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SEEMS TO ME THE REASON ATHLETES AND MUSICIANS RESIST MAKING CHANGES IN THEIR TECHNIQUE AND POSTURE, THAT WOULD LEAD TO A HUGE POSITIVE CHANGE IN PERFORMANCE, IS LEARNING THE NEW TECHNIQUE AND POSTURE.
What am I saying?
The gap between how you run or play an instrument, and doing these things with great ease and flawlessly, can be seen by a person, even before they start the transformation, as a huge mountain to climb.
If you believe that making a technique change in a sport or on an instrument is a difficult and very slow process, then it probably will be.
WE GET WHAT WE EXPECT, BECAUSE WHAT WE EXPECT IS WHAT WE BELIEVE. AND WHAT WE BELIEVE NEEDS TO BE TRUE, SO WE WON’T BE CONFLICTED BY WHAT WE EXPERIENCE.
In other words, being right is paramount, even if it makes life difficult.
The basis of this article is the biggest impediment to making changes in your instrument’s or sport’s technique is that believing learning is too hard. I want to explore this.
I could say the belief that learning something new/transformational is hard is not inherently true. It’s your belief that you believe this is so, that is the problem, but I won’t say this. 🙂
What do I say here? What great words of wisdom can I impart that will make a person want to run to the instrument or the track to make changes fearlessly in their posture and technique?
Whenever I have a project to make or fix, I can’t wait to get started. Is there something in this “can’t wait to started fixing or making something” feeling, that can be applied to becoming a superior musical performer or athlete?
When I approach a fix it or make it project, I gather and tools and go for it. I don’t say how I should use my body to get it done and what do I need to do to make it perfect.
If I think about puttering “right”, then the means, how I need to do whatever takes the joy out of fixing or making.
Is there a parallel here in transforming your sport’s technique and posture or your instrument’s technique and posture?
Actually the joy of the means or ends is flipped here comparing an instrument or sport, or me doing a project.
When I start a project, when the project is completed, this generates the joy and the doing it, for me is secondary. I can enjoy the getting there, but I’m happily pulled forward by the project completed mostly.
Actually the joy of the means or ends is flipped here comparing an instrument or sport, or me doing a project.
In refining your sport or musical technique and posture, the sport or instrument is somewhat under your control, mastered, but if you want to make the activity much easier you have to lose control.
The problem is this requires learning new technique and posture that interfere dramatically with performance.
CAN MASTERING NEW TECHNIQUE AND POSTURE IN RUNNING OR PLAYING A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT BE WHAT YOU RUN TO DO? CAN YOU SEE THE LEARNING AS FUN?
Yes!
We are talking here about flipping a whole lifetime of believing learning as hard to learning is fun.
Inherent in believing learning is hard, is that learning is long and tedious and slow to take hold.
IF YOU CAN BE OVERJOYED WITH LEARNING TAKES TIME AND IS NOT INHERENTLY DIFFICULT, THEN YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO JUMP RIGHT IN, NO RESISTANCE.
In other words, the means, the time it takes to learn something, can be as fun as when you have learned to play an instrument or run a race with great new ease.
