When performance falls below the sum of the parts, the least effective response is to focus on putting the parts back together.
We provide the full Gestalt experience offered by basketball and swimming. Be part of a connected, dynamic creative whole that is more than the sum of the parts. A Gestalt. We ask that you stop trying to be a part in a system of parts. To put attention on the connections between all the parts and anticipate when to offer a teammate an option as their options dwindle.
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Gestalt - the ultimate life skill - for the 21st century.
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Basketball is the ultimate expression of team Gestalt
On paper, basketball serves as a perfect cohesive whole for Gestalt. Ten players in a relatively confined space, anyone can score from any position, and everyone can move anywhere with minimal restrictions. Within the cohesive whole offered by basketball, players create dynamic connections for performance that is greater than the sum of the parts. A Gestalt.
However, it is easier for many coaches to coach many players to play parts within set systems of play. This denies access to the full Gestalt offered by Basketball.
Experiencing Basketball as a dynamic connected whole that is something greater than the sum of the parts—a Gestalt—requires players to stop thinking they will fail if they don't execute their part of a set play.
To put attention on the connections between all the parts and anticipate when to offer a teammate an option as their options dwindle.
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Swimming as the ultimate expression of internal Gestalt
Swimming exemplifies the concept of internal Gestalt beautifully. Our ability to swim relies more on the connections between the parts of the swimming stroke than on the actual parts themselves.
However, it is easier for a large number of teachers to teach a larger number of people to swim by assembling standard parts into a unified standard of performance. But this denies access to the full Gestalt offered by swimming.
Experiencing swimming as a creative dynamic connected whole that is something greater than the sum of the parts—a Gestalt—requires swimmers to stop thinking they will fail if they can’t put standardized parts into a standardized stroke.
Swimmers attend to the connections between all the parts of a swimming stroke to anticipate when to change the timing and spacing of connections.
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In the 21st century, mastering Gestalt skills is crucial, as AI surpasses our ability to assemble parts.
Preserving our Gestalt helps us prevent the need for therapy to unpack the parts we have put together.
Because technology-driven connections encourage us to think about putting parts together, it is essential to continually practice our *Gestalt*; otherwise, we risk losing it.
Community events for using the dynamic connections found in sports to train Gestalt.
St Albans and surrounding areas
All-ability adults play Basketball (6)Sun 12 AprWatford
Late paymentThu 31 DecAL3 5LH
All-ability adults swimDate and time is TBDLocation is TBD- League-level BasketballDate and time is TBDLocation is TBD
Using our Gestalt skills to solve problems.Date and time is TBDLocation is TBD
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In the 1990s, I was tasked with pinpointing the elements of human connection that could be effectively integrated into an innovative online collaboration platform known as Lotus Notes, as well as identifying those that could not.
I classified the forms of connection into two categories: measurable and immeasurable. The measurable connections are for agreeing on a sum of parts and allocating these parts for people to play. These were moved online. The immeasurable connections could only be done face-to-face and involved creating something greater than the sum of the parts, a phenomenon known as *Gestalt*.
As the Internet and Google began to rise, I shifted to using my connection skills to assist struggling technology projects on the verge of failure. By emphasizing the connections between all parts, I ensured that every project was completed on schedule.
After that, I focused on home-educating my children. My eldest was hyperactive, unable to concentrate on a single thing at a time, or remain still for very long. I discovered that this was due to his deep immersion in the connections surrounding him, known as Gestalt, which left him with a limited sense of self. By playing basketball together, we created a connection between us that led to him developing his sense of self amidst his Gestalt immersion. While I learned how to immerse myself in a Gestalt, my second son had withdrawn into gaming, so I reversed what I did for my eldest and drew my youngest into Gestalt.
During the lockdown, I began a six-year exploration into how "thinking about how to put parts together" influences brain function. The brain utilises two distinct approaches to engage with our surroundings. One involves selecting and assembling parts, while the other involves seeing the connections between all the parts to anticipate what is about to happen. Trying hard to put parts together takes away the ability to anticipate. We are often surprised when events fragment our assembled parts, and we don’t know why performance falls below the sum of the parts.
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