Holistic approach to athlete performance final

Holistic Approach to Athletic PerformancePeter Spence11 December 2008

Sport Knowledge Australia. Elite Sports Coaching Symposium 2008

Rohan Veal Moth Class World Champion 2005, 2007 Photo by Thierry Martinez

Danah Zohar, ‘Rewiring the Corporate Brain’ – …on Transformation

Holistic Approach to Athletic Performance

Apply innovative, holistic approaches to create breakthroughsChart your own breakthrough ideas as they emerge….

Sea Gypsies - incredible adaptive powers of the

human body: Water vision; holistic visionary sense

Holism BalanceWaves of change – perhaps Holistic Tsunamis ‘Rewiring holistically’:

Foundations for Holistic Tsunamis

Overcome mechanical thinkingBe open to lateral thinking….Ideas at the intersection

Intersectional Thinking

Directional & intersectional ideas. Examples….Music, Architecture, Restaurant Menus

Stimulation of human powers through Holistic Tsunamis approach

Breakthroughs & Neuroplasticity – Neurological conditioning e.g. Sailing, Cricket, Squash, Cycling, SAS.Art, Dance, Music, Circus Arts, Intention as stimuli

Eastern and Western Thinking

Differences between E & W

Lessons from ancient wisdom.

Immanent breakthroughs in Human

Coping systems – SDiWorld is trending towards greater complexity; systems have adapted

Concluding thoughts on

Holism

‘Holistic Approach to Athletic Performance’ by Peter Spence - Discussion Map

Sea Gypsies Holism Holistic

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Chart your own impressions and connections for breakthroughs….….like Georges McKail (CSTC Melbourne meeting report 10 Nov 2008)


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The Maken people, Sea Gypsies of South Burma

The powers of human adaptation:


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http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0504/sights_n_sounds/

The Maken live on the ocean


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Children in a Maken (sea gypsy) fishing village on Phi Phi sit underneath a tsunami warning sign.

The Maken people escaped the Tsunami of December 2004

Nature ‘felt’ the coming of the Tsunami of 26 December 2004


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http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0504/sights_n_sounds/

Maken divers can see clearly

Swedish researcher Anna Gislén, stresses that her research is just a single example of the incredible adaptive powers of the human body

"I think that the human body is extremely flexible, much more than we may be aware of," she said.

Question:

What else is there?

Which innate capacities have the greatest potential for breakthroughs and extreme performance?


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Holistic Balance approach: Balance in sport and life;Good citizensRespectful competitors

…. ‘calm seas’ Commendable

….and safe!


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HOLISM (from the Greek, Holos, meaning ‘everything,’ ‘whole,’ ‘total’)

….is the idea that the properties of a system cannot be determined or explained as the sum of its component parts alone.

Instead, the system as a whole determines, in an important way, how the parts behave. ….and the outcome of the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

(Adapted from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holism)


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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holism

We can use the holistic approach to ride performance waves…..


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…. even some significant performance swells


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The Holistic approach to Athletic Performance enables you to ride real surges….of Tsunami proportions


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The Holistic Tsunami approach….Tapping the hidden powers and accessing the invisible connections to achieve transformation and Extreme Performance


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“Most transformation programs satisfy themselves with shifting the same old furniture about in the same old room. Some seek to throw some of the furniture away. ”

Danah Zohar‘ReWiring the Corporate Brain; using New Science to

Rethink how we structure and lead Organizations’ (1997)


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“But real transformation requires that we redesign the room itself. Perhaps, even blow up the old room. It requires that we change the thinking behind our thinking – literally, that we learn to rewire our corporate brains.”

Danah Zohar‘ReWiring the Corporate Brain; using New Science to

Rethink how we structure and lead Organizations’ (1997)


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Change‘You never change things by fighting the existing reality.To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.’

