Peacewise comments on Bragging Thread May 2015

Peacewise 14 May 2015 9:50 UTC
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Hi people, I just wanted to say thank you to the LessWrong community for exposing me to the concept of “bayesian probability”. Apparently human motor programs function in a bayesian way, with each movement prior predicted including predicted sensory feedback of said movement, which enables a comparison of prediction with perceived reality. Pretty cool.

Learned of the observational evidence supporting random practice over blocked practiced as they relate to motor learning and retention, 14/5/2015.

Wrote a new lesson plan for my squash juniors, based upon the aforementioned idea of random practice, which I offer freely to LW.

Squash training, psuedorandom
1. Serve from right
2. Move to t
3. Chase own ball
4. Serve from left
5. Chase own ball
6. Throw ball with left hand to front wall right side
7. Play forehand drop shot
8. Move to T
9. Gather ball
10. Move to t
11. Throw ball to front wall, left side
12. Play backhand drop shot
13. Move to t
14. 1 push-up
15. Gather ball
16. Move to t
17. Throw ball to left wall softly.
18. Play a backhand drive deep
19. 1 squat
20. Gather ball
21. Move to t
22. Throw ball to right wall softly
23. Play a forehand drive deep
24. 1 lunge
25. Gather ball
26. Rest, drink, provoke THINK.
27. Move to front left court with ball n racket.
28. Play a backhand cross court, like a serve.
29. Move to t
30. Do a split step jump
31. Gather ball
32. Move to front right
33. Play a backhand cross court, like a serve.
34. Move to t
35. 1 situp
36. Gather ball
37. Move to front right.
38. Play a forehand cross court, like a serve.
39. Move to t
40. 1 one legged swan pose, 5 seconds
41. Gather ball
42. Move to front left
43. Play a forehand cross court, like a serve
44. Move to t
45. Balance racket on one finger, 5 seconds.
46. Gather ball
47. Move to t
48. Throw ball to right wall softly with non racket hand
49. Play forehand boast
50. Move to t
51. Gather ball
52. Move to t
53. Throw ball to left wall softly
54. Play backhand boast
55. Move to t
56. Do right side plank, 5 seconds.
57. Gather ball
58. Move to t
59. Do left side plank, 5 seconds.
60. Rest, drink, provoke THINK.
61. NOTE TIME TO DO 59 tasks. Repeat
Implemented an approximation of the above program in today’s session, after explaining why the changes are occurring. I observed that the young athletes were more enthused.