Category Archives: Practice

PRACTICE PERFECTS RULES: NAME IT, INTEGRATE THE SKILL, MODEL AND DESCRIBE

  PRACTICE PERFECT RULE #11: NAME IT Name each skill or technique you have identified as an important building block for outstanding performance. Monitor the use of this shared vocabulary: use the names, ask staff to use them, and then ensure that the names are being used correctly. Create a name for warm-ups, technique drill, […]

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PERFECT PRACTICE RULE #3: LET THE MIND FOLLOW THE BODY

Stress learning skills all the way to automaticity so that participants can use them automatically–and before they consciously decide to. Build up layers of related automated skills so that participants can do complex tasks without actively thinking about them. Automate fundamentals, but also look for more complex and subtle skills that may also respond to […]

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PERFECT PRACTICE RULE #2: PRACTICE THE 20

identify the 20 percent of things you could practice that will deliver 80 percent of the value. Practice the highest-priority things more than everything else combined. Keep practicing them:  the value of practice begins at mastery! Save time by planing better in advance. Engage participants by repeating productive drills with minor variations instead of constantly […]

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