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Tai Chi and Sport

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Most of the coaches and players I work with in my Sports Chi program consider Tai Chi, at first, as a slow moving relaxing form of meditation.

Of course I’m biased, because I teach Tai Chi – but the art has so much more to offer sports coaches and players. The principles and selected, adapted skills from Tai Chi can improve a players existing skills and contribute to consistently high performance both in training and games.

I find that when I’m presenting a sports chi session, the best way of getting players to consider Tai Chi as an added effective training method is to get them to practice a Tai Chi technique so they can understand it.

As the ancient sage Confucius once wrote:

I hear and I forget
I see and I remember
I do and I understand

With continued practice a player will learn a technique, and the next step is to focus on the feeling of the technique. Once players capture the feel then they are on their way to performing at a consistently high level when required.

But, before any of this can happen, a coach and a player need to come into a Sports Chi session with an open mind.

Filed Under: Sport, Tai Chi

SPORTS CHI FRAMEWORK

WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID

SPORTS CHI
“An excellent interactive workshop. Chris was informative and engaging providing useful connections to AFL skills.  I absolutely loved it!”
Anita – Football player

“(Chris) was fantastic by way of enthralling around 26 footballers aged between 15 and 19 for 90 minutes at Glen Waverley Hawks. Most impressive!”
Peter Nash
–Coach

CHAIR CHI
“Very positive comments from all the staff. It was terrific and so many staff members said how they slept soundly that night.”
Kathy Prince – Ringwood North Primary School

TAI CHI
“The Tai Chi form is beautiful and I have gained valuable relaxation and stretching techniques.”
Tess Searle – PA

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