Unique Brain—Teach Me the Way I learn!
Ever wonder why certain players accel at such faster rates than other players? Or even how some players grasp information so quickly while others don’t? The answer is very simple….”their brain”!
Everyone’s brain is different and each person needs their own personalized learning. Uniqueness of the Brain may affect us both as a learner and as a teacher. As a result there is no one size fits all approach nor is there a single recipe for learning.
Studies show that the Best strategies for learning will not only vary between individuals but may even vary within the individual.
You see, the brain is constantly active, even when you’re not doing anything, and every time you learn a new skill you change your brain. In fact all behaviors that a person engages in, positive or negative, are very important as each behavior changes the brain!
Constant Brain Waves
What’s critical to note is while the primary driver of change in the brain is BEHAVIOR, nothing is more effective to learning than PRACTICE! In fact, the more difficulty and struggle that one takes on during practice leads to greater structural change in the brain making way for increased learning.
Please take a minute and click on this link by renowned Neurologist and Brain Researcher Dr.Lara Boyd https://youtu.be/LNHBMFCzznE to Get a more insightful and in depth scientific explanation of how the brain relates to learning.
Dr. Lara Boyd’s studies show that there are three different ways in which the brain changes to support how we learn :
Chemical Change where the brain functions by transferring chemical signals between the brain cells call neurons (this supports short term learning
2 Structural Change is a physical change of the connections between neurons in the brain (this supports long term learning)
3. Lastly a change to support learning whereby altering the brain’s function. As you use certain regions of the brain to learn something that area becomes more and more excitable and easy to use again. During this process the brain shifts how and when they are activated and enlargens. This describes why certain individuals can strive in different areas of life (languages, traditional learning, music, sports and so on).
We’ve all been told as coaches that it takes 10,000 hours to master a motor skill. However, as some of us have experienced, we all need to know that some may take longer and others may take far less.
In Conclusion:
Everyone that reads this blog will not be the same as they were before they’ve read this. Each person’s brain would have changed.
Understand that everything our players do, encounter and experience will change and affect their brains. This can be for the better but can also be for the worse.
Let’s take the time to learn how each of our athletes learn best and incorporate those specific strategies that relate to each individual.
Finally, let’s practice specifically what each brain requires for greater growth (learning) with more difficulty, struggles, but also with positivity.
Let’s Go Build the brain that our players crave and need for growth and success!!