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Practice Makes Permanent
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Keywords: Theory, Proverb
Dieter: I am so free to quote from
MYTH: Practice makes perfect.
MYTH: In order to play fast I have to practice fast. Application to GoBlueWyvern: Two points. One, I'd imagine that is a big difference between amateurs and professionals. Amateurs have practiced a lot of bad habits and have to work on getting them out, whereas pros don't get bad habits to begun with, having rigourously trained from early. Two, I totally agree with playing slow at first. I find I absorb a concept and can play it a lot faster if I use it in slow games first as I am learning said concept. I'd also imagine that if you play a pile of fast games, you will have a harder time picking up your mistakes at first, but because of constant repetition, they can become permanent real fast. ... WilliamNewman: But Go practice isn't just practice in execution, but also practice in noticing and understanding things. If you are trying to learn to track animals, find promising places to drill oil wells, or diagnose diseases, you should probably allocate some of your time to survey a large number of cases, not spend all your studying a small number of cases very carefully. And while hasty misunderstanding of a few of the numerous cases is not helpful, as far as I can see it doesn't impair your execution of plans in the same sense that mispracticing a bad habit in golf or guitar might impair your ability to do it right. Path: Study · Prev: PlayerSAge · Next: This is a copy of the living page "Practice Makes Permanent" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |