footwork, or slightly altering the angle of their shot.
But on the other hand, they also mention plenty of repetitive drilling, and watching the available footage of them practicing, it is hard to see a ‘stop after win’ approach in action. There are videos of Steph Curry practicing with a coach who passes him the ball—it looks pretty repetitive to me (although maybe he’s playing some mental games with himself that are hard to pick up?).