Do other people ever have the experience of simulating yourself doing something in your head, and then doing it in real life exactly how you imagined it? - eviltoast

I’m thinking about sports as an example. I used to do fencing, and sometimes we would learn a new technique or I would imagine one to do, and I would imagine myself doing it, then it was almost like autopilot where my body would do it just how I imagined, like it was easy. It didn’t happen very often but when it did it felt really cool.

  • barrage4u@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I actively do this. I try think about what it would look and feel like in first person before I do something (or as I’m trying to improve at it). Lots of studies show that this can be almost just as beneficial as training