Specialize But Diversify

Focusing intensely on one aspect of training can lead to significant improvements in that area but may cause a decline in other skills. Skills are perishable, and if not maintained, they diminish quickly. Concentrating on one skill can come at the cost of earlier skills, leaving individuals vulnerable in a competitive environment where other's skills are escalating. The scenario exemplifies how elite wrestlers, like Josh Koscheck, who focused solely on striking, started facing difficulties in their original area of expertise as others' skills evolved. The competitive dynamic results in a compounding effect where one's skills decline while others' skills advance rapidly, leading to a problematic downward trajectory in one's performance.