FAILURE
Embracing the idea of failure is the best way to improve (in technical sports). It’s an overused cliché but failures really are a necessary part of progress.
Four examples from sport:
Embracing the idea of failure is the best way to improve (in technical sports). It’s an overused cliché but failures really are a necessary part of progress.
Four examples from sport:
1 - Juggling:
To learn to juggle you shouldn’t focus on catching but on throwing. It doesn’t matter if you don’t catch the ball. Trying to catch means your throwing becomes a desperate attempt to clear your hand for an incoming ball...
To learn to juggle you shouldn’t focus on catching but on throwing. It doesn’t matter if you don’t catch the ball. Trying to catch means your throwing becomes a desperate attempt to clear your hand for an incoming ball...
...this results in throws which are impossible to catch as you have headlessly thrown them outside your catching range.
2 - Tennis:
A beginner should concentrate on hitting the ball correctly not trying to get the ball over the net into the court. There are one hundred ways to hit the ball over the net; ninety-five of them are incorrect.
A beginner should concentrate on hitting the ball correctly not trying to get the ball over the net into the court. There are one hundred ways to hit the ball over the net; ninety-five of them are incorrect.
Failing to get the ball over the net but using the correct technique is far better than getting it over the net by playing pat ball.
3 - Ice Skating:
Most beginners concentrate on staying upright (falling hurts!) at all costs, so become tense and robotic. The fear of falling hinders learning the correct movement patterns. Embracing the idea of process over a negative outcome means faster learning.
Most beginners concentrate on staying upright (falling hurts!) at all costs, so become tense and robotic. The fear of falling hinders learning the correct movement patterns. Embracing the idea of process over a negative outcome means faster learning.
4 - MotoGP:
All the great riders are prepared to lose control as it is the only way to become a champion and push the boundary of riding possibilities. Riders who become afraid of falling off, retire.
All the great riders are prepared to lose control as it is the only way to become a champion and push the boundary of riding possibilities. Riders who become afraid of falling off, retire.
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