Dooley Noted: 7/13/2015
This past weekend, I had the honor of lead instructing NKT II in North Carolina.
We discussed challenging assessments, like breathing and gait mechanisms.
The brilliant practitioners had the same problems with these assessments as I had in the beginning.
Watching biomechanics can be like looking at a Magic Eye poster, when everyone sees the object but you.
The students were uncomfortable at first.
But they weren’t afraid to spend the weekend being uncomfortable.
That is how I know they are bumping up to the next level.
I helped them focus their eyes to certain parts.
They started to see some of the things I learned.
Then, I watched them assess on their own, calling out the things I could also see.
Had they never opened themselves up to a coach’s eye, they would have kept assessing as they already do.
No one wants to feel mediocre in a skill set.
Admitting you have more to learn as a professional is very scary.
If something scares you, do it anyway.
Find people that know a little more about it and have them guide you.
I hope you don’t subscribe to thinking that things are hard, so you just dismiss them.
The coach’s eye is developed over time and with experience.
Don’t be satisfied with your current level of skill.
Get uncomfortable.
I’m uncomfortable with what I know every day. So I share what I know to help others and press forward to learn even more.
You can be comfortable in what you know and keep working that angle.
Or, you can make yourself uncomfortable with your current coach’s eye and take yourself to the next level of understanding.
As always, it’s your call.
– Dr. Kathy Dooley
