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 (21)
Sun 23 Feb
|Bushey
Play basketball without thinking like a machine
Time & Location
23 Feb 2025, 19:00 – 20:00
Bushey, Aldenham Rd, Bushey WD23 2TD, UK
Guests
About the event
We consider basketball to be the most fluid and relational sport. Yet, many coaches and players are trained in a mechanical manner. To enhance their ability to read the game's flow to create something new from the relationships between everyone around them - we teach coaches and players to play without thinking like a machine. A skill that can be applied to all sports and life.
Playing without thinking like a machine means performance is the ability to create something new from the relationships between those around us. Wow moments. Based on assessments from our peer-reviewed coaches, players who only try to control how events unfold, will be asked to leave.
We approach inclusion with a human perspective and create teams where each person contributes to creating something new from the relationships between everyone around us all. Wow moments. Based on assessments from our peer-reviewed coaches, players who only try…
SkillsofWow.org is the governing body for those who coach the skills of Wow.