The Head Edge Part 1
Topic- Deliberate Practice + Visualization = Optimal Performance
Terms to define
Deliberate Practice + Visualization = Optimal Performance
Years ago, there was an interesting study that involved college basketball players:
Topic- Deliberate Practice + Visualization = Optimal Performance
Terms to define
- Deliberate = purposeful, predesigned, calculated, focused
- Visualization = the process of imaging, seeing in your mind’s eye, envisioning, creating a mental picture
- Optimal = greatest, highest, maximum, most favorable
Deliberate Practice + Visualization = Optimal Performance
Years ago, there was an interesting study that involved college basketball players:
For three months, one group shot free throws for one hour each day. Another group spent an hour each day thinking about shooting free throws. The third group shot baskets thirty minutes a day and spent thirty minutes visualizing the ball going through the hoop from the foul line. Which group do you think improved its free throw shooting the most? The third group did! The visual and mental training had an impact on accuracy.
Whether you are an athlete, musician, singer, debater, orator, or actor, the following equation applies:
Deliberate Practice + Visualization = Optimal Performance
Luke MacLean
Annandale Middle School and High School Activities Director
Source: Mind Gym: An Athlete’s Guide to Inner Excellence by Gary Mack with David Casstevens
Deliberate Practice + Visualization = Optimal Performance
Luke MacLean
Annandale Middle School and High School Activities Director
Source: Mind Gym: An Athlete’s Guide to Inner Excellence by Gary Mack with David Casstevens