There are no shortcuts to any hard skill worth achieving. No magic pills, potions or gadgets. No fast tracking. No easy way. The secret is sweat. When it comes to skill development many people choose mediocrity whilst they proclaim to be chasing more. When they arent. They dont want to put the effort in to learning their fundamentals and foundations and honing and sharpening these tools over and over and over again. Doing countless perfect repetition after perfect repetition until it becomes ingrained in the body. Till it becomes second nature. And even when it is, going back to the drawing board and honing and sharpening and perfecting. That is the art. To really get their form right. They choose variety and intensity before basic technique, ignoring the magic in the mundane otherwise they cry boredom. Name one sport where you can get to a high level, where this can possibly happen where variety and intensity is trained before solidifying good form and technique? Variety and intensity for variety and intensities sake? So Tiger Woods didnt do thousands and thousands of drives down the greens and a million putts to the hole? Federer a million forehands, backhands and serves down the court? Jordan doing dribbles, jump shots from around the key, free throws and lay ups to the basket? Ali or Tyson countless hours working footwork and their basic punches. Are you kidding me? The best athletes in the world understand the importance of this sort of training. Somehow other people think that they know better than walking the path of the greats before them. That they will get the same result without the discipline and dedication. The mediocre often insist on freedom from structure and stress, get bored easily and need to be constantly entertained rather than simply knuckling down and working hard. It reeks of self entitlement and instant gratification. And they often need constant approval and validation with their unearned self respect. Funny enough they always have terrible form and technique. Even after years of apparent training. The whole thing is you earn what you get. Do the work you get the results. And it starts with the right mental attitude to training and years of due diligence. Being ok with having bad form and not addressing your deficits simply means you have a bad attitude. You didnt care enough to learn it properly. So stop bullshitting yourself and put in the work, the sweat and make the sacrifices to do it properly. Constantly searching and working on form and technique regardless of how basic it is, is often what separates the greatest from the rest. The most amazing athletes I know who have the best form and technique never stop sharpening their tools, working on their form. Its a never ending search and journey to be better everyday.
Posted on: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 23:28:34 +0000
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