R. Buckminster FullerQuoted in: “A Vision for 2012; planning for extraordinary change.”by John L. Petersen (2008)


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Question:

In applying the Holistic Tsunami approach, should we shift the same old furniture, perhaps throw some awayor do we need to redesign (or even blow up) the old room?


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Existing (Western) Worldview

....a mechanical world, dominated by the advances of the Scientific Revolution


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‘Over the last three centuries, modern science has taken us on a journey to explore deeper and further into the mysteries of the physical world. But the price we have paid for increasing clarity in seeing the outer world has been the progressive blindness of our inner sight.’

Ervin Laszlo & Jude Currivan“CosMos; a Co-creator’s Guide to the Whole-World” (2008)


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Galileo Galilei 1564-1642

Rene Descartes 1596-1650

Isaac Newton 1643-1727

Key players in the Scientific Revolution


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Foundations for

Holistic Tsunamis


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Focus on synergies in the whole ….don’t separate into parts


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Nature is self-organising, creative & powerful ….beyond our ‘wildest’ dreams


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There are many ways! Each human is unique ….as is each situation


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Everything is interconnected ….the ‘space in between’ makes the difference

Fritjof Capra, ‘Web of Life’ and ‘Hidden Connections’Sea

Gypsies Holism Holistic Tsunami

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….ideas at the intersection

Openness


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Lorenzo de’ Medici (‘Michelangelo; a man misunderstood’ by Michael White (2004)

Intersectional Thinking ‘The Medici Effect’

by Frans Johansson (2006)


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Intersectional Thinking:Break the

Associative Barriers

“The more mutually remote the elements of a new combination, the more creative the process or the solution.”

‘The Medici Effect’, p.69


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Think Young; Think Fresh.

Learning from a new field, whether one is young or old, can help break down associative barriers.


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“almost always the men who achieve… fundamental inventions of a new paradigm have been either very young or very new to the field whose paradigm they change.”

Thomas Kuhn, ‘The Structure of Scientific Revolutions’


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Intersectional Breakthrough 1

Mike Oldfield & Richard Branson (Virgin Records)

Intersection of Rock Music and Classical Music e.g. ‘Tubular Bells’


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Intersectional Explosion of Musical Concept Combinations

The Medici Effect” p.101


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Randolph Fields (US Lawyer) Richard Branson

Virgin Atlantic Air


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Mick Pearce Architect with interest

in Ecology

Office building in Harare. Design based on termite mounds (which maintain steady 87F in daily temp range from 100F+ to 40F-)


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Natural building design – CH2 Melbourne


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Marcus Samuelsson Chef at Aquavit restaurant, NY City

Diverse international backgroundEating ‘weird’ food seemed natural….new range of innovative dishes


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Diverse dishes that work!

Caramelised Lobster: Seaweed Pasta, Sea Urchin Sausage & Cauliflower Sauce

Salmon Plate: Gravlax and Tandori Smoked Salmon, Espresso Mustard Sauce & Dill Foam

Marcus Samuelsson – Aquavit NY City


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Intersectional Thinking Question:

Which are some key areas with which elite sports coaching could collaborate, in order to achieve intersectional breakthroughs?


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Neuroplasticity – environment and experiences stimulate constant changes in the plastic brain and nervous system

“The Brain That Changes Itself”by Norman Doidge (2007)

Stimulation of Powers


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Over-speed work to ‘reset’ the neural systemPeter Spence, AIS Cricket Academy

Neurological conditioning 1: High-speed ball sports – Cricket


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Neurological conditioning 2:High-speed ball sport - Squash

Roger Flynn (former VIS; current Scottish National Squash Coach)Over-stressed work in the forecourt; multi-ball drills to overload the neural capacities


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Dr Lex Bertrand & Arthur Brett (Multiple World Sailing Champion)Over-speed towing (plus blindfolds)High-speed challengesSailing backwards into the windNight sailing

Neurological conditioning 3: High-speed decision-making sports – Sailing


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….challenged to tack whilst foiling Andrew McDougall, Moth Class

Dr Lex Bertrand (Coach )“…It’s OK to be crazy, OK to be different and OK to take risks….in order to achieve a level of excellence with no limits…”


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Neurological Conditioning 4: Speed-endurance sports - Cycling

Coach, Dave SandersBreak through thresholds;‘Rattle the tiles’…physiological implications; psychomotor connections


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Flow as the outcome:

John Senden at the US Masters… (video)

What makes this a demonstration of the holistic approach?


