How Geno promotes excellence

[CL82]

It's such a simple concept. You can't be at your best if you only practice at half speed or half effort.

 

[msf22b]

I am reminded of a Mark Morris video; (the Geno of modern dance and American choreography) in which he berates one of his dancers …(who claims to be injured)
to sit down if he can’t participate “full-out” is the term used.
He is very insulting and demanding at the same time…and his company at that time was the envy of the world.

It’s not only Geno…Vince Lombardi, Red Auerbach come to mind; the conductor
Carlos Kleiber, the violin and chamber music pedagogue, Felix Galimir.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

There is this internet snippet of Diana describing how in her freshman year she hated practice and she was always checking the clock dreading the arrival of two oclock. Really funny. Alas, could not find it today.

 

[RSHERMVIKES]

"Practice makes perfect" is a LIE!
"PERFECT PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT!

"When you shoot for perfection you windup with excellent!

Joe DiMaggio was asked, "Why he plays so hard all the time" his answer, "Someone is seeing Joe DiMaggio play for the first time and I don't want them to leave with the wrong impression!"

1995 Don Mattingly and Derek Jeter were running in Spring Training and when finished Jeter was walking in and Mattingly said never walk on a ball field someone might be watching!"

Fred Astaire was asked "how he made everything look so easy!"
He replied, "I work damn hard to make it look easy!"

DON'T GET AN "OLE" COACH STARTED!

 

[Bigboote]

It’s not only Geno…Vince Lombardi, Red Auerbach come to mind; the conductor
Carlos Kleiber, the violin and chamber music pedagogue, Felix Galimir.

I’d never heard of Carlos Kleiber. I looked him up and discovered that one of the few recordings he’d made was the Dvorak Piano Concerto. Which I’d also never heard of. I’m not big on piano concertos, but am big on Dvorak (have seen both the cello and violin concertos in the last couple of decades).

 

[Bigboote]

"Practice makes perfect" is a LIE!
"PERFECT PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT!

Similarly there’s a saying among (some) musicians, practice makes permanent. If you practice a tune poorly, you’ll always play it poorly. So when you’re learning a tune, you should play slowly —never so fast that you don’t get both the notes and the phrasing right.

I’d never noticed that it’s the same thing we’re always saying about new players — slow down till you have the game fully internalized.

 

[FanSince17]

I’d never heard of Carlos Kleiber. I looked him up and discovered that one of the few recordings he’d made was the Dvorak Piano Concerto. Which I’d also never heard of. I’m not big on piano concertos, but am big on Dvorak (have seen both the cello and violin concertos in the last couple of decades).

Try Grieg's Piano Concerto in A minor

 

[Blond D.]

Seems to me ( and I could be mistaken) that Geno once said, " you don't practice until you get it right.....you practice until you can't get it wrong."

 

[Bigboote]

Try Grieg's Piano Concerto in A minor

Grieg is one that I like.

 

[Next 12]

Try Grieg's Piano Concerto in A minor

I like Prokofiev's Piano concerto No.3 by Martha Argerich . Insane fingering!!

 

[Skeets]

Seems to me ( and I could be mistaken) that Geno once said, " you don't practice until you get it right.....you practice until you can't get it wrong."

Many people have said that. The most recent was the general describing the months of preparation work for the raid in Venezuela. I'm not sure if Geno was the first. Does anyone know for sure? Would be neat to have a saying like that attributed to you.

 

[boontonbomber]

Many people have said that. The most recent was the general describing the months of preparation work for the raid in Venezuela. I'm not sure if Geno was the first. Does anyone know for sure? Would be neat to have a saying like that attributed to you.

Well, since you brought it up, the amount of preparation needed for the attack on mighty Venezuela was probably equal to the preparation UConn needs to win most Big East games. I guess the attack preparation did keep US casualties to zero. Of course, at least 80 people did die, but they were just Venezualeans and Cubans.

 

[BRS24]

Stay on topic please.

 

[fomalhaut]

Many people have said that. The most recent was the general describing the months of preparation work for the raid in Venezuela. I'm not sure if Geno was the first. Does anyone know for sure? Would be neat to have a saying like that attributed to you.

Here's Quote Investigator:

Until You Can't Get It Wrong

Geno's in good company.

 

[PacoSwede]

I am reminded of a Mark Morris video; (the Geno of modern dance and American choreography) in which he berates one of his dancers …(who claims to be injured)
to sit down if he can’t participate “full-out” is the term used.
He is very insulting and demanding at the same time…and his company at that time was the envy of the world.

It’s not only Geno…Vince Lombardi, Red Auerbach come to mind; the conductor
Carlos Kleiber, the violin and chamber music pedagogue, Felix Galimir.

no thanks\\ i am quite sure many will think my sentiment is horrible.

i don't agree.

 

[Blond D.]

Well, since you brought it up, the amount of preparation needed for the attack on mighty Venezuela was probably equal to the preparation UConn needs to win most Big East games. I guess the attack preparation did keep US casualties to zero. Of course, at least 80 people did die, but they were just Venezualeans and Cubans.

I guess youre not counting the 100s of 1000s that have died from drugs in the USA or the 1000's executed and tortured by Maduro.

 

[BRS24]

Please stop with the Venezuela posts.

 

[boontonbomber]

I guess youre not counting the 100s of 1000s that have died from drugs in the USA or the 1000's executed and tortured by Maduro.

Wake up. It's all about the oil. Fentanyl is the major problem in the US, mainly produced in China. And still mostly coming in thru Mexico.. So attack them. Not likely. Venezuela's contribution to the drug problem is into Europe and the Caribbean. It's all about the oil.

 

[EricSD]

This thread will be locked shortly and that's too bad. Maybe the OP can start a new one and we can avoid political squabbles.

 

[Twolf]

It's such a simple concept. You can't be at your best if you only practice at half speed or half effort.

Good post. Just guessing if you asked his players to title your thread they would would substitute the word “promotes” with “demands”. One of my college coaches always told any of his players who intended to enter the coaching profession to remember that you will never get more than you demand- you may get less but you won’t get more. I found that to be an accurate statement. JMO