tisdag 29 april 2008

Technique the never ending quest

The idea is to Optimize Performance, that means working on your techniques.

Now, the question is, when and how much?

Technique is such a elusive function, when we learn things we rarely start doing it properly first, we just do trail and error.
Now, in golf for example there are literally several different ways people can swing, however, everyone when they are at impact hitting the ball, they all look the same.
The measureable evidence in your technique must be what the Optimal Performance are for your sport when the Performance is Optimal in result. (In Golf obviously pre-impact and impact positions must be in a specific way)

Then what is needed is to have the proper state linked to the chain of events that makes up the responses to the movement we need to have.
When that is done properly, we can do the movement, we have the proper state, then there is no extra movement, no extra musclecontractions, no antagonists active and the performance is flawless.

When we do this we make internalizesations, we take information in the learning process, how it feels like doing it it properly and we translate that into feelings, how it feels like when the movements are done right.

Then when we done it enough its habitual.
Automatical.

We can then improve it further, refine and improve the quality, and therefore its important to do it right from the start.

In my backyard, I can do short swings, I then practice various elements of my technique, I can focus my attention on various muscles, various positions and improve how it feels like doing it right.
I then measure how the result is, I use a counterexample, how it is not to be.
Then I can train with proper feedback, allowing a refinement to take place in a very short time.
I discovered in my last range session that I was finding the core in the swing, a compact hit, so in my backyard I then focus on getting that in my chip and pitch shots, and then I can test and find out of various elements in my technique.

Our brain learns by knowing a difference between two points.
If there is no difference, there is no learning, only reinforcing what is.
If that is bad habits, you continue improving bad habits.

To improve and refine, we need to know the difference between a movement, we need to feel it, see it, and hear it, we need to make the sensations of positions in our body relative to gravity and the movement into a measureable difference.

So, learning the golfswing this year is a much different experience than I ever had learning anything in my life.
I am discovering things, sensations, experiences, understandings and a lot more doing it this way that are a exploding wavelike effect.
I am improving so fast, so efficient that it almost seems to easy.

Its like that for me due to having had a hard time learning to swing a club before.
Now, I know what to do, how to do it, do a make over if needed of old habits, what I need to do becomes obvious and easy and the learning goes much faster.

As I progress I shift my attention of focus to various elements in my learning process.

Your ability to enhance your technique over time is important, refined the current level is needed to further enhance the thickness of your neurons that fire of the signals.
Each time we do it, the neurons grow thicker, stronger, and the signal value keeps increase.
Doing it correct is then important from the start, to get a good startpoint, then as we move along increase the density of the neurons until they are dense and thick and has strong quality in the signal.

Having a good technique is all about to teach the brain to know what neurons is needed to fire of.

Good habits are important to train properly from the start.

I am going over every point in my swing to make sure its done with the right sensations and correct performance.
This is then measured to the distance and sensations I have when swinging.

A work in progress.

/Robert Johansson
Re-New NLP.

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