“PRACTICE naman ako ng practice” this was the statement of a boy in one commercial who was crying because he was not included in the team despite constant practice caught my attention and it struck me.
Constant practice does not mean assurance of getting into a team or immediately achieving positive results as discussed in many occasions of sports conferences, conventions, seminars and workshops.
The famous phrase “practice makes perfect” is somewhat wrong, especially if you have a time framed goal. The correct statement as many trainers have come to realize is “correct practice makes perfect” although perfect is an overstatement, perfection simply means getting an acceptable result for certain goal.
In the past, constant practice is sweating it out every day, sometimes two or three times but the result does not compensate the rigorous regimen of constant training, effect is just minimal sometimes far short for its purpose.
“Correct practice makes perfect” according to experts simply means knowing what to develop and how to develop it.
Training specificity is important to save time and effort and achieve desired result, irrelevant routines in training should not be practiced when training for a specific event for a specific sports, the statement targets something precise that is proximately needed, understanding what an athlete needs and specially what an athlete lacks or his weak points makes the training more exact and relevant.
Training and trainers have entered in an era of an important evolution, where legitimate, knowledgeable, experienced, qualified and credible trainers understands to prioritize the immediate need of an athlete in training, understanding them in training and actual competition makes them a reliable expert of the athlete.
Constant practice makes the athlete physically upbeat, but correct practice makes the athlete effective in the sports he is in.