“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them”

Albert Einstein once said “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them”

Sometimes let your athletes think outside the box when it comes to solving problems in sport

In sport and movement in general there is always going to be a fundamental way that is taught to make a play or move

Fundamentals should always remain the priority

However movement is complex, and athletes need to explore that movement and what they can accomplish

Especially when they are kids, let young athletes have fun and make plays that look wild, that’s how they are going to learn

For example, in baseball if the ball is in the hole between short and 3rd let the shortstop make a Derek Jeter jump throw

Performing this new movement is going to build upon neural networks in the brain and with continued practice, the athlete can strengthen those networks and maybe even make that throw one day

How do you think Derek Jeter did it? Repetitions

This isn’t fundamental so it would be frowned upon by most coaches, but every once in awhile you have to let your athletes explore what they’re capable of in sport and movement in general

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