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THIS WEEK’S FOCUS IS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF REPETITION FOR MASTERY

Repetition is foundation for all learning and mastery. Many teaching approaches avoid substantial repetition for fear of boredom.  But, according to experts, repetition, if done correctly, can be meditative and even help us create a pathway to deeper understanding of our bodies.

According to the National Academy of Sport Medicine, the fitness principle of specificity states that the body’s adaptation or change in physical fitness is specific to the type of training undertaken. Doing the same exercise or drill over several times a day and on consesuctive days will help the body adapt to handle more repetitions and load for that exercise or drill .

The Value of Repetition

While sometimes repetition can work against us, there are positive potentials of repetition. Understaning, adeptness, and command of a skill come about when we learn a set of principles and practice them to mastery.

In golf and fitness training, we should practice and repeat simple, fundamental movements to the point that they become natural and comfortable.  Once we can control the movement and do it with ease, then we can increase the range of motion and and speed of  that movement and even add a load or more complex patterns.

We should constantly repeat the foundational training principles on a daily basis.

1. For golf, those fundational movements include: dynamic set-up, body motion, hand and arm swing.
2. And for fitness ,the foundational movemets include: push, pull, squat, hinge, and a loaded carry or core exercise.

Duration, variety, and intensity are far less important than repetition. Variety and advanced exercises and drills only progress from practice and repeating the fundamentals.

This week we will doing the same exercises every day. By repeating the same exercises your body will become accustomed to the movements so that they will feel natural and comfortable.

Repetition for Mastery-