Let’s stop being less than the sum of our parts
Let's connect as a Gestalt. Let's create something greater than the sum of our parts. Let's connect for more, not less.
Practice and planning aim to prepare for scenarios when things don’t go as expected. When players commit to fulfilling a specific role within a collective effort, it’s natural for them to focus solely on executing their individual part flawlessly. Inevitably, there will be times when the ability to perform parts declines to the point where the sum of parts starts to fragment. Players with all their attention on executing their part feel disoriented and overwhelmed, leading to fundamental mistakes that are uncharacteristic of their usual performance. The team becomes less than the sum of its parts at the very moment they need to become more than the sum of its parts.
Addressing this challenge isn’t about pushing players to execute their parts with greater precision. Rather, it involves nurturing connections to create something greater than the sum of the parts—a *Gestalt*. Players observe the big picture of what is going on around them, waiting for opportunities to step in and offer previously unseen alternatives as someone’s options begin to dwindle. Players know they have each other's backs as they navigate the unknown, instilling a belief that they can achieve anything together.
However, if players neglect to consistently practice this *Gestalt*, the ability of today's technology to measure ever more will divert players' attention back to perfecting the execution of fixed parts in a fixed sum of parts. They will lose their ability for Gestalt.
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Come play Basketball - league-level adults - Hemel
Thu 06 Nov
|Hemel
This is the opposite of a scrimmage. We don’t react to the first opportunity that comes our way. We experience authentic connection that can only be felt by ourselves and never wholly measured or coached. We build nuanced, layered, flowing connections of team basketball.
Time & Location
06 Nov 2025, 21:00 – 22:00
Hemel, Hill Common, Hemel Hempstead HP3 8JH, UK
Guests
About the event
This is the opposite of a scrimmage. We don’t react to the first opportunity that comes our way. We experience authentic connection that can only be felt by ourselves and never wholly measured or coached. We build nuanced, layered, flowing connections of team basketball.
It is at Longdean Sports Centre. https://goo.gl/maps/
The entrance is not via Longdean school. There is a separate entrance that you can only find by just putting the post code in - HP3 8JH
- off Hill Common. The easiest way is to use “What3Words” and they are ///guard.forks.fries
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