Cipivts wrote:Thanks Doug,
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I read couple of chapters from book 1 yesterday, and i think i have more clarity now on how the phantom move should work together with what should happen during transition. Think i will need the drills to be able to fully execute, as both the body and the brain need time to compose the movements.
You're welcome, Cipi.
Everyone needs the drills. Our bodies do not learn movements from intellectual understanding. Our bodies learn movements by doing movements.
Example: you can tie your shoelaces (a complex sequence of movements) in a few seconds, even blindfolded.
Now try tying a mirror image knot. Bet you can't do it in less than 10x the time, or at all if blindfolded. Your brain has a good intellectual understanding of what you're trying to to do, but that won't help your fingers make these unpracticed movements
Even if you wrote out complete instructions with photos (Anyone Can Be An Expert Shoelacer!) you'd still need 1000s of practice repetitions to tie a backwards knot as quickly and easily as the knot you tie now.
The best way to learn a new movement sequence is to break it down into pieces and practice each one until your muscle memory absorbs the lesson... ie, drills. This is what PMTS does.
If you think about the shoelaces example, you'll realize why performing every drill correctly, in order, is necessary.
- Do the drill wrong and your body will learn the wrong movement.
- Do the drills out of sequence and you'll train your body to do things in the wrong order.
- Skip a drill and your body will learn nothing, and will revert to some other movement that it already knows.
Either way, your poor shoelaces will be a mess!
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You said on another thread that you're a visual learner. The videos on the HSS website would be very helpful.
Cheers!