Confidence... an abstract idea. How do we know we have it and how much. If I was to say "It cold" and leave it at that. Each of us would put a different value as to what is cold. Discussion in Degrees, freezing, chilly what ever.
In the Quest to Perfection Confidence is the anchor which measure your ability. Confidence in others is easier than self confidence so Blind Lawn Bowls got to show you confidence in others and what you can do. We saw how teaching by the coach in Blind Lawn Bowls build confidence. The poster by Cyber-nation.com says "With Confidence you can reach truly amazing heights; Without confidence even the simplest accomplishments is beyond your grasp. Jim Loehr".
In Bowls do we teach for confidence.? Not really, although some skill developing drills by Australia bowls is approaching it.
But is teaching for results building Self Confidence. ? "No". We learn from good results that we can do the shot... but without transfer of this knowledge to the subconscious mind; we cannot let the total action be done. We will stay in control and adjusting errors we made to regain "Confidence" I've done it and I can do it again. In the Zone, the mind know how to do it.. you believe in yourself and let it happen.
Where does Confidence apply in a sport... Before starting the action ?? During the Action?? After the results are seen ?? Being visual Impaired the Blind Lawn Bowls student must have confidence in themselves, in their Coach, in their love of the sport and the freedom it allows them.. the previous blog said it all where words could not. Asking yourself, do I have confidence in what I can do. (if I was blind ??)
Here we will see Confidence building. That fine difference of "I can do it" to "Oh my God, I did it". Being amazed is the food feeding the subconscious mind's confidence.. Gosh I remember today, 40 years later amazing things I did with confidence. In the petanque video below... I was doing those shots with my eyes closed... Developing subconscious control transfer. Amazed top world athletics to the point of asking my advice and help in their training.
First, "Practice make perfect"."Results makes confidence"... but most important " Perfect Practice make Perfect Confidence". In the example of Archery and the subconscious mind taking control of a small micro-second action for 144 repeat performances and has only 50 near misses (9 instead of 10 where 10 is the center of the target)
How long does it take to achieve this level of perfection. Would you believe that in just two years after joining the sport, "Danelle Wentzel (left) from South Africa, becomes the first woman on the African continent to join the International 1400 Club, and one of the few who have achieved this score(over 1400 points) in the world".
In Archery competition, a FITA 1440 is 144 arrows with 10 points for centre shot at 4 distances and most top scores are 1380 or more. To date, three world archer hold the high score possible, 1419 Danelle was coached by 1400 archer and world record holder Seppie Cilliers. How important is good practice ?? Is it also a good coach. But also confidence in "relax and do it" teaching.
Next we will look at Petanque. Why.?? because, if Practice is what makes confidence and a good defined practice is important watch this video. Mark is setting up the same shot and going back and trying it over and over.
First let understand the practice. When it becomes time to do the shot, the practice is to transfer control to the subconscious mind. Like a baseball player throwing a baseball the Petanque player doing his takeout action has no interference. Just a ball through the air to a target. Mark is not an elite... just a player like you and me.. What this video does not show, is.that Mark each time before shooting again, sets up the same shot and walked back to try again.
As a petanque player I know 100 times, 200 times is common in a practice.
. What is Mark's objective in practice a takeout shot...(one part of petanque, like a drive in Bowls) There is in this video clearly. 2 objectives..
1 - A carre... and to not hit the cochon (jack).Like in Bowls, what good is it to remove the bowl with a drive, if you also reposition the jack.
Carre... which you see in the photo, is a term in french for a takeout shot which when performed, the shot ball remains in the other ball position.( no rebound after the point of contact). This stop action photo shows the shooter ball (shiny) staying in the location of the takeout ball, which is flying away. Petanque players will tell you this is 1 in 20 or 40 shots. Like the archer they try to get it's occurrence to almost every shot.
2 - In the stop action photo (right) we see the shot ball being removed and the cochon (yellow) still there. This youtube video shows Mark's practice as being 4 different shooter skills.. Takeout of point ball with a Carre, takeout ball without touching the cochon (jack). Takeout ball located between other of his points balls and finally take out the cochon ( jack).. ( I watch one American Challenge game in Montreal where at 19 - 19 (single game finises at 21 like bowls) the cochon (jack) was removed 4 times in a row rather than give up the point..
What is important at this point is... each time Mark made a shot at the ball for a takeout...he released control to the subconscious mind. His success gave the subconscious mind confidence and confirmation that that was what was wanted.over and over the mind is learning.. Can you imagine such a Bowls Practice such precision and development of a unique ability.
Like the Petanque player who starts being able to do the take out.. (just hitting the ball) then advance to precise hitting "Carre". The practice is not to roll the bowl to a spot.. It is to allow the subconscious mind to roll the bowl to a spot. When you feel this happen without your being aware of it you have started to see.
Well, in the follow video of Crown Lawn Bowls we see instinctive or total relax delivery to the jack. Remember the green of Crown Bowls is not flat... Sort of a small hill in the middle and games are played along the side of that slope. Now I am not saying this is how bowls should be played.. Just how to relax.
In this Youtube video we see a natural "let it go" delivery. developed over years. Like the petanque Player throwing his ball... just think the shot and make the shot happen. Confidence.
Summary... We have seen in 2 years a new member of a sport reach the top world players in her sport. Perfect Practice. Then we have moved to a different, closer to Bowls sport which shows a practice of repeat repeat and repeat. This is necessary for the mind to have control.. But not totally.. Here in Crown Bowls we see a style a bit like Ryan Bester. On the mat, roll and do the shot.
In the next two blogs with this base of understand, I will attempt to show how to let the subconscious mind take control.
The previous blog explained how the Conscious mind controls everything we do. Yes at times we do allow instinctive or the sub-conscious to take control. And d a great performance without our control.
Tiger Wood on Youtube.com " Visualization in his Golf Game " tells how sometimes he is without knowledge of what happen from beginning the shot until it was finished. " "I have black out moments", I remember starting but "I know I was there, but I don t remember actually performing the golf shot". This will happen to you too... I hope you believe it could be that easly.
In Archery, Let the arrow and target be one in you mind. Go to the target, (when the mind lets the sub conscious take control) and draw the arrow to the point you want. Been at the target (in my mind) when the arrow hit was a strange feeling the first time.. sort of like it was hitting me. Yes, out of body, unaware of what i was doing.. maybe just so concentrated on the idea of being at the target that the sound of the arrow brought my mind to reality.
However, the practice was to be busy while the mind send the arrow to the target..When I started, my mind would go a short distance and often coming back as I released the arrow. Finally it went all the way.
In petanque, if you check competition shooters on you tube. you can see that previsionalization action and know they are doing the same mine to target; before letting the sub conscious take control to throw the ball.. Yes it is a moment of absence of mind but also part of the training and practice in confidence..
In Bowls do we teach for confidence.? Not really, although some skill developing drills by Australia bowls is approaching it.
But is teaching for results building Self Confidence. ? "No". We learn from good results that we can do the shot... but without transfer of this knowledge to the subconscious mind; we cannot let the total action be done. We will stay in control and adjusting errors we made to regain "Confidence" I've done it and I can do it again. In the Zone, the mind know how to do it.. you believe in yourself and let it happen.
Where does Confidence apply in a sport... Before starting the action ?? During the Action?? After the results are seen ?? Being visual Impaired the Blind Lawn Bowls student must have confidence in themselves, in their Coach, in their love of the sport and the freedom it allows them.. the previous blog said it all where words could not. Asking yourself, do I have confidence in what I can do. (if I was blind ??)
Here we will see Confidence building. That fine difference of "I can do it" to "Oh my God, I did it". Being amazed is the food feeding the subconscious mind's confidence.. Gosh I remember today, 40 years later amazing things I did with confidence. In the petanque video below... I was doing those shots with my eyes closed... Developing subconscious control transfer. Amazed top world athletics to the point of asking my advice and help in their training.
First, "Practice make perfect"."Results makes confidence"... but most important " Perfect Practice make Perfect Confidence". In the example of Archery and the subconscious mind taking control of a small micro-second action for 144 repeat performances and has only 50 near misses (9 instead of 10 where 10 is the center of the target)
How long does it take to achieve this level of perfection. Would you believe that in just two years after joining the sport, "Danelle Wentzel (left) from South Africa, becomes the first woman on the African continent to join the International 1400 Club, and one of the few who have achieved this score(over 1400 points) in the world".
