How to practice effectively...for just about anything - Annie Bosler and Don Greene
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- Опубліковано 13 тра 2024
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Mastering any physical skill takes practice. Practice is the repetition of an action with the goal of improvement, and it helps us perform with more ease, speed, and confidence. But what does practice actually do to make us better at things? Annie Bosler and Don Greene explain how practice affects the inner workings of our brains.
Lesson by Annie Bosler and Don Greene, animation by Martina Meštrović.
"Turn off your computer before practicing"
Programmer: *screaming internally*
This such an underrated comment 😂😂😂
Actually, I prefer doing stuff on paper first before turning on the computer to program.
I like to plan things out before putting it into code. Works every time... for me at least.
EXACTLY
@@nihal7667 you must be fun at parties
@@noddye1764 lmao
"The more you sweat in times of peace, the less you bleed in times of war."
Ancient Asian proverb
For those are confused what this says, I THINK it says to be always prepared
Iliketrains Lol i think it supposed to say: the harder you work and sweat when practicing, (military training, workout, sports oriented training) the stronger you are in war/fight.
Actually remember seeing this In a mobile game
@@medogaming3035 ancient say not now days. It just saying work hard and suffer now rather than dying or lossin something during war
I think its not necessarily literally about war. In my opinion, it's just saying that when u practice something, when the time comes that u need to use what you practiced, you will suffer less. For example, if you practice hard work in everything you do, when a hard task comes, you do not find it as hard to work for it since you are used to giving it your all.
1. Minimize the distractions
2. Start out slowly
3. Gradually increase the speed of the quality repetitions
4. Frequent repetitions with a lot of breaks
5. Divide your time used for effective practice into multiple daily practice sessions of limited duration
6. Practice in your brain in vivid detail
This is the most useful comment and it's reasonable to upvote it massively to let it float up
This is what we need.
7. Practice at the edge of one's current ability
And also I recommend to only learn 20 minutes at a time. After that you should take a break of at least 20 minutes. That's because the long memory can only affectively sort out about 20 minutes of information. After that the short time memory will take over and you are more likely to learn the mistakes you make and not the actual right way
Again a Video that needs minutes to say, what could have been written in a few sentences.
I can approve that skills can be developed and solidified by just thinking about them.
Source: Have been practicing anxiety for 6 years.
By the way, it's true! The same myelination happens for the anxiety pathways.
@@LionneAlex that’s a terrifying realization.
Lmao
@@LionneAlex the more you know 🌠
That’s why meditation is good as I guess the same happens practising stillness and calm
Now I have to practice practicing.
First Name Surname and then we’ll have to master the practicing of practicing practice
Damn. I was gonna say that!
But the problem is that can you really practice practicing practice?
this man is smarter than einstein
This is more complicated than I thought. 😂
Effective Practice according to the video.
1. Complete Focus during practice.
2. Timely, spaced out sessions.
3. Think about practising
yeah that’s it
4. Start slow with good quality and build up speed with quality
Kristofer Padilla me: high speed low quality amd improving quality... that’s probably why I have so many bad habits don’t do this
That last rule 👌😂
Ajit Singh Kang Thank you or the synopsis
“Turn of your computer”
Me who wants to practice animating: *confused screaming*
Animate using a paper.
turn off*
@@joemama3489 ok Shakespeare
Veri izi
i want to practice a video game lol
I saw this a lot with me and chess.
When I played for a long time, objects around me were visualized like they were chess pieces on a board, and I was playing complex positions.
After a while these effects became more mild but I think that was my brain subconsciously practicing without even playing the game.
A similar thing happens when I play too much tetris
@@mrpringles6690 lol i know right
There's a name for it: Tetris Syndrome.
@@mrpringles6690 extremely real
Me when I play almost any game lol
Someone: Are you practicing?
Me: I’m thinking about it
@@ThePCJakub my piano just groaned
@@hemanrocks9249 Disregarding that this is an ad. Holy cow mate that is a lot of pauses. I know that it is replicating a speech from the flow. But it was distracting and hard to read.
@@nexvull5911 Yes man, this is an ad. But hey people have bought 100% things by watching some ads with _no content at all._
Atleast I am giving them cure and treatment which doesn't create any issues further.
