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Why we play Basketball To Train Gestalt connection skills
We play basketball to train Gestalt connection skills because there are no part-specific rules, e.g., scrum half in rugby, or a goalkeeper in football. With a few restrictions, everyone can move and score from anywhere.
By training the skills of connecting parts separately from learning parts, players can sustain both for longer—becoming a true Gestalt team where the whole exceeds the sum of its parts.
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Why we use swimming to train internal Gestalt connection skills
Swimming allows us to experience our bodies as integrated wholes rather than collections of parts. The water supports and surrounds us completely, giving feedback to every movement and creating a unique sensory environment where we can develop internal awareness. This awareness of our internal gestalt—the complete, unified perception of ourselves—is fundamental to how we move through water and through life.
By training the skills of connecting parts separately from learning the parts, it is possible to ensure swimmers can do both and exceed the sum of its parts—a true Gestalt of swimming—for longer.
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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 to correct the brain function altered by putting parts together.
St Albans and surrounding areas
Older adults and adult beginners play Basketball to train Gestalt connection skills (5)Wed 15 AprLoreto College, St Albans
Late paymentThu 31 DecAL3 5LH
All-ability adults swim to train Gestalt connection skillsDate and time is TBDLocation is TBD
Using our Gestalt skills to solve problems.Date and time is TBDLocation is TBD
My
Story
Get to Know Me - Jon Thorne
My entire career has been dedicated to exploring how the brain connects to the world around us.
In the 1980s, I identified which aspects of connection are most effectively achieved online and which should remain face-to-face interactions. I then used basketball to offer autistic children and adults a rich, immersive experience of authentic connection. Following that, I spent six years studying how putting parts together alters brain function. I now train a connection skill called Gestalt to correct the brain function altered by putting parts together.
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