To become a masterful practitioner at anything, performers must train themselves to find delight in the most uncomfortable things. High performers and top athletes put the most work into the hardest things. They know that the more tolerance and pleasure they can muster for embracing the most difficult practice, the larger their zone of competence will become.
In most BJJ schools, the instructor teach you a move, you practice it with a partner. You might learn 2 to 3 moves a night. Afterward, they put you in situations - person on top has to XYZ, person on bottom, ABC. After that, live rounds. I recently watch a video where an instructor stopped teaching individual moves at his school. Instead, he has his students start in situations. He’s designed and broken down situations to the smallest concepts he can make them. He has his students practice them in live situations instead. I am newer to the sport, but I think he’s onto something. I think the concept would transfer well over to professional development.
In most BJJ schools, the instructor teach you a move, you practice it with a partner. You might learn 2 to 3 moves a night. Afterward, they put you in situations - person on top has to XYZ, person on bottom, ABC. After that, live rounds. I recently watch a video where an instructor stopped teaching individual moves at his school. Instead, he has his students start in situations. He’s designed and broken down situations to the smallest concepts he can make them. He has his students practice them in live situations instead. I am newer to the sport, but I think he’s onto something. I think the concept would transfer well over to professional development.
Your comment prompted this read - about an NFL quarterback new to BJJ
LEARNING HOW TO FALL
https://theathletic.com/4765589/2023/08/14/tua-tagovailoa-dolphins-jiu-jitsu-training/
Identifying and practicing those sub-routines!