with juggling comes…

Focus

Concentration

Understanding

Knowledge

“Focus is to concentration as Understanding is to knowledge.”

• Begins with knowledge, then understanding, then concentration, and finally Focus.

• Juggling helps develop, refine, and reinforce both mental and physical skills along this progressive pathway to any activity.

• Let this ensuing experience be the beginning example of how a juggling metaphor can relate to learning.

• Let the juggling experience begin a discussion on what a great metaphor juggling is for learning.

• Focus and Concentration go together ---Focus is a fine point of concentration

• Understanding and Knowledge go together--- Understanding is the fine point of Knowledge

• Focus specific point or action: Action Eye hand, automatic flow,

• Concentration involvement: Brain gain sports duration, duration

• Understanding of the process: Chunking info, scaffolding, progression, learning how to earn

• Knowledge of the mind: Meditative, Ambivalence (take a chance, throw and see), watch mind, Conscious process of practice, Relaxed concentration

• Juggling helps to gain insights into mental movement (ideomotor) and gain insights into other activities

• and sports. It augments, provides a little extra engagement, and reinforces the goals of other activities.