*"It's 100% effective, no side effects, costs less and cures even the incurable."* . What more do you need from a treatment protocol.
"what more do you need", idk how about studies to show that it is 100% effective or maybe a big enough sample size to be able to determine that there are no side effects. And maybe no lies such as cures the incurable, i'm pretty sure if someone will die tomorrow from cancer your treatment won't stop it
edit: oh and natural medicine are still medicine in fact most medicine is derived from 'natural medicine'
@@chipiegg1466 Hey boy,
I am a registered Nutritionist and a Scientist in 7 nations. I wouldn't risk my doctorates and my career on something which is fake. I am at more risk than someone adopting the treatment. Since natural and ayurvedic medicines have no side effects.
And I am not the manufacturer of these medicines. Thus I don't have their trial details. I can tell you that these medicines are from various manufacturers and their ingredients are the one curing all.
Further if you want to know you may google yourself the efficacy of ingredients like gama oryzanol, veg omega, ocimum sanctum etc. There are 128 others.
"I fear not the man who has practiced 10000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10000 times."
- Bruce Lee
Arjen Robben
What if I practice 5000 kicks 2 times? Am I scarier than the one that practiced 10000 kicks once?
Yes, because there aren't 10,000 kicks. In fact, there aren't more than a couple hundred maximum.
The one kick that is practiced 10000 times will be a more skilled kick than any of the 5000 kicks that you practiced twice. I believe the point of the saying is that you shouldn't spread you training too thin. If you get confused and you hesitate then you will lose the initiative.
are you full of shit bro or is this real im not going tp Google it so this is bad asserry
"Effective practice is consistent, intensely focused, and targets content or weaknesses that lie at the edge of one's current abilities." Great!
Thank you guys, God bless you and your family.
I have to say, the narrator for these episodes has a great voice for this.
YES!
He probably practiced...
i totally agree
It sounds like the youtuber called Vernaculis
I hate bad narrators!
normal people : *practices the piano*
Me, an intellectual : *daydreams of playing the piano*- Instant Mozart
Me too, buddy, me too
It might actually work if you actually daydream of playing the actual keys and chords 😏
@Axolotl Is Cool Hehe I'm sure.. Just referring to the the basketball example in the video.
Meee
Me.too
I love how video explains this difficult topic scientifically but so simple, that is available and understandable to almost everyone, even children. Muscle memory is something I have experienced many times. Even when solving a math problem, sometimes my hand just wrote what had to be written, I know that it sounds odd. Also, I don’t like taking notes with computer or laptops, because when I’m doing it on paper, I remember the material better and longer.
Dude, this has helped me so much. I wanna be an animator but of course I need to master the art of drawing first, and so I find it hard to truly practice, and when I do, I feel lost and out of touch with what I'm doing sometimes, but this video helped me find out how I can get the most out of my time drawing, thank you once again TedEd, you've helped and amazed me a lot.
I want to be a writer and I don‘t quite know how to practise for that…
@@oliver2691 read read read more
@@oliver2691 being slowly by writing about 250 words per day on topics of interest
By this study, I'm a pro at procrastinating on UA-cam.
Lul
I'm told procrastination is like masturbation, it may feel good at the time but ultimately you just f#@ked yourself:-)
Creativinyx how is that a pun?
🤣
Oh dear
watches this instead of actually practicing*
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One of the best videos I've watched. Short but concise 👍
From this video, i learned that mental practice is also important alongside physical practice. Recently, i just practice on study preparation for my national university test physically, i haven't done it mentally. So, it would worth a try. Thanks Ted-Ed for the well explained video !
I practice Muay Thai and I am struggling to improve on the kicks. I will give this mental practice a try too
How was it? @@davicarvalho9435
You notice how "old" this video is when he mentions that the students’ major distraction was Facebook lol
Dobby! U r alive!!😭😭
exactly at this moment i've looked at the release date of this vid "2017, oh yah, that time"
My niece: "Facebook is for moms."
what the heck is now? I'm so outdated
2:33
Two certain bois be like:
"Is that even a violin?"
"Bow is sliding all over the place"
"Where's the bridge?"
"Hand shifting is not cool"
"Chin rest is too flat"
To practice effectively:
1 - Stay consistent, intensely focused, and push yourself to the edge of your current capacity.
