Overlearning hyperstabilizes a skill by making processing inhibitory-dominant
Practice doesn't make perfect. Rather, practice makes Permanent - locks it in. And perfect practice makes perfect.<p>Practicing the wrong way is like having a bad habit. The habit (practice) is bad but it locks in nonetheless.<p>Perfect Practice<p>To reach perfection, care has to be taking when practicing to encode things the right way. Good coaches accomplish this by:<p>1. Slowing down the action e.g. playing a piano or a violin at a painfully slow rate to make errors more noticeable<p>2. Chunking - breaking down the skill into smaller components and practicing these chunks separately. E.g. tearing music notes into pieces and practicing the notes separately<p>Books: Little Book of Talent, The Talent Code