tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743510240401399331.post176253563235728138..comments2023-09-30T23:22:48.898-07:00Comments on Improper Course: What Game Are You Learning To Play?Doug / Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05161131921177367663noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743510240401399331.post-17576251483526604442015-03-20T13:01:33.497-07:002015-03-20T13:01:33.497-07:00Interesting thoughts. Over and over I'm remin...Interesting thoughts. Over and over I'm reminded that people aren't one design. Be it natural talent, handicaps that predispose them to excellence, a perfect racing physique, brilliance in tactical observation and execution, etc. Once you get the boat as one design as possible, you get to see alot of variety in how each sailor goes about achieving success, failing to find it, or just treading water. Kind of like navigating our way through life ... most of us have to repeat the same lessons over and over to learn and others just get it immediately and take off./Pamhttp://www.impropercourse.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743510240401399331.post-58584246128210908272015-03-16T14:02:16.927-07:002015-03-16T14:02:16.927-07:00Another layer to your assessment is natural talent...Another layer to your assessment is natural talent. My grandfather is a HOF baseball player from the 30s and 40s. He had a .311 lifetime batting average over 13 years in the majors and once told a group of college players that hitting was the simplest thing in the game. He said "Just watch the ball contact the end of the bat and flick it out over the SS head". When I was ten, I watched a 65 year old retired major leaguer shoot ten out of ten skeet, hand thrown, with a .22 rifle. I'd never seen anyone do that let alone my old grand dad. You see, he had 20-5 vision or a "god given" tool that most mortals only dream of. Without that eyesight, he would never hit the ball. Doug and the sailors at the top of the fleet have their own version of 20-5 vision, whether it be physical or mental. No matter how much time spent in the boat, you either have or you don't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743510240401399331.post-17937692190320577392015-03-07T19:04:49.733-08:002015-03-07T19:04:49.733-08:00Well written observations. Thanks for sharing. As...Well written observations. Thanks for sharing. As for time on the water, it seems to me absolutely necessary. A land drill or even reading about a technique can be useful but only the real environment of being on the water can give it a real feel, with lots of other details cluttering around. And of course, the whole idea of keeping your head out of the boat can only be learned on the water.Keep Reachinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11251896778558452358noreply@blogger.com