Comments on: The Peak-Performance Myth http://blog.oup.com/2009/10/performance/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:48:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mark Rudoff http://blog.oup.com/2009/10/performance/comment-page-1/#comment-225785 Mark Rudoff Wed, 03 Aug 2011 13:39:03 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=5763#comment-225785 Thanks once again, GK, for articulating an important point about professionalism. Too often I see students blocked from getting work done because they are sidetracked by a chimeric search for peak performance. In sports, the true professionals are the ones who can deliver -- and win -- on the days when they do not have their best stuff. In "Playing Off the Rail," author David McCumber describes the state of "being in dead stroke," the way pool players talk about being in the zone. But the point, for guys who make their living shooting pool, is that the dead stroke state is rare. A professional relies on hard-won technique, intelligence and experience to win, and accepts as a gift the days of being in dead stroke. Thanks, as always, for Musician's Way. Thanks once again, GK, for articulating an important point about professionalism. Too often I see students blocked from getting work done because they are sidetracked by a chimeric search for peak performance. In sports, the true professionals are the ones who can deliver — and win — on the days when they do not have their best stuff. In “Playing Off the Rail,” author David McCumber describes the state of “being in dead stroke,” the way pool players talk about being in the zone. But the point, for guys who make their living shooting pool, is that the dead stroke state is rare. A professional relies on hard-won technique, intelligence and experience to win, and accepts as a gift the days of being in dead stroke.

Thanks, as always, for Musician’s Way.

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