In sports and in life, CONNECTION is as important as everything else put together.
When we believe that control is the only way to stay safe or escape a trap, it's easy to fall into the mindset that we need to achieve perfect alignment, with each element working together seamlessly. However, this perspective restricts everyone involved to merely the sum of their individual contributions.
We provide an immersive experience of being part of something that is greater than the sum of the parts. To embody a **Gestalt of connection**.
We don’t access a Gestalt by following instructions. We achieve this level of connection by observing and copying those in the Gestalt we wish to join, and processing the entirety of the experience so that we embody the Gestalt. It is easier to access a Gestalt when someone is shaping it for us.
HOW TO SHAPE A GESTALT - think Steph Curry and Antoine Dupont
1. Clarity. Ensure that the next move is apparent to everyone
2. Patience. Wait to see how everyone reacts
3. A Sense of Calmness. If the chosen move can’t be executed, stay calm, and allow another move of clarity to unfold.
The ability to experience genuine connection is a crucial life skill for the 21st century

Basketball - younger teenagers, all ability, mixed, @ Bushey (20)
Sun 09 Feb
|Bushey
Play basketball to enjoy being more human than machine.


Time & Location
09 Feb 2025, 18:00 – 19:00
Bushey, Aldenham Rd, Bushey WD23 2TD, UK
Guests
About the event
Coaches help everyone play without thinking like a machine. To enjoy being more human than machine.
One of the earliest examples of this type of coaching can be traced back to Phil Jackson and the triangle offense, which helps players constantly reset organic relational flowing movements, to consistently outsmart teams using mechanical strategies to stop his team's playing. Players are helped to move through these 3 steps.
3 steps to playing without thinking like a machine
Some people naturally live in Step 3 while others get stuck in Step 1 and Step 2. But given the determination to experience Wow moments most can get through to Step 3.
Step 1: Recognize the limitations of machine thinking.
Thanks to Dr Iain McGilchrist we now know how machine thinking impacts the brain. When machine thinking is in charge of how we see the world we only see what we need to see…
SkillsofWow.org is the governing body for those who coach the skills of Wow.
