Ep. 6 On Unconscious Incompetence
Episode 6 of the Mary Wanless - Ride With Your Mind podcast, hosted by Mary Wanless BHSI BSc, titled "Ep. 6 On Unconscious Incompetence" was published on April 25, 2020 and runs 19 minutes.
April 25, 2020 ·19m · Mary Wanless - Ride With Your Mind
Summary
Send us your feedback! New students commonly begin by telling me what’s wrong with them, and what they know they SHOULD be doing. Their problem really is ‘premature automation’ - when they first learned their up/downs, they automated a pattern that was far from biomechanically correct. So now they face the challenge of ‘rewiring’ themselves, and they have to become ‘consciously competent’. Will elite riders talk to you about the ABC’s of riding, or its XYZ’s? An analogy to icebergs expl...
Episode Description
New students commonly begin by telling me what’s wrong with them, and what they know they SHOULD be doing. Their problem really is ‘premature automation’ - when they first learned their up/downs, they automated a pattern that was far from biomechanically correct. So now they face the challenge of ‘rewiring’ themselves, and they have to become ‘consciously competent’.
Will elite riders talk to you about the ABC’s of riding, or its XYZ’s? An analogy to icebergs explains the answer!