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Listen to the Message

Posted in New Posts, News on May 5th, 2010 by Troy Miles

It’s easy to half-hear and miss critical elements that connect understanding – even when  you’re interested in the information. Program yourself to listen  intently to the “message of the moment.”

The brain is extremely clever about  creating distraction — particularly when change is involved.  Be aware of tendencies that may stop you from actually getting the most out of exchanges.  Think about when you miss a key word and get behind in a conversation. Sometimes it’s hard to catch up, but who wants to appear as if they weren’t listening?  If you are interested in a particular message, you may find these rules of engagement helpful.

1) Be aware of defensiveness to new or “different” information.  Program yourself to resist the urge to suppress, discount or disprove. Give yourself a chance to grow.  Your brain will try to use your emotions (fears, doubts) against you to derail progress.

2) Open your “Circle of Understanding.” It’s tough because  you already  have a full circle of everything you know presently.  Unfortunately, you don’t know what you don’t know.  Therefore, circles come in all sizes.  Get in the habit of allowing yourself  to think of new information as potentially  upgradable or expandable material rather than as a replacement program per se.  This will help your brain cooperate and allow you to fully engage in the exchange.  This is key in conceptualizing what is being said.  There’s usually something of value in the words. By opening your “Circle” you’ll be better  able to determine the V level or validity of the message.  If the information is verifiable and you see how you can benefit, the  crucial next step is to get past your brain to start the process of integration or expanding your circle of information and skill.

3) Don’t allow yourself to feel overwhelmed.  Ask as many questions as necessary to move forward.

4) Incorporate “Mental Repetition.” (see: “Mind Matters… Over and Over”)  Take time out (30 minutes) to revisit the new information in your head.  It’s amazing how much it impacts retention and performance.

The ear hears, the brain receives  and your job is to make sense of the information and put it to use.

Education = Acquisition          Application = Performance


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Mind Matters…Over and Over

Posted in New Posts, News on February 26th, 2010 by Troy Miles

Skill acquisition is a matter of the mind… over and over again.  It requires extreme focus and an intentional act of exercising dominion over the brain. As a human being you have the capacity to do unbelievable things. What you need to do is convince your brain that what you want to achieve is possible. In order to believe , you have to envision it or experience it …  You must continually interject commands to your brain to make it perform in a particular manner until it is fully automated.

You can train your brain for gain in the direction you choose. It is a struggle at first. The brain fights hard to hold on to the established function (old program)… I tell players all the time not to be discouraged by the discomfort of change – particularly if it is a change for the better… You can expedite change by doing both physical and mental reps. Mental-repetition is the process of visualizing performance without physically doing the function…  However you slice it, it still equates to a lot of hard work on the right materials. Every rep you perform counts. You are either moving in a positive direction toward perfection or a negative one towards a world of higher degree of difficulty.

When you are called to action – to shoot a basketball or execute a dribble maneuver – your brain spins and it lands on one of the programmed slots for performance.  In this case you would typically shoot exactly according to your existing script. With enough positive repetition your technical wheel for shooting can be filled with slots of the optimal way to perform .

It is a tough task to make changes to your system.  But once change is programmed in, however the struggle, it will be just as difficult for your brain to operate outside of the “new” programmed material… Still, you must believe that you will be able to perform regardless of the environment or pressure of the moment.

This level of confidence and “swag” does not come cheap. It will cost you literally thousands of positive repetitions to create the proper defaults and emotional resolve for consistent quality performances.

Many of us have seen the movie the Matrix… this film will help you understand programming (skill acquisition) as it relates to Virtual Play.

In the movie, acquisition was a matter of plugging into the chair and having information downloaded directly into the brain. The information downloaded was designed for optimal performance. Programming in Virtual Play is very similar, only there is no chair and you are required to download the information manually – repetition by repetition. The television game show “The Wheel of Fortune” outlines the principles of programming.

On the show, the slots on the wheel are full of dollar amounts and prizes. The contestants spin the wheel and it lands on a certain slot. It rarely lands on the same slot more than once, but it always lands on a slot. Your brain, similarly, is “The Wheel of Function” (Diagram 2A) with slots full of programmed information of how you perform or do certain things. 

 

The bottom line:  you must pay to play in a special way. Everyone wants to, but who actually gets to?

-The Virtual Game of Basketball-

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