Trying to improve your creativity in west coast swing? The phrase “kill your darlings” comes from William Faulkner, who used the saying to express his writing advice. This advice has been echoed by many world-class creative people. The point behind this advice is that writers tend to get too attached to their darling creations, and … Read more
Everyone knows that you need to practice west coast swing in order to get better. What is less well known is what makes practice effective. In this post we will dig into something called deliberate practice. However I wanted to give you some other helpful models of practice for west coast swing Practice Styles for … Read more
This post is the third entry of a three-part series on practice models. The first two entries looked at the music model and the chess model. In this post, we will turn our attention to the sports model of practice. Practice for sports generally falls into two types: conditioning exercises and drilling specific critical skills for … Read more
Chess players improve their game by comparing their decision-making with the greatest chess minds of all time. A typical practice strategy involves recreating a situation from a past game. After the player has decided on the best move from that position, he or she compares that choice with the choice made by the master in … Read more
In a traditional musical performance, the musician knows exactly what will be expected on stage because the score is written down and shown to the musician in advance. In this scenario, what separates an okay musician from an exceptional musician is simply the quality of the performance itself. The Music Model of Practice To produce … Read more
by Brian B at west coast swing online
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