Read this if you can't do a layup

Hi friend,
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Have you ever heard of part-practice?

It's exactly what it sounds like – practicing something in parts instead of trying to sensei master the whole thing at once.

I used this all the time in the clinic when teaching people how to walk again and recently used it to teach a friend how to do a basketball layup.

In order for me to be successful in helping my friend do a layup for the first time in her life, I have to know:

🏀 What parts to isolate

🏀 How to teach each part

🏀 How to connect them

This is especially effective if you actually know how to perform a layup – even if you're not a professional basketball player.

But here's the thing...

If it takes you years to master a smooth lookin' layup in order to teach it, everyone else that wants to learn from you has to wait for you to get it down.

But what if you understood enough to teach a single part to the next person as soon as you get it down?

Perhaps you could help each other out along the way.

Even just the satisfaction of seeing someone learn from your process can give you a nice lil boost of confidence as you keep moving forward.

This is exactly what I realized I could be doing when I decided I want to share more of my process on YouTube.

But there's a big-ass butt to this...

Sharing the process doesn't mean sharing unprocessed sh*t.
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​Like imagine if I tried to show my friend how to do a layup but I had no idea how to use the backboard or how to dribble the ball – just for the validation of trying.

She'd be like, "ok this is awkward and suddenly I'm not interested in learning how to do a layup anymore – at least not from you."

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I've learned that when it comes to sharing complex and/or sensitive experiences, you owe it to yourself to digest the information rather than thinking out loud in public when you don't have a solid insight or grounding thought to carry with you.

But you can definitely take this way too far and over process sh*t.

Imagine if I told my friend, "Actually brb, I needa get drafted into the WNBA, cross up A'ja Wilson, and then I'll teach you how to do a layup."

My friend would've turned to dust on the court before learning to do a layup.

🤡 🏀

As nice as it is to have all the steps figured out – ready to be taught all at once, it's not required to let other people start learning from you.

It also just makes it harder to share all the things rather than sharing more of the bite-sized stuff.

This is why part-practice is so awesome.

Sharing the mini-breakthroughs as they land helps others more than saving them all for some hypothetical future masterpiece.

Sharing in grounded motion also means:

👉🏾 More consistency

👉🏾 More authenticity

👉🏾 More connection

👉🏾 Less load per share (which means lower stakes)

So when deciding between when to share and not to share a learning experience, ask yourself:

🏀 Have I processed this enough to speak from insight and not regrettable word vomit?

🏀 What part of this is valuable to someone else now – even if I’m still learning?

Gonna go get this next part down,

✌🏾Simie✌🏾

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