Comments on: About learning http://bestthing.flyingpudding.com/2008/02/25/about-learning/ the best thing i learned today Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:09:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: jeremy http://bestthing.flyingpudding.com/2008/02/25/about-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-1650 jeremy Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:48:33 +0000 http://bestthing.flyingpudding.com/2008/02/25/about-learning/#comment-1650 Do they really still teach backstroke flip turns? In competitive swimming, and I also assume in master's swimming, the backstroke turn has been replaced with a half-stroke, roll-onto-your-stomach freestyle flipturn. Do they really still teach backstroke flip turns? In competitive swimming, and I also assume in master’s swimming, the backstroke turn has been replaced with a half-stroke, roll-onto-your-stomach freestyle flipturn.

]]> By: Michael http://bestthing.flyingpudding.com/2008/02/25/about-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-1637 Michael Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:14:40 +0000 http://bestthing.flyingpudding.com/2008/02/25/about-learning/#comment-1637 I also think it's interesting how we don't realize the learning process is taking place. Even as we get better at something, we focus on our imperfections and don't catch the fact that we may have improved. Maybe some of this is rooted in the fact that most people build confidence much slower than they build an actual skill. They need validation, self or otherwise, before they will accept that they're doing something well. It seems that individuals who have that confidence already are able to learn quicker. They expect to do well, and so they do. Or at least better than ones who don't expect to do well. In any case, good luck on the flipturns. I re-taught myself them last summer and forgot how much water I could swallow. I also think it’s interesting how we don’t realize the learning process is taking place. Even as we get better at something, we focus on our imperfections and don’t catch the fact that we may have improved. Maybe some of this is rooted in the fact that most people build confidence much slower than they build an actual skill. They need validation, self or otherwise, before they will accept that they’re doing something well. It seems that individuals who have that confidence already are able to learn quicker. They expect to do well, and so they do. Or at least better than ones who don’t expect to do well.

In any case, good luck on the flipturns. I re-taught myself them last summer and forgot how much water I could swallow.

]]> By: Brandon http://bestthing.flyingpudding.com/2008/02/25/about-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-781 Brandon Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:08:24 +0000 http://bestthing.flyingpudding.com/2008/02/25/about-learning/#comment-781 Hey this is cool. I have a related "Ratchet Theory of Learning." The idea is, you are trying to learn something and at the end of the process, you are totally confused. Then you forget a bunch of what you "learned", but you end up knowing more than when you started. So you sort of "ratchet" your way up by going too far, then sliding backward, but you land on a plateau that is higher than where you started. That's the hope anyway! I think this applies to exercise too. Maybe alcohol consumption, too. Hey this is cool. I have a related “Ratchet Theory of Learning.” The idea is, you are trying to learn something and at the end of the process, you are totally confused. Then you forget a bunch of what you “learned”, but you end up knowing more than when you started. So you sort of “ratchet” your way up by going too far, then sliding backward, but you land on a plateau that is higher than where you started. That’s the hope anyway! I think this applies to exercise too. Maybe alcohol consumption, too.

]]> By: gerard http://bestthing.flyingpudding.com/2008/02/25/about-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-773 gerard Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:04:10 +0000 http://bestthing.flyingpudding.com/2008/02/25/about-learning/#comment-773 great article today. My bro and i do some Tri's from time to time and the swimming training, while an absolute blast, always consists of me touching the wall and then turning around, lap after lap after lap. flip turns just seemed too hard and disorienting. i will have to renew my quest. haha... cheers! great article today. My bro and i do some Tri’s from time to time and the swimming training, while an absolute blast, always consists of me touching the wall and then turning around, lap after lap after lap. flip turns just seemed too hard and disorienting. i will have to renew my quest. haha… cheers!

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