2 - Start off slow, then pick up speed.
3 - Practice throughout the day.
4 - Imagine yourself performing it.
Khan I do too much of 4 lol
Also, if possible, speed it up until you can't keep up, getting out of your comfort zone will make you learn new abilities
Thanks buddy
Khan how are you gonna say push oneself off the edge, then say start slow?
2nd can apply for almost everything for better results
I’m just gonna think about doing pushups every day and become ripped
So any progress made?
😂😂
Lol
We still want to know if you got ripped
that doesnt take 4 months, more like 10 years to get ripped
Ive been doing the last step without knowing it, everytime i see a piece of art online i imagine myself doing it and how i would draw it and save those mental steps, so with time i improved drawing without really drawing as much, only when i feel like grabbing a piece of paper and pen, really cool
If you can practice slowly, then you can practice quickly.
Don't forget the smile :)
That man really couldn't play the damn violin correctly
Interesting
Very good
A man of culture
I play handball And when I got injured I spent around 5 months imagining how well I would play when I returned. When I returned to play I did not have to think, my body towards everything as I had imagined. Was incredible
My tennis serve is never better than after I teach someone how to serve better. I go over it with them, watch their serve, and my body takes my advice too.
This is relatable
@@B10401 that's literally me when I teach someone something I'm not really good at.
Since I was young, whenever I imagined myself doing a act/craft/sport, my mine soon automatically imagines me failing it.
Says a lot about my self-confidence to this day.
@@scevda how are u now
Great explanation in under five minutes, bravo! And the animated t’ai ch’i player and yogi both have excellent form, congrats to the illustrator.
I really like this kind of videos in the morning. While brushing my teeth and waking up I just listen to this handsome voice and looking forward to inhale all the information it gives. 😍
"Work hard until your Idol becomes your rival"
-probably some famous person but not me coz I'm not famous
wow! is this quote made by you?
vanillatey m0l isn’t this a quote from chuck norris when someone asked what was his goal? I remember him saying that he wanted the people he admired to be people he could call equals.
and your idol blackballs you
@@vania5761 no lol, he said it is not his
Albert Einstein or some scientist said that
And here I am, procrastinating again on UA-cam !
you're practicing procrastinating,you're going to get better at it
naveen kumar I'll be a pro in no time :)
Or mine...
Or mine...pls
Devils Advocate ironic...
This was very soothing to hear and had amazing and precise information!
Well done!
Übung macht den Meister!!!
Das war immer schon so!
Exactly the opposite of what school is doing to us.
Non focussed.
Constant speed.
8 hours non-stop every day.
Ikr
You get 10-15 minutes break between classes which is the recommended break time.
Edit: I have been asked a lot where I went to school. I went to a private high school in Maine, US. School ran from 8AM to 2PM (typically, unless you want to enroll in special interest classes hosted at 7AM and some evenings). Everyone get a 1.5-hour long lunch break with 10-15 minutes between each class. School ends at 2PM and you are encouraged to join clubs & extra-curricular afterschool. On most days, I came back home at around 4PM after clubs.
@@LittleMew133 i dont get that at all, pretty lucky for the ones who get the time
Blah Smith I get 4. 4 minutes
Blah Smith which school are you going to because we’re only getting 5 minute passing periods to walk to our next class
My notes: -
Focus on the task at hand.
Minimize any distractions. Moblie, notifications, people, etc.
Start slowly in the practice session.
Gradually increase the speed while focusing on accuracy.
Frequent repetations with a lot of breaks.
Practice in your brain in vivid detail. 🙂
Screen shot it boyysssss
There are people like you on YT like they put the lyrics on their comments
lmao thank u i needed this for a school work
Thx
I believe he said "alloted" breaks, not "a lot of" breaks. You do want breaks, but necessarily many of them, and it's good designate (allot) them to focus the timeboxed session.
That's a lot of great information...... Actually something I needed to hear right now. Thank you so much and your animations are superb beyond words.
Daniel Coyle explained the myelination process in his book, The Talent Code. I absolutely love that book and will definitely recommend it to anyone who's practicing literally anything.
I got it after reading your comment . I feel like it would be worth reading.
Thanks for recommendation ❤
"The more I practice, the luckier I get. "
Ben Hogan (Golf).
