Mastery over Perfection

One of the underlying ideas behind any form of  optimal training is the quest for mastery rather than getting caught up in the ever elusive pursuit of perfection. 

Aiming at perfection is a futile endeavour and as such it will always lead to frustration. In the long run it may cause loss of motivation and in extreme cases even result in burnout. 

Mastery, similarly to the search for perfection, involves constant effort and development over time, yet with a key component of acceptance of where you are at a given stage of your journey. All of us are different and mastery factors that in. It allows us to maximise what we have in our own body during our own process of commanding a skill.

As such, mastery doesn’t take the edge off perfection, but rather enriches it with the idea of personalisation, making it more positive and beneficial both for our progress and well-being.

In the video, our director Raphael Maurer is working with one of our full-time players Mahin, who has just got back to training after a longer break due to injury and the pandemic.