Thank you Frank, that is exactly what I was saying! but I couldn't be
bothered to reply to siff
Anna
-----Original Message-----
From: Frank Underwood <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Saturday, 5 September 1998 3:51
Subject: Re: PERFECTION & SPINAL PARADOX
>
>On Thu, 3 Sep 1998 [log in to unmask] wrote:
>
>> "Anna" <[log in to unmask]> wrote in reply to my posting:
>>
>> MEL
>>
>> >>***I also used to quote this popular saying until I realised that this
>> >is perfect nonsense. If one has already achieved perfection in practice,
>> >why would it be necessary to practice any more - to make perfection even
more
>> >perfect? No, perfection develops by allowing the body to practise its
>> >error-correcting mechanisms on imperfect or approximate solutions to
motor
>> >problems.
>>
>> ANNA
>>
>> >****no, to maintain it
>>
>> MEL
>>
>> That still does not answer my rhetorical question. One still has to
acquire a
>> level of perfection before one can practise perfection, so how does one
reach
>> that level of performance in the first place? None of us has ever seen a
>> beginner display perfection of movement in any activity, not even the
world's
>> greatest athletes, so one always has to begin from a state of magnificent
>> imperfection!
>>
>> Dr Mel C Siff
>> Littleton, Colorado, USA
>> [log in to unmask]
>>
>
>Mel & Anna;
>
>The phrase "perfect practice makes perfect" does not imply, at least to
>me, that the performance of the motor act is perfect, merely that the
>individual is doing everything possible to attain perfect performance.
>Eventually, perfect practice will result in perfect performance, at which
>point further practice may help maintain the perfection.
>
>If an individual is performing a motor task but is not attending to (or
>focusing on) the elements of the task, the practice is not perfect, and
>will lead to imperfect performance. If the individual is focused on the
>task, improperly executed elements will be noted and altered with
>subsequent perfect practice.
>
>It is the practice that is perfect, not the performance.
>
>Does this make sense?
>
>Frank Underwood
>Evansville, IN
>
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