8 sept. 2014

Triathlon and Developing Elite Triathletes



This is an old subject in training.  I was trained as a Medical Doctor in different countries.  In Mexico, the amount of patients seen by medical students was important; regardless of what we were able to see in the patients, there was no follow up or a debriefing from the experience because of time constraints due to amount of patients and the number students per patients.  In the USA, we had a limited number of patients, normally around six patients to learn from and we had to follow them up as long as we stay in the Service.  We were paying for the learning process and evaluated our teachers as students, knowing that we had to pass the boards to continue the training.  In Switzerland, the amount of patients seen was limited by the pathology; the population was homogeneous and the illnesses were quite similar as well as treatment.  In Switzerland, the pressure to perform well is not as important as in the USA; time is what makes the expert.  The medical doctor performs according to the context and it is considered adequate performance in the three places by patients, e.g., one treats patients not illnesses.  I would prefer to be treated at the Mass General if I would have an emergency because an emergency is unique and it just has a single-chain procedure.  The same thing for producing champions; it does not matter what context you are in, the basis to perform at a high level are unique regardless of the context.
The model of limited number of patients to study at exhaustion is what makes the best doctors to treat emergencies, in addition to practicing emergencies.  Practicing testing is very important, so every race should be a test like any other test:
Learning from mistakes and error detection also require task-specific practice, such as practicing psychometric tests online. As the psychometric test taker you need to be aware of your errors in order to learn from them. The link between the importance of testing your performance on psychometric tests through practicing psychometric tests online is obvious. In order for you (or a novice in any activity) to test their work, it is necessary for them to undertake practice activities such as online psychometric tests, whereby the results will inform you whether (and where) or not you have made mistakes. This error detection ability of online psychometric testing allows a form of supervised practice, feedback and evaluation.
This is what we should apply in triathlon, limited number of competition, treating them as the best to perform-well-experience.  It means, studying the race before hand with a debriefing after the race to help the team and athletes to gain experience; studying the race knowing beforehand the amount of watts that are going to be used on the bike according to the terrain, and the speed needed to win running. We speak about the going-to-be pro and not the Gómez who can have 20 competitions a year and still have a debriefing to learn from.
Cycling uses different formats in different countries, they compete even when they are not ready to compete, just to improve form.  We fell into the trap that pianists are familiar with:
We like to think that sitting down at the piano is good.
“Practicing is good.”
We think.
But it’s estimated that 93%+ of pianists don’t know how to practice piano properly.
And about 70%+ of the time they spend at the piano is a waste of time.
Why?
Because they don’t know how to practice.
What’s Wrong with “Traditional” Practicing?
Play, stumble, and repeat. For hours. Fingers, pull hair.
It’s a waste of time.
And it ruins your technique.
It’s like running. You’ll be slow and awkward if you just move your legs.
To be a fast, efficient runner, you need to shift your weight forward, move your eyes up, propel yourself with your pumping arms, and much more.
Competitive runners have these instincts almost ingrained.
It’s the same with playing piano– playing piano means doing much more than just moving your fingers.
Most of the time, you forget about your other organs and focus just on your fingers.
You’re built on a system; your brain churns, your heart pumps– your hidden organs aren’t working any less than your fingers.
In fact, they’re hidden because they work harder and they’re most important– they need to be protected.
And you need to work with them.
The key to practicing piano is to practice holistically, as a whole person, instead of just with your fingers.
- See more at: http://artiden.com/the-4-deadliest-practice-mistakes-ever/#sthash.H7ryg3XF.dpuf
Speaking about hormones and gene induction, it takes at least two weeks to have a gene induction.  Two weeks after a good practice to have the benefits, monocycles lasting six weeks appears the best.  It involves a good recovery and three weeks of good practice.  After six weeks we can have the testing (the race) and the following debriefing. 

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