I thought that was Thomas Jefferson
according to Google, it's Arnold Palmer
-luck doesn't exist-
@@marcusdillem9678 r/whoosh
@@marcusdillem9678 elaborate.Do you think luck is just probabilities just like me or you believe in something you religion implies
Underrated: watch/listen to recordings of your practice session or watch others do the same task. Related to thinking about practicing.
gobias6 Yup good one and a good reminder to me I do that or have done that and it works
Amazing and very comprehensive video! It was very informative, short and sweet! I enjoyed the animations and different metaphors and comparisons used! Well done!
This is the best 5 minutes I've spent this week.
Effective Practice:
1. Focus, minimize distraction
2. Slow high quality start
3. Timed sessions with frequent breaks
4. Practice in your mind
Soundss neat!
is this directly meant for speedcubing? lol
@@pixelz-jk2wj It works too
Nice
The video should also highlight the importance of sleep. A proper 8 hours of sleep boosts the effect of the day's practice your learning by huge, huge amounts, whether it be physical or mental practice. Sleep also restitutes your body and mind, meaning you'll be better equipped to learn the next day. It is essential to have a steady, healthy sleep schedule.
Some people want 9.
3:26
You are very right.
its not a matter of how much u sleep, its a matter of when u sleep.. theres melatonin and others stuff getting produced when its time to sleep.. i will always remember what my biology teacher told us a few years ago - practice going to sleep before 11 at night, because thats when the most melatonin is getting produced and every hour u sleep before 11 counts as 2 hours.. maybe im tripping but whenever i do that i need a lot less time of sleep than when i go to sleep at 1-3 in the morning.. try it
Sleep quality matters the most. You can sleep for 8 hours, but the quality of the sleep you got in those 8 hours is bad you'll still feel like you only slept 4-5 hours.
Can we just appreciate this animation for a moment! 😊
Effective Practice makes a man perfect...Thank you. Beautifully explained...
I trained in a dojo in which the word "speed" was never spoken. We became faster naturally by repetition. We also didn't try to be faster, we just became faster without thinking about it. I realized this because the first time I saw higher-ranking students practicing there I was amazed at their speed. A few years later, I was one of those higher-ranking students, and it suddenly struck me one day that I was now one of those fast students I had observed earlier. All without giving speed a thought.
I have also found that mental repetition of a task can program the body to perform that task without actual training. When I started climbing I "taught" myself to self-arrest (with an ice ax) by reading descriptions of the techniques in mountaineering books. I studied one book in particular. I never physically practiced. But the first time I slipped on a steep snow slope, I not only immediately self-arrested, but I saw the page on self-arrest from that particular book right in front of my face as I did it.
Nice experience
I can never have similar experience lol xd
face book lol
@@batcheeboy5077 Get out. Just get out.
This was a good experience
The importance of practising with good technique cannot be overstated - this is something I have learned recently when practising playing musical instruments, with regards to being aware of my Proprioception and using only the correct muscles/joints for the job, not involving incorrect muscles from elsewhere which give the superficial illusion of strength but actually just add tension and discourage building the correct muscles and thus prevent effective development. A saying I heard recently goes: "If you practise with incorrect technique, you'll practise really good at doing badly."
Very well said! As a pianist I'd like to add that bad technique not only greatly limits what one could accomplish, but can easily also lead to injuries, like tendinitis and carpal tunnel syndrome. In severe cases, pianists completely lose the ability to play when they develop focal dystonia. As I understand it, this isn't so much a physical injury as much as it is your brain's wiring getting screwed up because of bad technique. Luckily I've never had anything more severe than sore hands for a few hours.
James Mills As the saying goes perfect practice makes perfect
Same for bad position in drawing and ways of using the tools thar hurt your hands
Same with Martial Arts, bad habits must be corrected early or you will have to work hard to compensate for them
@@Motorata661 yeah guys but even if you practice bad you are still better than those who dont practice at all lol
I can say as a piano student that these tips have actually helped me improve my skills
Thank you so much, sir! For the information. This is great knowledge you have bestowed upon us.
Keep up the good work 🍀
i tried to practice programming, but that didn't work so well after i turned my distracting pc off. ;;;D
Dan Dragon that was a bad joke and its edited boo!
