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.
Flow state training for All-Ability Adult Basketball players (1)
Wed 18 Jun
|St Albans
The flow state is a way to explain how the elite take their performance beyond the complete mastery of skills. We bypass the need to first attain elite-level skill mastery so everyone can experience the focus and performance of flow, using the skills they already possess.
Time & Location
18 Jun 2025, 18:00 – 19:00
St Albans, Hatfield Rd, St Albans AL1 3RQ, UK
Guests
About the event
Please use the gate off Upper Lattimore Road. https://maps.app.goo.gl/SRSj5V2hyjrAbDeE8
Flow state training stops players from doing this ...
One team would get a clear edge: organized, disciplined, and patient on offense. They wouldn’t blow the other team out of the gym, but they would get great looks every possession. They would build something like a 12-point lead.
The opponent responds by speeding up the game.
The team that had been in control starts to look completely different. Instead of staying patient, they join in and speed up. The game becomes a track meet of players running from one end to the next. All that has been practiced, by both teams, gets thrown out the window. Instead of running sets, it becomes one pass and shoot. Players taking early threes. Poor decision-making.
These are not bad teams.
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