What do you guys think about it? do you think mentally repping moves in your mind helpful? can it add actual reps?
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What do you guys think about it? do you think mentally repping moves in your mind helpful? can it add actual reps?
I tend to take notes on the techniques we learned that day and write stuff down the way I'll remember it. I do think about the warm ups in my head to try and remember them, I want them memorized so I can do them in my sleep.
Hahahah, I do it unintentionally while im stoned, I'll just zone out and think of where I either fu^ked up in a roll or where something works, it just happens, it'll happen to you too lol
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Originally Posted by Martin Campbell
have you tried repping it mentally in first person in great detail?
haha nice. i was wondering if before going to bed or when their is some quiet time, just close my eyes and mentally rep things. wonder if that can help get the technique down better. like getting extra reps in. get me?Quote:
Originally Posted by dpoland
Yes, burns a new pathway in your brain.
100%! Been doing it a lot recently... Helps keep all the little details into my head so when I go to roll with people I can more readily remember them. Better than doing nothing at all!
I would say yes and no. It helps you see the moves helping with reaction times because you sequence that lead to it. And you should have somewhat even if its a little bit, a better understanding of the mechanics of the move. But there's definitely an element of what I call the matrix effect (where Neo knows the move intellectually but his body still requires sometime to catch up) for new moves and after having long periods off from training.
If you can't 'see' yourself do it, you won't do it. However, mental reps generate and grow from actual reps.
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Originally Posted by Andrew "Chewie" James
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Originally Posted by Paul McKeown
thanks for the reply guys! since i havent had a gym to train at, i started doing this like a week ago. lets see how it goes. lol.
I think its helpful before a tournament to know what your best move is for each position and visualize using it so you react quickly instead of hesitating in a position, thinking about what you should do.
Never no. I tend to day dream about different things I want to try or work on more, but never mentally replying in first person. You really feel the benefit from it?Quote:
Originally Posted by arthur_v
yeah it has helped me stay sharper, like i remember a technique quicker in a roll. try it out and tell me your results. im curious to see if its a "placebo" on my part.Quote:
Originally Posted by Martin Campbell
I feel like all i do is think about moves when im not training. Mostly i zone out when people are talking and im just getting my mental reps in. Plus im pretty sure that is how moves get created.
I think there's definitely some benefit to visualization. Read up on mirror neurons if you're interested in this topic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_neuron
tl;dr summary: There are neurons in your brain that fire the same when you observe an act as they do when you actually perform that act. So maybe observing reps can help establish the same neural pathways that are formed from doing actual reps.
I hate my job, so I do it all day at work. I think Visual reps help commit techniques to memory. This morning I was visualizing doing a electric chair sweep straight into a raver roll back take.
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Originally Posted by arthur_v
thanks man. im definitely going to read up on it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarett Smith
No prob. It's pretty new to me, but it sounds promising/interesting. I heard about it in one of Stefan Kesting's Grapple Arts videos on youtube.Quote:
Originally Posted by arthur_v