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.
Club players train the relational skills for team chemistry
Thu 09 Oct
|Hemel Hempstead
We play basketball to put all attention onto the relationships of connections that can only be felt and never wholly measured. Often described as a state of flow. Players develop skills to quickly enhance team chemistry.
Time & Location
09 Oct 2025, 20:30 – 21:30
Hemel Hempstead, Hill Common, Hemel Hempstead HP3 8JH, UK
About the event
"The online social world is the biggest factor stopping us from developing the relational skills to enhance team chemistry."
In 1994, I was among the first to explore which aspects of face-to-face communication could be transitioned online. Upon discovering that these are all social interactions that can be measured, I redirected my focus toward training skills of relationships of connections that can only be felt and never wholly measured. Coincidentally, these skills correspond with those necessary for fostering team chemistry in sports: the ability to enhance the intangible relational bonds between players.
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It is at Longdean Sports Centre. https://goo.gl/maps/
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