Dan Dragon lol
I took breaks; but my program didn't run the way it should ;D
@El Blanco //love it! That's worth a comment ;D
Sorry to tell you, but the most important, interesting and demanding part of programming is usually done with pencil and paper. Huge whiteboard is prefered but who has those, right?
"If you can play it slowly, you can play it quickly"
- Some sacrilegious little boii
😂 intresting
s a c r i l e g i o u s
Wait a minute isnt it the "fastest violinist" that said that lmao
１００００００ violin
Two set...
The animation is so satisfying to watch
Detailed visualization is used in quantum Physics studies as well. Loved this. Thank you.
4:28 The guy on the left is having connection problems
he's getting glitchy !
bad internet
I hate ping spikes
He's just practicing teleportation
😂
How I should study: Study the material consistently everyday until the test.
How I actually study: Cram an hour before the test and hope for the best
Nice selfie
This might work in school, but if you plan on going to university you will want to kick the habit
@@__maxyz can confirm. University is study or suffer.
@@__maxyz Pls tell me how
@@__maxyz I don't think so.........
Still love this video after 5 years released, really impressive
This is excellent - interestingly I learned a song one evening before going to bed, I only played it once but next morning I was able to play it a lot better even though I had only practiced once. I believe in the rehearsal by imagining , makes sence.
Ted : we dont have the magic number
Lingling : 40 hours a day.
Wrencc P Mind Boggling 👉🏽ua-cam.com/video/L6AFC5U3qUU/v-deo.html
exactly my thoughts
Wait a mi
*offended
Sacrilegious!!
10 km of running, 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, 100 squats, every day
Rennan Calango You have hair. You're lying.
Kartikey Gupta dammit
Rennan Calango Only 100 push-ups, Sit-ups, and squats?
David C. finish one shot. average people cant even do 20 push ups one shot
Rennan Calango lololol nice refference bro
This is true! When I first learn something, my subconcious studies it in great detail and i'm able to perform the action much smoother the next time.
beautiful illustration!
“Whatcha doin?”
“Increasing the layer of my myelin sheaths.”
Edit: sheets to sheaths
There, nerds.
uwu x3
Allows for more rapid conduction of action potentials?
Its myelin sheath
@@utkaldiwas nah i'm pretty sure it's sheets
@@thatpersonineverycommentse2195 No. Its sheath not sheet.
I am effectively practicing my procrastination
Aditi Srivastava You better give up now for a brighter future.
Pranita Pauniker thanks buddy
I wanted to learn how to be good at tf2, but they said to turn my computer off. This video did not help.
What a great video!❤Love the animation especially. It’s mind blowing.
LOVED THE ANIMATION!
This is really cool! We're learning about neurons and the brain in biology, so I'm glad you posted this now!
Me too
That fact about imaging as well as physical practice achieving similar gains is interesting. As an artist who thinks he procrastinates too much, I spend a lot of time mentally going through what I’m going to draw/paint and how I’m going to do it BEFORE I start and that appears to actually be a good thing, not wasted time. 😀
I'm the same way. I'vebeen trying to implement the "finished is better than perfect" idea
maybe wasted time is what reinforces time well spent
When I was a student pilot, I used to sit on the couch and "chair fly" practicing the maneuvers and procedures going through the motion of each; that saved me lots of time/ money trying practicing them in the actual airplane which costed "$145 an hour!! Mind practicing really works!!
I have learned challenging new skills by imagining it and feeling what the sensations would feel like in my body. It's how I learned knitting. I couldn't get it by looking at the instructions but when I went to bed , as I fell asleep, I mentally went through the steps and feeling ithe muscle movements in my mind. When I woke up and tried again. I got it instantly.
That's why no one is born with success. The successful people are just the people who had effective practice.
this complementa my thought that a master is never only good at his skill (misic, painting, sports, etc) but also a master at organization and every single thing that helps to grow that skill
You can be born with good genes for training
What if Trumps your dad?
And luck. You can't have success wihtout luck
so genes, work, luck and a small loan of a billion dollars is all you need for success
This is something I think a lot about when practicing my card tricks. It's incredible how good you can get at something with lots of practice.
