Most subjects are taught by putting parts together. Apart from the very best teachers and coaches, how this alters brain function is overlooked, so no time or resources are allocated to correct it.
We train Gestalt connection skills to restore the brain function lost by putting parts together. To get more than the sum of the parts.
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Gestalt connection skills - the ultimate life skill - for the 21st century.
Why we play Basketball To Train Gestalt connection skills
Basketball serves as an excellent medium for training Gestalt connection skills because it has minimal rules specifying which players must fulfill particular roles at any given time. While coaches design specific plays, these are not rigidly dictated by the game's rules. This means the connections between parts played by players are just as important as the parts themselves.
Coaches curate these parts by choosing players and strategies. Gestalt connection training prompts players to put their attention on the connections between all the parts and move to provide a teammate with an option at the moment theirs are dwindling.
With a coach overseeing the player selection to execute parts and us focusing on the connections between all the parts, players in team sports evolve into a cohesive, dynamic, and creative unit that is more than the sum of the parts—a Gestalt.
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Why we use swimming to train internal Gestalt connection skills
Swimming exemplifies the concept of internal Gestalt beautifully. Our ability to swim is based as much on the connections between the parts of the swimming stroke as the parts themselves. A good swimming stroke is connected dynamic whole that is more than the sum of the parts. An internal Gestalt.
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. Because of how putting parts together alters brain function, this denies access to the full Gestalt offered by swimming.
We help swimmers access the full Gestalt experience offered by swimming.
We stop swimmers from trying to put standard parts in a standardized stroke. We focus on the connections between all the parts and anticipate when to change the frequency of connection between the parts.
Your swimming stroke becomes a connected, dynamic, creative whole that is more than the sum of the parts. A Gestalt.
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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
Late paymentThu 31 DecAL3 5LH
All-ability adults swimDate 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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