You made a comment about getting into skill acquisition recently. I have too, and have really been moving away from the information processing theory and more towards the ecological dynamics approach and contraints led tasks. I'm doing this mostly in my personal life, teaching a kids and dad jiu-jitsu club where we are focusing on outcomes (not in the goal setting model) or a specific task, i.e. explore ways to get behind your partner with a certain set of limits. It's been really interesting and making me rethink skill acquisition as a whole and habit formation. While I'm learning about this it is making me rethink things in the true philosophy realm as well, namely epistemology and the development of virtues via Plato and Aristotle. I think there's a lot of to explore here.
I am curious what have you been diving into related to skill devlepment?
What a provocative post! I loved reading about the reframing of how we are approaching mental health. As an LPC, that conversation intreagued me, and I will pursue reading from your recommendation on Freedom Model! Adding to this discussion, I am curious about spirituality and faith's role in mental performance. After watching the swimming Olympic trials and seeing what an anchor faith was to many of the athletes, I personally am curious about the role of one's faith/belief system in motivation and identity. Keep up the great work Russ!
Yeah, there is a lot of literature on spirituality but not a lot on faith. I have student right now who is doing a dissertation on religious faith and how professional hockey players are experiencing faith. It’s a qualitative study, but has the potential to eventually compare with identity and motivation so certainly happy to share as it wraps up.
Ben! Sorry I missed this. A book I started getting into more was called The Talent Code. Interesting read on skill development.
Hey Russ,
You made a comment about getting into skill acquisition recently. I have too, and have really been moving away from the information processing theory and more towards the ecological dynamics approach and contraints led tasks. I'm doing this mostly in my personal life, teaching a kids and dad jiu-jitsu club where we are focusing on outcomes (not in the goal setting model) or a specific task, i.e. explore ways to get behind your partner with a certain set of limits. It's been really interesting and making me rethink skill acquisition as a whole and habit formation. While I'm learning about this it is making me rethink things in the true philosophy realm as well, namely epistemology and the development of virtues via Plato and Aristotle. I think there's a lot of to explore here.
I am curious what have you been diving into related to skill devlepment?
What a provocative post! I loved reading about the reframing of how we are approaching mental health. As an LPC, that conversation intreagued me, and I will pursue reading from your recommendation on Freedom Model! Adding to this discussion, I am curious about spirituality and faith's role in mental performance. After watching the swimming Olympic trials and seeing what an anchor faith was to many of the athletes, I personally am curious about the role of one's faith/belief system in motivation and identity. Keep up the great work Russ!
Yeah, there is a lot of literature on spirituality but not a lot on faith. I have student right now who is doing a dissertation on religious faith and how professional hockey players are experiencing faith. It’s a qualitative study, but has the potential to eventually compare with identity and motivation so certainly happy to share as it wraps up.