I learned so much more than how to get better at practicing
Certainly the best video seen till date❣️
I can attest to the idea that practicing in your head can be almost just as beneficial as physically practicing. When I broke my leg skateboarding, I was still learning how to kickflip. All I would think about was skating and picturing myself doing new tricks while I was recovering. Once I finally got cleared to skate again, I was immediately able to kickflip. I was so hyped lol.
Hmm, I'm hoping for a video about schizophrenia. Good job, easy and clear to understand.
Joseph Stalin рачиста
Thanks for your incredible work, really.
Athlean-X talks about that mind muscle connection. I was looking for this video about THINKING about an action being nearly effective as doing it too.
Thanks.
Practicing practice can be your first step to master EVERY THING
-Asriel Dreemurr 2019
@Yeshua is Lord. Are you sure it's not practicing the practice of practice of practice?
@@aChristian4RonPaul well per definition if you do one of them, you also do the other. so yes.
Normal people: Practice makes perfect
Me: Imagines playing Beethoven at 3am
Ling Ling 40 hours
-Practice makes perfect-
*Practice makes improvement*
This is fascinating.
I was distracted by this video while studying...
Michael 001 disconnect internet :p
Michael 001 same 😏
What were you studying in UA-cam
I know right?
Michael 001 ;-; omg same
Mental practice is so true and big! I would have times where I wouldn’t play basketball because of other things but mentally practiced moves and court vision in different scenarios and it keeps me still elite with people that have been practicing the entire time! This holds true over a span like 10 years for me! Crazy man
Still a really great and useful video. We use this video every year for new students to our sport, and as a reminder to our more advanced students!
I'm always amazed by the content provided from ted-ed 😯
I'm taking notes. Effective practice is consistent and intensely focused. Slow practice and visual practice are so important and beneficial... Thanks for the lesson. I'm going to use this for personal and professional topics.
Once a teacher told me: “You have to go slower in order to get faster”.
Nah, if you can play it slowly, you can play it quickly
Geniuses are born, not created.
@@apdavis LSd has the potential
Turn right to go left
@@oxymoronic717 *smiles sacrilegiously*
*then gets roasted by bbc host*
Thanks for your effort🤝🏻💚
TED ED IS THE BEST UA-cam CHANNEL
just want to say this is one of the best animations you guys done.
Taking time to practice really slow is super helpful. Yesterday I uploaded a video about me not being able to complete overkill in beatsaber. Today while practicing the map I got motivated to take some extra time and to put the speed down to 25% for the parts I often failed at. I slowly turned up the speed and in the end I could do most parts at full speed. All the effort I put into it in the past two weeks where I was trying to learn the song at 80% to 100% speed was way less effective. I was expecting to learn the movements by flailing my arms randomly and failing miserably. I never learned how to do it right. I still need more practice, but I now know how to practice 😇
Thanks for this!!!
Perfect practice makes perfect!
1. Focus on the task at hand, no distractions
2. Go slowly through the motions, then increase speed
3. Multiple and frequent practices, with breaks
4. Mental practice
wow, this vid is so well made I almost couldn't stop watching but I stopped because I need to do my college works
I will definetely watch this later! Thank you People for Lessons like This.
if only lessons in late middle school and college were that good, I'd be a mastermind))
I think that there is a mental state you produce when you want to practice something. It's like a mental softness that helps us to relax and concentrate. When you do it, you must forget everything and everyone. You just try to calm down and subtly pratice that thing you want to get better. Of course silence is important too. I hope it helps someone.
My fav learning channel ❤️❤️
"Coordination is built with repetitions, whether correct, or incorrect."
Hear that folks?
@dread true no in the sense that practice doesn't make perfect, practice makes permanent. So if you practice something with bad form you will have perfect bad form.
This is why an experienced teacher can help. They stop the bad habits before they become habits. Much more difficult to do later.
@Daniel kader fck the correct form ,, improvise the whole damn thing and impress people with it.
What he meant (I think) was:
Practice correctly. Incorrect movement can be trained as well. When I train for a new skill (rope jumping right now) I focus on doing it as correctly as possible to strengthen that correct behaviour more than the incorrect one. Otherwise my body will adapt to bad form instead of good.
Once again, please?
This video’s animation was soooooo good, loved it!!!
So interesting, TED-Ed is one of my fav channels so far
Very interesting gonna go to practice now! Thanks for sharing!