RT @JonnyRoot_: “When I get called home to heaven one day, if all they talk about is this gold jacket, then I failed miserably as a father,….

Understanding implies that we know the underpinnings - that comprised, form the aggregate output. Prescription then means we’re able to deconstruct those into individual elements, weigh them accordingly, and reconstruct an “optimal” version. That’s a deep well of implication.

What do you want to know?.

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We’d call this absurd if we were talking about handwriting — but isn’t this exactly what happens in sports?.

Over time, the child stops trying to learn and starts trying to comply. They stop exploring their own way and start guessing what version will earn approval. They may still get it “right,” but, if they do - At what cost? Creativity? Confidence? Ownership?.

— just how the “W” should look, or which way to curl the “e”.Each correction, well-intentioned. Each cue, slightly different. Each rep, feedback of how imperfect it was, what could have been better.

Now imagine instead of one teacher, this child has 15. Each time they write their name, each teacher steps in with their own preferred method. 5 suggest one approach. 8 insist on another. 2 offer another. None of them talk about the meaning of the name or the goal of writing it.

Imagine a child learning to write their name. At first, it’s messy. Maybe the letters are out of order, the spacing is uneven, or misspelled. But over time, with practice & guidance, it gets better. More legible. More confident. The letters land on line, in sequence, in rhythm.

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Practice, then, isn’t just about repeating motor patterns—it’s about refining how patterns are selected and adapted under pressure. Control isn’t’ the absence of error, It’s the ability to adjust and revise. Skill is not about eliminating variation—it’s about harnessing it.

But skill isn’t static - It’s the ability to act intentionally, strategically, and responsively within complex, dynamic environments. To develop skill is to teach athletes how to organize their actions around a goal, grounded in both perception and intention.

From there, we often fall into two traps:. 1. We restrict environments to eliminate the “bad,”. 2. Or we constrain learning to a narrow version of “good,” treating one path as the only route to mastery.

Skill contains unavoidable limitations - or - Mastery is unattainable unless broken into oversimplified components.

We often evaluate skill through a flawed binary:.Good is seen as bad + (e.g. they’re not doing X).Bad is seen as good - (e.g. see how they’re doing Y). This reduction implies skill is either the removal of flaws or the absence of errors. It assumes:

RT @E_Mart97: Accurate movement becomes even more important when working with high-level athletes, especially in the skill-specific details….

We praise athletes for instincts and feel, then build systems to copy and replicate. We say individual, but dictate how it should look. We say automatic, but don’t grasp the complex dance between underlying processes. Skill isn’t simply taught. It’s shaped.

RT @DrCoachNelly: Powerful reminder.