How to Get Better at Anything
The Art of Manliness
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Elite Coaching and Tacit Athletic Skills
Elite coaches are not necessarily the best players in sports due to the tacit nature of motor skills, such as Tiger Woods having difficulty explaining his golf swing. In elite athletics, technology like high-speed cameras helps analyze and improve performance by providing insights impossible to perceive during play. This approach of extracting implicit knowledge by having experts verbalize their actions is underutilized in everyday professions, emphasizing the value of making implicit skills explicit by asking experts to narrate their actions or experiences instead of simply seeking advice.
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