🏀 Practice makes permanent..
Not supposed to say practice without intentionality and you will play without intentionality
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Here’s what we’re serving up this week:
🏀 Encoding Success 📈
🏀 Must Add Actions 🎥
Horns🤘 Finland 🇫🇮
Dribble Finland 🇫🇮
Baseline Burn & Marion Cuts
🏀 Coaching Thought 💭
🚨BONUS - Drill Of The Week ⛹️
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Encoding Success 📈
The concept of encoding success from Practice Perfect by Doug Lemov highlights the idea that the way you practice determines what gets encoded into your brain and body. It’s not just about putting in hours; it’s about ensuring that the repetitions are deliberate, precise, and focused on the correct habits.
Key Takeaways on Encoding Success:
What You Repeat is What You Become
Every repetition builds muscle memory. If you practice with poor form or bad habits, those get encoded just as easily as good ones.
Practice doesn’t make perfect, more accurate to say that practice makes permanent.
Repetition with Precision
High-level performers break skills down and focus on execution at a high standard.
Reps should be short, frequent, and focused—quality over quantity.
Feedback Loops Matter
Immediate and specific feedback helps correct errors before they become ingrained.
Delayed correction = bad habits sticking.
Game Speed & Realism
Practice should mimic the demands of real performance. If you practice slow and sloppy, that’s what your brain encodes.
Train at game intensity to build transferable skills.
Retrieval Strength
Encoding is one thing, but retrieval matters. Practice needs to include recall under pressure—whether that’s in a game, a test, or a performance.
It all comes down to intentionality—what you allow in practice is what gets built into the player’s subconscious.