For the last two or three years I have always reflected during or after my practice by asking myself the question “What did I learn today”. Most of the time there always was something I learned. However I never wrote anything down. Last year as a result of some of the articles here on MTB Practice Lab, I started to keep a log on my phone and tablet to record what I learned from each practice for whatever skill I was practicing. It has been helpful to refer back to rather then trying to remember it all!
This is just the encouragement I needed to use reflection more consistently... and that GMB blog post was a good read. Thanks
You're welcome, Butch. Likewise for me!
For the last two or three years I have always reflected during or after my practice by asking myself the question “What did I learn today”. Most of the time there always was something I learned. However I never wrote anything down. Last year as a result of some of the articles here on MTB Practice Lab, I started to keep a log on my phone and tablet to record what I learned from each practice for whatever skill I was practicing. It has been helpful to refer back to rather then trying to remember it all!
That's good to know, Patrick. Thanks for sharing that.
I consider some of our back-and-forth text chats about our practice sessions to be a form of reflection, do you?
I wrote about conversational reflection at the end of my post last year:
https://mtbpracticelab.substack.com/p/using-reflection-to-develop-mtb-skills
Yes I do. Our dialog makes me think more about whatever technique we are discussing.