Paying attention to the cohesive whole.
Whenever players and coaches are asked about how they won a close game, they nearly always say how they connected as a cohesive whole. Yet, little attention is given to training the ability to sustain a cohesive whole.
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To avoid limiting performance to simply trying harder to execute the parts, we should set aside time to train the ability to sustain a cohesive whole. To recall the childlike joy of connecting as a whole without an algorithm directing us. Connect to experience something greater than the sum of the parts. To embody Gestalt. Experience what is beautiful, true, and good. To embody the full human experience.
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We build an awareness of the whole from seeing the connections between all parts. We shape this whole, so new opportunities emerge as current ones dwindle. Two of the most effective activities for training this are basketball and swimming.
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Community events focus on *Embracing Joyful Connection Beyond Algorithms*.
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For sports clubs, we enhance performance by training players to sustain a cohesive whole. Contact us.
Basketball - adult, all ability, mixed, @ Bushey (14)
Sun 05 Jan
|Bushey
Adults of All Abilities Join Together for a Collaborative Basketball Dance. Come and experience how we enhance performance without relying on automation. Instead of viewing opponents as obstacles, we focus on building relationships to maneuver past them. Together, we dance.
Time & Location
05 Jan 2025, 19:00 – 20:00
Bushey, Aldenham Rd, Bushey WD23 2TD, UK
Guests
About the event
The session is run some of our teaching members. They know when they see machine-mindedness on the players' faces. They know when players are waiting to act until they spot a direct path to score and target winning a collision with an opposing player who is the way. While physicality is acceptable, it should be used to create space for maneuvering around opponents not going through them. Relationships run the play not machines. This approach allows players more time to execute their basketball skills, leading to improvement, which is a pleasant side benefit. The primary aim of this session is to help us move away from machine-mindedness. To be more human than machine.
By attending this event you are accepting peer review from our the attending teacher members. Learn more at https://www.skillsofwow.org/wow
SkillsofWow.org is the governing body for those who coach the skills of Wow.