Man's supreme inheritance : $b Conscious guidance and control in relation to human evolution in civilizationAlexander, F. Matthias (Frederick Matthias)
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Man's supreme inheritance : $b Conscious guidance and control in relation to human evolution in civilization
If we employ as the fundamental in teaching the principles of conscious
guidance and control on a basis of re-education and general
co-ordination the following advantages should accrue:
(1) The pupil will be made aware of his specific defects in the
employment of his mental and physical organism in physical
performances.
(2) When he has been made aware of these defects, he can be taught to
inhibit the faulty movements, and his teacher can assist him to gain
slowly but correctly the necessary experiences in the correct use of
those muscular mechanisms which will enable him sooner or later to
govern them properly without the aid of the teacher, and to employ
them with accuracy and precision in his game of golf and other
physical performances.
(3) In the golf act under consideration he must first be given the
correct experiences in the use of the muscular mechanisms of the torso
and legs with the arms falling naturally at his side.
(4) The correct experiences should then be given with the use of the
arms in making the “up stroke.” When this act can be performed without
interference with the satisfactory conditions of the torso and legs,
the correct experiences should be given in making the “down stroke”
but without attempting to _drive_ the ball. This latter portion of the
whole act should not be attempted until the pupil is familiar with the
different movements described in 1, 2, 3 and 4.
(5) When the attempt to drive is finally made, the idea to be held in
mind is that of _repeating the experiences as a whole_ (in other
words, the “means whereby”), not the idea of making a drive. If the
pupil holds the “end” (i.e., making a drive) in mind he will at once
revert to all his old subconscious habits in the use of his mental and
physical organism, whereas, on the other hand, if he holds in mind the
“means whereby” (his new correct experiences) he will sooner or later
put them correctly into practice and make his drives with an accuracy
and precision which will give the maximum of satisfaction and
pleasure.
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