I used to be a professional dancer and I would say that one has to find a balance of practicing enough to get very proficient but not in a way that is driven and overworking yourself especially the older you get. Over working does not get better results. For me it was just keeping a steady pace of doing something most days, staying strong, flexible and in the "groove" if that makes sense, but not necessarily repetitive unless I was trying to master certain movements. But for sure the execution of what a 20 yr old could do vs a 40 or 50 yr old changed and I never could be as good as a 20 yr old at certain things. I was a professional performer from age 35- 50+ but this was not a hard driving profession like pro sports are. No need to overwork if you had a good foundation of skills from early on. Still the younger women had the most impressive skills & performances. I was never sore. I just enjoyed it and made a little money performing & teaching.
1. If you wear a guard during exercise, could you “practice a bit harder” and still be ok?
2. If you are doing athletics for fun: sport, pursuing a movement goal…at what point does it become a problem vs. a benefit?
3. And while obviously not 100% of the time, it does seem a fair number of athletes are also beautiful people with good biomechanics?! So are you saying the biomechanics allow them to exercise vs the exercise providing the outcome?!
Again super interesting read. Thanks for any follow up :)
1- yes absolutely. Just make sure its flat and not fitted
2- its only ever a problem if your bite is locked because exercise changes the bite and so there is wear on the teeth. Never a problem if you have a flat mouthguard in my view.
3- yes of course. Biomechanics are why they became top athletes. That is the foundation. There is still technique and strategy involved... im not saying that doesnt exist. Jaylen Brunson is a great example of that.. he doesnt really have the biomechanics of a nba player but he's one of the best in the game right now.
But do i think tons of practicing is gonna make him better at this point? No i think itll make him worse.
I used to be a professional dancer and I would say that one has to find a balance of practicing enough to get very proficient but not in a way that is driven and overworking yourself especially the older you get. Over working does not get better results. For me it was just keeping a steady pace of doing something most days, staying strong, flexible and in the "groove" if that makes sense, but not necessarily repetitive unless I was trying to master certain movements. But for sure the execution of what a 20 yr old could do vs a 40 or 50 yr old changed and I never could be as good as a 20 yr old at certain things. I was a professional performer from age 35- 50+ but this was not a hard driving profession like pro sports are. No need to overwork if you had a good foundation of skills from early on. Still the younger women had the most impressive skills & performances. I was never sore. I just enjoyed it and made a little money performing & teaching.
Ok, this article sparked some questions;
1. If you wear a guard during exercise, could you “practice a bit harder” and still be ok?
2. If you are doing athletics for fun: sport, pursuing a movement goal…at what point does it become a problem vs. a benefit?
3. And while obviously not 100% of the time, it does seem a fair number of athletes are also beautiful people with good biomechanics?! So are you saying the biomechanics allow them to exercise vs the exercise providing the outcome?!
Again super interesting read. Thanks for any follow up :)
1- yes absolutely. Just make sure its flat and not fitted
2- its only ever a problem if your bite is locked because exercise changes the bite and so there is wear on the teeth. Never a problem if you have a flat mouthguard in my view.
3- yes of course. Biomechanics are why they became top athletes. That is the foundation. There is still technique and strategy involved... im not saying that doesnt exist. Jaylen Brunson is a great example of that.. he doesnt really have the biomechanics of a nba player but he's one of the best in the game right now.
But do i think tons of practicing is gonna make him better at this point? No i think itll make him worse.
Thanks so much for your responses on these. Very helpful, regarding the mouth guard, and insightful, about the high level athletes!
When you say "flat mouthguard," you're referring to your Reviv device, right? I don't speak English, so I get confused by the terminology.
yes Reviv is a flat mouthguard. But so are Myobrace, Toothpillow, Shockdoctor, PosturePro, etc
Thanks