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Art as a stimulus….

Roadblocks as a neural stimulus of breakthroughe.g. Betty Edwards ‘Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain’ (1979) - stop the verbal, analytical left hemisphere from inhibiting the right hemisphere’s artistic tendencies.“The Brain That Changes Itself” by Norman Doidge:


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Art as a stimulus……

Creative Intelligence Seminar conducted by

Susan Ryan, Artelier Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 2008


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Artelier Creative Intelligence Seminar: Michael Telera & Ricky Nowak

Ricky NowakCreative Intelligence Seminar conducted by Susan Ryan, Artelier Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 2008


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Sketches by Michael Telera Creative Intelligence Seminar conducted by Susan Ryan, Artelier Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 2008


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Sketches by Michael Telera Creative Intelligence Seminar conducted by Susan Ryan, Artelier Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 2008


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Danceas a stimulus….

Dr Simon EllisTennis to Dance

Roger Federer


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Danceas a stimulus….


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Batsheva Dance Company….Gaga as a creative & balanced movement stimulus


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Aeros Dance Company – ‘prodigious athletic skills’ from members of the Romanian Gymnastics Federation


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Musicas a stimulus….


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Circus Artsas a stimulus….

Sydney Swans at Cirque

Cirque du SoleilCircus Oz


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Chart your ideas:

List some extreme challenges & roadblocks that may stimulate breakthroughs


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Eastern and Western Influences

Catherine FreemanHeart/Spirit/Body/Mind

Helen Zhang and Geoff Baker, ‘Think Like Chinese’

Scientific Support


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Eastern WesternInfluenced by Chinese traditions

Heirs to the traditions of the Ancient Greeks

Holistic approach Analytical approach

Right hemisphere concentration

Left hemisphere focus

Simultaneous (holistic) processing

Sequential (analytical) processing

Adapted from ‘The Brain that Changes Itself,’ by Norman Doidge p.301-03

Eastern and Western Influences


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Immanent Breakthroughs in Human Coping Mechanisms

- Spiral Dynamics integral (SDi) systems

“Problems cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them.”

Albert Einstein


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More complexenvironment

Less complex environment

EnterprisingHumanistic

AuthoritarianEgocentricTribalInstinctive

Integral

Intuitive

Spiral Dynamics integral (SDi) Coping systems

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What level of thinking is needed to resolve problems & challenges within our existing systems?

“Problems cannot be solved by the same level of thinking

that created them.”Albert Einstein


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Bob Beamon Mexico City 1968

Catherine FreemanSydney 2000

Steve HookerBeijing 2008

Matthew MitchamBeijing 2008

Consider Holistic Tsunamis….the hidden powers and invisible connections

….strive to achieve Beyond Excellence!

What contributes to breakthrough achievements?

Usain BoltBeijing 2008


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In closing:The challenge is to find the secrets to Holistic TsunamisTo unearth the real talents of each individual with whom we work.

Remember,It’s OK to think crazy, to dare to be different

Oscar Wilde maintained that:

“An idea that is not dangerous,is unworthy of being called an idea at all.”

Accept the danger, go beyond…..

Something to think about:Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate,Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.We ask ourselves: who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?Actually who are you not to be?You are a child of God.Your playing small doesn’t serve the world.There is nothing enlightening about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you.We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.It’s not just in some of us, it’s in everyone.And as we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.As we are liberated from our fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

Nelson Mandela, 1994 Inaugural speech

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