Basketball and Swim to Embody the Full Human Experience
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. Embody the full human experience.
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To embody the full human experience requires a sustained connection to the whole while executing parts. But learning parts lowers the ability to connect as a whole.
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A successful team merges individual skills into a sustainable, cohesive whole. Players connect to give each other options when a teammate's options dwindle. The team becomes more than the sum of its parts. This idea is often referred to as **Gestalt**.
When coaching focuses predominantly on the technical aspects of a sport, it narrows the player pool to those who excel in executing technical skills. To players who dispute and argue over technicalities that most do not comprehend. Consequently, the team, spectators, and the sport diminish.
This is avoided by creating time for players to train their connection skills to sustain a cohesive whole.
To avoid limiting the human experience to trying harder to execute the parts, we separately train the perception of the whole. We embody the full human experience.
By looking at the connections between all the parts, we perceive the whole. We embody the whole by moving to provide a teammate with an option as their own dwindles. This is why we play basketball and swim.
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