Deliberate practice requires focused attention and is conducted with the specific goal of improving performance. Are you doing it or think you are doing it?
Performance is no simple task. During competition, we can think too much (multitasking) and not do any one thing effectively. Our attention is divided.
Practice is meant for practicing physical & mental skills: learning new skills, developing other skills, making mistakes, improving fitness, etc. If you are practicing correctly then you will [...]
As children we reveal considerable imagery capabilities but are quickly taught to neglect this form of thinking so that we can develop our analytic and language capabilities. Fortunately, [...]