In Archery competition, a FITA 1440 is 144 arrows with 10 points for centre shot at 4 distances and most top scores are 1380 or more. To date, three world archer hold the high score possible, 1419 Danelle was coached by 1400 archer and world record holder Seppie Cilliers. How important is good practice ?? Is it also a good coach. But also confidence in "relax and do it" teaching.
First let understand the practice. When it becomes time to do the shot, the practice is to transfer control to the subconscious mind. Like a baseball player throwing a baseball the Petanque player doing his takeout action has no interference. Just a ball through the air to a target. Mark is not an elite... just a player like you and me.. What this video does not show, is.that Mark each time before shooting again, sets up the same shot and walked back to try again.
As a petanque player I know 100 times, 200 times is common in a practice.
. What is Mark's objective in practice a takeout shot...(one part of petanque, like a drive in Bowls) There is in this video clearly. 2 objectives..
1 - A carre... and to not hit the cochon (jack).Like in Bowls, what good is it to remove the bowl with a drive, if you also reposition the jack.
Carre... which you see in the photo, is a term in french for a takeout shot which when performed, the shot ball remains in the other ball position.( no rebound after the point of contact). This stop action photo shows the shooter ball (shiny) staying in the location of the takeout ball, which is flying away. Petanque players will tell you this is 1 in 20 or 40 shots. Like the archer they try to get it's occurrence to almost every shot.
2 - In the stop action photo (right) we see the shot ball being removed and the cochon (yellow) still there. This youtube video shows Mark's practice as being 4 different shooter skills.. Takeout of point ball with a Carre, takeout ball without touching the cochon (jack). Takeout ball located between other of his points balls and finally take out the cochon ( jack).. ( I watch one American Challenge game in Montreal where at 19 - 19 (single game finises at 21 like bowls) the cochon (jack) was removed 4 times in a row rather than give up the point..
What is important at this point is... each time Mark made a shot at the ball for a takeout...he released control to the subconscious mind. His success gave the subconscious mind confidence and confirmation that that was what was wanted.over and over the mind is learning.. Can you imagine such a Bowls Practice such precision and development of a unique ability.
Like the Petanque player who starts being able to do the take out.. (just hitting the ball) then advance to precise hitting "Carre". The practice is not to roll the bowl to a spot.. It is to allow the subconscious mind to roll the bowl to a spot. When you feel this happen without your being aware of it you have started to see.
Well, in the follow video of Crown Lawn Bowls we see instinctive or total relax delivery to the jack. Remember the green of Crown Bowls is not flat... Sort of a small hill in the middle and games are played along the side of that slope. Now I am not saying this is how bowls should be played.. Just how to relax.
Summary... We have seen in 2 years a new member of a sport reach the top world players in her sport. Perfect Practice. Then we have moved to a different, closer to Bowls sport which shows a practice of repeat repeat and repeat. This is necessary for the mind to have control.. But not totally.. Here in Crown Bowls we see a style a bit like Ryan Bester. On the mat, roll and do the shot.
In the next two blogs with this base of understand, I will attempt to show how to let the subconscious mind take control.
The previous blog explained how the Conscious mind controls everything we do. Yes at times we do allow instinctive or the sub-conscious to take control. And d a great performance without our control.
Tiger Wood on Youtube.com " Visualization in his Golf Game " tells how sometimes he is without knowledge of what happen from beginning the shot until it was finished. " "I have black out moments", I remember starting but "I know I was there, but I don t remember actually performing the golf shot". This will happen to you too... I hope you believe it could be that easly.
In Archery, Let the arrow and target be one in you mind. Go to the target, (when the mind lets the sub conscious take control) and draw the arrow to the point you want. Been at the target (in my mind) when the arrow hit was a strange feeling the first time.. sort of like it was hitting me. Yes, out of body, unaware of what i was doing.. maybe just so concentrated on the idea of being at the target that the sound of the arrow brought my mind to reality.
However, the practice was to be busy while the mind send the arrow to the target..When I started, my mind would go a short distance and often coming back as I released the arrow. Finally it went all the way.
In petanque, if you check competition shooters on you tube. you can see that previsionalization action and know they are doing the same mine to target; before letting the sub conscious take control to throw the ball.. Yes it is a moment of absence of mind but also part of the training and practice in confidence..
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